Blueberry cuttings are difficult to root, so alternatives that maximize their rhizogenic potential are essential for the expansion of the crop. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of the basal lesion and different methods of indolebutyric acid (IBA) on the rooting of ‘Woodard’ herbaceous cuttings, collected in two seasons. The experimental design used was completely randomized in a 3x2x2 factorial arrangement, totaling 12 treatments and five replications. The factors consisted of different ways of IBA application (talc and alcohol in the concentration of 1,000 mg L-1, and without IBA), season of collection (autumn and summer), and two types of cuttings (with and without lesion in the basal portion). Two hundred days after the beginning of the experiment, there was no significant effect of the basal lesion on the rooting of the cuttings. However, it was found that rooting is influenced by the season of collection, with greater leaf retention, dry weight, number of roots per cutting, length of roots and length of the largest root collected in summer. The application of IBA talc provided a higher percentage of rooted cuttings (61.0%) in relation to alcohol (31.0%) and control (41.0%) when collected in the autumn. There was no difference between seasons when IBA was applied with talc, however, the application with alcohol solution and the control resulted in higher percentages of rooted cuttings in the summer (70.0% and 67.0%, respectively). Summer was considered the best season to collect ‘Woodard’ blueberry cuttings, although the IBA applied with talc has increased the percentage of rooted cuttings in the autumn. The basal lesion did not promote an increase in rooting.

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The aim of this work was to evaluate different SO2-generating pads and liners to control gray mold in ventilated clamshell-packaged ‘Rubi’ table grapes grown under a two-cropping per year system. The treatments consisted of SO2-generating pads (slow release or dual release) and plastic liners with different perforations (microperforated; 2.0; 4.0 or 5.0 mm in diameter) and a control, only with the standard microperforated plastic liner. The packaged grapes were stored in a cold chamber at 1.0 ± 1.0 °C and 95% relative humidity. After 45 days, the grapes were removed from cold storage and placed, without liners and SO2-generating pads, for 3 days at room temperature (22.0 ± 1.0 °C). The evaluations occurred at 30 and 45 days after the beginning of cold storage, and the following variables were assessed: incidence of gray mold, mass loss, stem browning and shattered berries. At 3 days of shelf-life, the same variables were assessed, except mass loss. The completely randomized design was used as a statistical model with four replications, and each plot consisted of five bunches individually stored in ventilated clamshell-packaged. The dual release SO2-generating pads are efficient in controlling the gray mold in ‘Rubi’ table grapes regardless of the type of perforation of the plastic liners, with low mass loss and shattered berries, with good conservation of the freshness of the rachis. The disease was efficiently controlled in both annual crops. The slow-release SO2-generating pads, regardless of the type of perforation of the plastic liners, resulted in intermediate efficiency of gray mold control, with good physical quality of the bunches. Thus, the use of dual release SO2-generating pads is recommended to control gray mold in ventilated clamshell-packaged ‘Rubi’ table grapes.

Pomegranate fruit is to rich in phenolic compounds and antioxidant properties and can show difference in the composition according to cultivars, part of fruit, environmental conditions and analysis method. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to analyse and to compare the chemical composition and antioxidant properties from the different parts of fruit Valenciana and Wonderful pomegranate cultivars. The pomegranate fruits were separated into aril, peel, membrane and seeds manually and analysed by phenolic compounds, flavonoids, antioxidant activity (DPPH method), soluble solids, titratable acidity, pH and vitamin C content. The phenolic content and flavonoids were significantly affected by pomegranate cultivars and part of fruit. In the part of fruit showed differences by the DPPH, however the pomegranate cultivars not showed. Significant differences were revealed between the pomegranate cultivars and part of fruit for total soluble solids, titratable acidity and pH. The differents part of pomegranate fruit (aryl, membrane peeling and seed) has influences on the phenolic content, flavonoids, antioxidants, total soluble solids, pH and acidity. The cultivar does not show diffences on the antioxidants by DPPH method, pH and vitamin C.This study suggests the importance of the selection the different parts of fruit and cultivar that will be used as raw material in the preparation of pomegranate products with higher antioxidant activities.

The pomegranate is a fruit with high productive potential; however, the hot and humid climate favors the occurrence of diseases that cause spots on the fruit peel, reducing their commercial value. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate different controlling methods of spots on pomegranate fruit under field conditions and their relation with the diseases incidence during the postharvest. The experiment consisted of the following treatments:

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The use of fungi of the genus Trichoderma spp. for the control of plant diseases it has proved to be an important and promising tool, mainly for the tomato crop production system, however, there are difficulties in establishing the bioagent. This work aimed to evaluate the effect of substrate incubation time after inoculation with Trichoderma harzianum to control the damping-off of tomato seedlings. The experimental design was completely randomized, consisting of six treatments and four replications. The treatments are two incubation times in two doses of T. harzianum (0 and 10 days of substrate incubation [DIST] after inoculation with T. harzianum in 1.0 or 5.0 g of T. harzianum) and two controls (control inoculated and not inoculated with Rhizoctonia solani). The variables analyzed were incidence of damping-off, area under the disease progress curve, percentage of emergence, emergency speed index, average emergency time, germination speed coefficient, total fresh mass, root length (cm) and height of the area part (cm). The treatments containing Trichoderma harzianum have proven to be promising for the control of R. solani and for the growth of tomato seedlings.

Objetivou-se avaliar o comportamento fenológico, e as características físico-químicas e produtivas da videira ‘BRS Carmem’ cultivadas em Palotina, PR. A avaliação das videiras enxertadas sobre IAC 572 ‘Tropical’, espaçadas em 1,5 x 2,5 m, e conduzidas em espaldeira foi realizada nas safras 2019/2020 e 2020/2021. Foram utilizadas 20 plantas representativas do pomar experimental da UFPR – Setor Palotina. A avaliação do comportamento fenológico foi realizada a partir de observação de ramos selecionados, a partir da poda de frutificação realizada em meados de agosto, caracterizando-se a duração em dias de cada um dos seguintes subperíodos: poda à gema-algodão (PO-GA); poda à brotação (PO-BR); poda ao aparecimento da inflorescência (PO-AI); poda ao florescimento (PO-FL); poda ao início da maturação (PO-IM) das bagas; poda à colheita (PO-CO), sendo confeccionados diagramas em escala de dias. Por ocasião da colheita quantificou-se o número de cachos por planta, massa dos cachos e a partir destes dados foram estimadas a produção (kg planta-1) e produtividade (t ha-1). Para avaliação do mosto foram coletados dois cachos por planta, dos quais retirou-se seis bagas por cacho para avaliação do teor de sólidos solúveis (SS), acidez titulável (AT), relação de índice de maturação (SS/AT) e o teor de antocianinas (mg g-1). Quanto ao número de cachos verificou se em média 48 cachos por planta com massa média de 133 g. As estimativas da produção por planta e produtividade foram de 6,4 kg e 17,1 t ha-1, respectivamente. Os teores médios de SS, AT, SS/AT e antocianinas, foram de 18°Brix, 0,97% de ácido tartárico, 18,4 e 4,97 mg g-1, respectivamente. As características produtivas e a qualidade do mosto da ‘BRS Carmem’ cultivadas na região Oeste do Paraná estão dentro dos padrões desejáveis para elaboração de suco de uva.