O paclobutrazol pode atenuar os efeitos negativos do estresse hídrico em diversas espécies vegetais, todavia, para cafeeiros é necessário ampliar a base de conhecimentos sobre este tema. Neste estudo, objetivou-se avaliar a morfofisiologia de plantas jovens de Coffea arabica var. ‘Catuaí Vermelho IAC 144’ em resposta a diferentes regimes hídricos e concentrações de paclobutrazol aplicado via solo. O experimento foi conduzido em casa de vegetação em Vitória da Conquista, BA. O delineamento experimental foi em blocos casualizados, com esquema fatorial representado por cinco concentrações de paclobutrazol (0, 50, 100, 150 e 200 mg L-1) aplicado via solo e dois regimes hídricos (com e sem restrição hídrica), em cinco repetições. Aos 120 dias após a aplicação do regulador vegetal avaliou-se o status hídrico, o índice SPAD e as características morfológicas das plantas. A aplicação de paclobutrazol reduziu o índice SPAD e a área foliar individual, e favoreceu o status hídrico dos cafeeiros sob restrição hídrica. As plantas jovens de café, sem restrição hídrica e tratadas com o regulador vegetal, tiveram maior retenção foliar e índice SPAD, e menor área foliar individual. A aplicação de paclobutrazol em concentrações elevadas resultou em plantas mais compactas. A restrição hídrica proporcionou menor área foliar total, número de ramos e massa seca dos cafeeiros.
The aim of this study was to verify if a growth reduction of yellow passion fruit seedlings’ growth morphophysiology and quality could be changed by paclobutrazol applied through seedling immersion. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse, with seedlings grown in polyethylene tubes (290 cm3), with substrate. At 40 days after sowing, the seedlings were immersed in an aqueous solution of paclobutrazol at concentrations of 0, 50, 100, 150, and 200 mg L-1. The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design, with five treatments (paclobutrazol concentrations) and four replicates. At 15 and 30 days after treatment, growth characteristics were evaluated. At the end of the assay, destructive evaluations related to mass determination, total leaf area, and seedling quality index were performed. Paclobutrazol treatment induced restrictions in seedling growth, except for fresh and dry mass of root and total fresh mass. Based on these characteristics, the increase in values induced by paclobutrazol was verified. The seedling quality, defined by the major value of the Dickson quality index and a smaller robustness index, was higher when submitted to paclobutrazol treatment.
The use of shading and paclobutrazol in coffee plants can be an important cultivation strategy to mitigate the negative effects of high solar radiation and atmospheric temperature. Therefore, the levels of photosynthetic pigments and foliar gas exchanges of young coffee plants submitted to doses of paclobutrazol were evaluated, in environments with artificial light restriction. Five experiments were performed: one in full sunlight and four in artificially shaded environments with black polyethylene meshes at 20%, 40%, 60% and 80% levels of light restriction. In each of these environments, an experiment was carried out, consisting of five treatments, defined by the application of paclobutrazol via substrate, at doses of 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 mg of active ingredient per plant. Joint analysis of experiments and analysis of variance of the regression were made, for the study of levels of shading and doses of paclobutrazol. The light restriction optimized the photosynthetic apparatus of the plants, mainly at levels close to 60%, and considerably favored leaf gas exchanges of arabica coffee. The application of paclobutrazol in the studied dosages resulted in little or no effect on photosynthetic pigment contents and did not influence leaf gas exchanges of coffee plants.
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