); TÂNIA PIRES DA SILVA ( ) RESUMOO presente trabalho teve como objetivo estudar o enraizamento de estacas de porta-enxerto 'VR 043-43' (V. vinifera x V. rotundifolia), testando diferentes concentrações de ácido indolbutírico (0, 1.000, 2.000 e 3.000 mg L -1 ), ácido bórico (0 e 150 µg L -1 ) e a técnica de estratificação a 4 ºC por 48 horas em câmara refrigerada. Utilizouse o delineamento experimental em blocos inteiramente casualizados, em esquema fatorial 4 x 2 x 2, com cinco repetições e cada parcela representada por oito estacas. Após 120 dias do plantio das estacas, os seguintes dados biométricos foram mensurados: porcentagem de estacas enraizadas, comprimento médio radicial, massa da parte aérea, massa do sistema radicial e número de raízes. Verificou-se que a estratificação das estacas e a utilização de ácido bórico não afetaram o enraizamento do porta-enxerto 'VR 043-43'. No que se refere ao tratamento com ácido indolbutírico, a concentração de 3.000 mg L -1 favoreceu sensivelmente o desenvolvimento do sistema radicial das estacas do porta-enxerto. Palavras-chave:propagação; desenvolvimento radicial; estaquia. ABSTRACT ROOTING CUTTINGS OF ROOTSTOCKS OF GRAPE VINE 'VR 043-43' SUBMITTED TO THE STRATIFICATION, INDOLEBUTYRIC ACID AND BORIC ACIDThe present work had as objective to study the rooting of rootstocks 'VR 043-43' (V. vinifera x V. rotundifolia), testing different concentrations of indolebutyric acid (0, 1.000, 2.000 and 3.000 mg L -1 ), boric acid (0 and 150 μg L -1 ) and the technique of the stratification at 4 °C for 48 hours in cooled chamber. We used a randomized complete block design, in factorial scheme 4 x 2 x 2, with five repetitions and each parcel represented for eight cuttings. After 120 days of planting the cuttings, the following biometric data were measured: percentage of rooting cuttings, average length root, mass of the aerial part, mass of the radicial system and number of roots. It was verified that the stratification of the cuttings and the use of boric acid did not affect the rooting of the rootstocks 'VR 043-43'. With regard the treatment with indolebutyric acid, the concentration of 3.000 mg L -1 significantly favored the root development of the rootstock cuttings.

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of plant spacing and nitrogen fertilization on Swiss chard's yield, from September to November 2009. The experimental design was of randomized blocks in split plot with four replications. In the plots were allocated the two plant spacings (0.30 and 0.50 m) and in the subplots the five doses of nitrogen (0, 40, 80, 120 and 160 kg ha-1). The crop was harvested 90 days after transplanting. The plant spacing of 0.50 m provided increased production of total fresh weight of shoot (961.7 g plant-1) and marketable (873.1 g plant-1). However, the highest total yield (77.8 t ha-1) and marketable (64.5 t ha-1) was achieved with the smaller spacing between plants (0.30 m). The N rates applied in coverage until 160 kg ha-1 increased in a linear form the total and marketable production of fresh mass of shoots, the total and marketable yield, the N content and the N accumulation in the shoots of Swiss chard plants on the evaluated plant spacings.

Comportamento de dois híbridos de canola cultivados em diferentes épocas na região oeste do Paraná Behavior of two canola hybrids cultivated in different date in the west region of Paraná