Scientia Agrícola
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Item Growth, development, and fertilizer-15N recovery by the coffee plant(Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", 2007-09) Fenilli, Tatiele Anete Bergamo; Dourado-Neto, Durval; Trivelin, Paulo César Ocheuze; Favarin, José Laercio; Costa, Flávio Murilo Pereira da; Bacchi, Osny Oliveira SantosThe relationship between growth and fertilizer nitrogen recovery by perenial crops such as coffee is poorly understood and improved understanding of such relations is important for the establishment of rational crop management practices. In order to characterize the growth of a typical coffee crop in Brazil and quantify the recovery of 15 N labeled ammonium sulfate, and improve information for fertilizer management practices this study presents results for two consecutive cropping years, fertilized with 280 and 350 kg ha -1 of N, respectively, applied in four splittings, using five replicates. Shoot dry matter accumulation was evaluated every 60 days, separating plants into branches, leaves and fruits. Labeled sub-plots were used to evaluate N-total and 15 N abundance by mass spectrometry. During the first year the aerial part reached a recovery of 71% of the fertilizer N applied up to February, but this value was reduced to 34% at harvest and 19% at the beginning of the next flowering period due to leaf fall and fruit export. For the second year the aerial part absorbed 36% of the fertilizer N up to March, 47% up to harvest and 19% up to the beginning of the next flowering period. The splitting into four applications of the used fertilizer rates was adequate for the requirements of the crop at these growth stages of the coffee crop.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 Invertase and sucrose synthase activities in coffee plants sprayed with sucrose solution(Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", 2003-04) Silva, José Carlos da; Alves, José Donizeti; Alvarenga, Amauri Alves de; Magalhães, Marcelo Murad; Livramento, Dárlan Einstein do; Fries, Daniela DeitosOne management practice of which the efficiency has not yet been scientifically tested is spraying coffee plants with diluted sucrose solutions as a source of carbon for the plant. This paper evaluates the effect of foliar spraying with sugar on the endogenous level of carbohydrates and on the activities of invertase and sucrose synthase in coffee (Coffea arabica L.) seedlings with reduced (low) and high (normal) levels of carbon reserve. The concentrations used were 0.5 and 1.0% sucrose, and water as a control. The use of sucrose at 1.0% caused an increase in the concentration of total soluble sugars in depauperate plants, as well as increased the activity of the following enzymes: cell wall and vacuole acid invertase, neutral cytosol invertase and sucrose synthase. In plants with high level of carbon reserve, no increments in total soluble sugar levels or in enzymatic activity were observed. Regardless of treatments or plants physiological state, no differences in transpiration or stomatal conductance were observed, demonstrating the stomatal control of transpiration. Photosynthesis was stimulated with the use of 0.5 and 1.0 % sucrose only in depauperate plants. Coffee seedling spraying with sucrose is only efficient for depauperate plants, at the concentration of 1.0%.