Implicações da interação genótipos por épocas de corte no desempenho de linhagens e híbridos de sorgo sacarino.

2016

Implicações do perfilhamento na seleção de genótipos em sorgo biomassa.

2016

Interação genótipo x ambiente em híbridos de sorgo biomassa.

2016

Interferência de plantas daninhas em sorgo sacarino em diferentes espaçamentos no semiárido mineiro.

2016

Ocorrência da doença mancha-de-ramulispora em sorgo sacarino na região Sudoeste do Mato Grosso.

2016

Período de utilização industrial de genótipos-elite de sorgo sacarino.

2016

Resistência de genótipos de sorgo sacarino à mancha de ramulispora foliar causada pelo fungo Ramulispora sorghi, no Estado de Mato Grosso (Cáceres).

2016

Tolerância de genótipos de sorgo biomassa a herbicidas pré-emergentes.

2016

Tolerância de genótipos de sorgo sacarino a herbicidas pós-emergentes.

2016

Tolerância do sorgo biomassa ao herbicida tembotrione.

2016

Tolerância de genótipos de sorgo sacarino a herbicidas pré-emergentes.

2016

Physiological and biochemical adaptation to salinity in wild halophytes suitable for Mediterranean agriculture

Due to the accelerating processes of soil salinization and shortage of fresh water, the practice of saline agriculture is gaining momentum in many areas of the world. However, there are some concerns that using saline water for irrigation may be non-environmentally sustainable, with potential to cause irreversible soil degradation. In addition, there is a lack of information on the morphological, physiological, and biochemical changes that can occur in plants when irrigated with saline water. In light of the above, the major aim of this work was to investigate the effects of a range of water salinity levels and irrigation regimes on the performances of salt tolerant species promising as future crop plants for saline agriculture. The following objectives were addressed: To determine the effects of different water regimes (leaching irrigation vs. no leaching irrigation) with water at increasing salinity concentrations on the growth, ion accumulation and water relations of Sorghum bicolor plants grown under saline soil conditions. To describe the germination response of Salicornia europaea seeds across a wide range of water salinity levels through six reliable indices for screening salinity tolerance at the seed germination stage. To explore the different physiological responses of six wild halophytes commonly found in the Mediterranean area (Artemisia absinthium, Artemisia vulgaris, Atriplex halimus, Chenopodium album, Salsola komarovii, and Sanguisorba minor), and rank their tolerance after exposure to growing levels of water salinity. To identify the main adaptation mechanisms that distinguish C3 from C4 halophytes when exposed to increasing salinity in the growth media, through a comparative study between the C3 species Atriplex hortensis and the C4 species Atriplex halimus. To identify the main adaptation mechanisms that distinguish annual from perennial halophytes when exposed to severe conditions of salinity and drought, through a comparative analysis between two annual Salicornia spp. and the perennial Sarcocornia fruticosa.

Enhancing the value of lignocellulosic biomasses through the production of bionanocomposites

The aim of this work was to optimize a methodology to extract cellulose and to produce NC, from different lignocellulosic biomasses (sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench and sunn hemp, Crotalaria juncea L.). In addition, the NC produced was tested as a reinforcing agent in chitosan (Ch) films, to understand its effects on the properties of this biopolymer. The nanoparticles obtained from sorghum and sunn hemp were incorporated in Ch films at a rate of 2.5% w/w of chitosan, and the resultant bionanocomposites (Sorghum NC films and sunn hemp NC films) were fully characterized in terms of their morphology, mechanical and optical properties, permeability (water vapor), water wettability, and FT-IR spectra analysis. Chitosan films reinforced with commercial nanocellulose at the same rate were tested for comparison, as well as pristine chitosan (control). Bionanocomposites made from sorghum and sunn hemp NC were slightly more saturated and opaque than the pristine chitosan films, in particular outer sorghum NC films. Sunn hemp NC films also showed a slightly higher thickness than sorghum NC films and pristine chitosan films. Further, the results confirmed that sorghum NC improved the strength and stiffness of the chitosan biopolymer and that sunn hemp NC improved the plasticity of the chitosan polymer. Hence, results indicate that those lignocellulosic crops may afford a source of NC for the production of bionanocomposites. Considering the application of those bionanocomposites by the food packaging industry, sorghum NC - chitosan films showed more promising results than sunn hemp NC-chitosan films.