The objective of this work was to assess the effects and tendencies weighted by genotypes x environments interaction for soybean, as well as to employ a biometric approach through the relative contribution of the sum of squares expected values (RCSS) and to define which levels of the variation sources determine the differential effects of the interaction. The experimental design was randomized blocks arranged in a factorial scheme (four growing environments x 20 soybean genotypes). The relative contribution of expected sums of squares values to soybean genotypes x growing environments interaction defined that the environment Tenente Portela - RS significantly influence plant height, number of pods per plant, number of reproductive nodes in the main stem, number of reproductive nodes in the ramifications, number of grains per plant and grain yield. The variation factor soybean genotypes define that number of pods per plant, number of reproductive nodes in the ramifications, number of grains per plant and grain yield are potentiated by genotype TMG 7161 RR. The biometric approach is efficient to understand the treatment levels and the slicing of simple effects of a factorial experiment, being possible to apply this methodology extensively in soybean.

Dentre as questões mais debatidas atualmente, quando se trata das relações entre os sistemas econômicos e os sistemas ecológicos ou ambientais, referemse ao processo de se associar valores econômicos aos bens e serviços ambientais. A valoração ambientalconsiste na identificação econômica dos valores sociais não econômicos relativos ao ambiente, assim exercendo a sua "incorporação" na institucionalidade econômica concreta. O presente trabalho tem o intuito de realizar uma discussão referente ao tema da valoração econômica ambiental, de forma amensurar as atividades que geram impactos sobre o ambiente por meio dos princípios da prevenção e da precaução, demonstrando assim, a importância dos valores associados à manutenção da vida, relativos aos seres humanos como membros do ambiente, bem como, seus valores intrínsecos. A metodologia utilizada como fonte para a investigação bibliográfica foram livros, artigos e notas científicas publicados em revistas da área que contemplam o tema. Deste modo, a legislação ambiental embasada nas atividades econômicas e contábeis propõe-se a antecipar os atos aos danos ambientais, tendo como subterfúgios o direito ambiental na forma dos princípios da precaução e da prevenção, o qual torna a valoração ambiental mais eficiente e concreta.Portanto, a valoração econômica de um bem ambiental, não deve ser uma multa ou restabelecimentos ambientais ao bel prazer, como consequência de danos ambientais causados aleatoriamente e sem o planejamento antecipatório que caracterize o ato em fato. E, sim, uma maneira de administrar legalmente os empreendimentos, os quais envolvam e impactam o ambiente, sempre buscando mitigar seus prejuízos presentes e, principalmente, futuros.

The climate unpredictability causes long periods of drought, becoming the main risk factor in soybeans production fields and consequent losses to farmers in Brazil and worldwide. As sessile organisms, plants are constantly challenged by a wide range of environmental stresses, including drought. Growth constraints and stress due to these environmental changes result in reduced yield and significant harvesting losses. The response to abiotic stresses is a very complex phenomenon, since several stages of plant development can be affected by a particular stress and often several stresses affect the plant simultaneously. In order to mitigate the damages caused by the climate, new soybean cultivars adapted to the drought and the diversified climate are necessary, as well as technological advances in the production of soybeans that must advance with the increase of cultivated area. Therefore, the mechanisms underlying tolerance and adaptation to stress have been the focus of intensive research. In this sense, the objective of this review is to provide an overview of the evolution of genetic improvement regarding the search for more drought-tolerant cultivars, as well as to verify which strategies are used in the genetic improvement of soybean in the search of these genotypes.

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Analysis of the relationship of oat grain chemical components with productivity can yield information that determines crop production strategies. The market values high protein grain, but production and other nutritional components may be affected in the effort to increase protein levels. The objective of this study was to determine how the dynamics of the components of oat grain chemical composition relate to productivity when adding nitrogen to the soil, in order to develop nutrient management strategies that can combine productivity with grain quality. The study was conducted from 2011 to 2016 in Augusto Pestana, Brazil, in a randomized block design with four replications in a 4x2 factorial design for nitrogen rates (0, 30, 60 and 120 kg.ha-1) and standard biotype oat cultivars used on a commercial scale (Barbarasul and Brisasul) in two succession systems soybean/oat and corn/oat, totaling 64 experimental units. The nitrogen doses were applied at the phenological stage of expanded fourth leaf using urea. The increase of nitrogen fertilization for topdressing promoted increase of the total protein of oat grains and reduction of the total fiber in both soybean/oat and corn/oat systems. Higher levels of grain protein due to nitrogen fertilization reduced grain production, regardless of the cropping system.

