Scientia Agrícola
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Item Total phenol concentrations in coffee tree leaves during fruit development(Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", 2008-07) Salgado, Paula Rodrigues; Favarin, José Laércio; Leandro, Roseli Aparecida; Lima Filho, Oscar Fontão deVegetables have a natural defense against external factors synthesizing phenolic compounds, which depends on the maturity stage and on the climate. Total phenol grades were extracted from mature and young coffee leaves and were analyzed in relation to yield, phenology and climate. The climatic conditions were described by air temperature, global radiation and daily insolation. Evaluations were made on height, diameter and length of reproductive branches to determine the respective vegetative growth rates of the plants. The amounts of total phenols in the plants at the production stage was 174.0 mg g -1 and 138.9 mg g -1 for young and mature leaves, respectively, and for plants without fruit formation 186.5 mg g -1 and 127.6 mg g -1 for young and mature leaves, respectively. The total phenol concentrations in young leaves with and without fruit formation were 25% and 46% greater compared to mature leaves. The secondary phenol synthesis in seed (146.8 mg g -1 ) was 31% lower than during grain maturation (212.4 mg g -1 ). The total phenol metabolization depends indirectly on the temperature and on the global radiation, presenting an inverse trend in relation to these climatic variables. Crop protection management should take into consideration periods of endanger of this natural defense of the plant.Item Simple procedure for nutrient analysis of coffee plant with energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (EDXRF)(Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", 2013-07) Tezotto, Tiago; Favarin, José Laércio; Paula Neto, Ana; Gratão, Priscila Lupino; Azevedo, Ricardo Antunes; Mazzafera, PauloNutrient analysis is used to estimate nutrient content of crop plants to manage fertilizer application for sustained crop production. Direct solid analysis of agricultural and envi- ronmental samples by energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (EDXRF) was chosen as alternative technique to evaluate the simultaneous multielemental quantification of the most important essential elements in coffee (Coffea arabica L.) plants. Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry and certified reference materials made from leaves were used to calibrate and check the trueness of EDXRF method for the determination of the concentration of several nutrients in coffee leaves and branches. Fluorescence spectrometry proved to be ad- vantageous and presented low cost as loose powder samples could be used. Samples collected from a field experiment where coffee plants were treated with excess of Ni and Zn were used to verify the practical application of the method. Good relationships were achieved between certi- fied values and data obtained by EDXRF, with recoveries ranging from 82 to 117 %.