The species of Echinochloa (barnyardgrass) stand out among major weeds infesting rice cropping and damages are variable depending on the weed population, rice cultivar, and management practices adopted by rice farmers. The objective of this work was to measure the control of barnyardgrass in rice cropping, cultivar Qualimax 1, due to the early times of flood irrigation, application times, and doses of penoxsulam. The experiment was conducted in the field, where the experimental design used a randomized block design with a split plot design with four replications. The treatments consisted of two application periods (early and late) of penoxsulam three times of irrigation start (1, 15 and 30 days after treatment application-(DAT)) and herbicide doses (0, 24, 36, 48 and 60 g ha −1 ). The herbicide penoxsulam revealed that combined with irrigation starting 15 days after herbicide application promoted efficient control of barnyardgrass.

In a scenario of expansion of agricultural frontiers, based on the production of grain and other commodities, Brazil today lives in a privileged position when it comes to the production and productivity of various agricultural crops and livestock. However we can see that developments in the legislative system often do not keep pace with anthropic action, which makes the degradation of the natural environment potentially disturbing. The evolution in jurisprudence has to occur concisely and quickly based on landscape parameters, and from the perspective of the technique, with a holistic behavior focused on the actions of preservation and conservation of natural resources. Forests are indispensable systems in the process of 'water generation', contributing significantly to the dynamics of the hydrological cycle, a complex and fundamental mechanism for the maintenance and regulation of life on earth. In this sense, the objective of this article is to explain some environmental, technical and legislative aspects related to the Forest Codes that were in force in Brazil, analyzing its historical relevance, flaws and finally major changes. Its preparation was based on articles, books and materials available online from the available knowledge bases. A broad revision was carried out including the Magna Carta in addition to the laws that deal with the Brazilian Forest Code, in its three versions of 1934, 1965 and 2012. As articulated considerations it can be verified that despite the evolution in the form of proposition of the current law, some modifications still need to be made, considering that the current Forest Code contains residual political and economic sequelae that neglect the socio-environmental character, and that even after the adoption of its latest version, severe damage is still being caused to the natural environment, which requires greater commitment from regulators to enforce legislation

The development of new genotypes and their availability to the agricultural market is decisive for the success of the Brazilian soybean production chain. This study aimed to estimate the components of variance and genetic parameters of aspects of agronomic importance and to predict the selection of transgressive soybean populations and families based on the agronomic ideotype. The segregating families were conducted in an enlarged block design, composed of 285 F3 segregating families corresponding to the unusual treatments, and together with seven commercial cultivars assigned as common treatments, arranged in four replications. The characters of agronomic interest were measured the first pod insertion height, plant height, number of pods on the main stem, number of pods on the branches, pods containing only one seed, pods containing two seeds, pods containing three seeds, pods containing four seeds and seed mass. Were estimated additive genetic variance, genetic variance of the F3 segregating families, genetic variance of F2 segregating population, residual variance, phenotypic variance, narrow sense heritability, coefficient of determination for the effects of the F3 segregating family, coefficient of determination for the effects of the progeny, genetic variation coefficient, residual variation coefficient and predicted genetic ranking for the best F2 segregating populations and F3 segregating families. The pronounced additive genetic gains in the progeny showed higher values for the characters measured: first pod insertion height with 1.84%, for the family and population, the additivity presented the highest values for the number of pods with four grains. The selection of the progenies through the agronomic ideotype based on the greatest genetic gains of the morphological characters weighted by the largest seed mass will thus lead these populations to joint selection for the other yield components.