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Estudos que contemplem o balanço de potássio (K) no sistema solo-planta são importantes para avaliar se as quantidades de fertilizantes aplicadas anualmente estão sendo aproveitadas para manter e/ou, melhorar a fertilidade do solo, ou estão intensificando as perdas de K por lixiviação. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o efeito da adubação potássica no balanço de K no sistema solo-planta em dois solos tropicais de texturas distintas. Os experimentos foram conduzidos na Fazenda Experimental Lageado, em Botucatu, SP, de 2000 a 2012, em um Latossolo Vermelho de textura média (210 g kg–1 de argila) e em outro Latossolo Vermelho de textura argilosa (680 g kg–1 de argila). Os tratamentos foram constituídos por sete doses de K aplicadas anualmente (0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 e 180 kg ha–1 ano–1 de K2O). O balanço de K no sistema solo-planta foi estimado, após o décimo segundo ano de experimento, considerando a quantidade do nutriente adicionada na adubação, a quantidade de K exportada da lavoura através dos grãos colhidos, e a alteração na disponibilidade de K trocável no perfil do solo, até 1,0 m de profundidade. Amostras de solo foram coletadas nas camadas de 0–0,10; 0,10–0,20; 0,20–0,40; 0,40–0,60; 0,60–0,80 e 0,80–1,0 m de profundidade no 12º ano de condução do experimento. O teor inicial de 1,30 e 0,75 mmolc dm–3 de K trocável na camada de 0–0,20 m de profundidade nos solos de textura média e argilosa, respectivamente, foi suficiente para atingir produtividade de grãos de soja superior a 90 % do rendimento máximo nos três e quatro primeiros anos de cultivo, respectivamente, não havendo necessidade de adubar com K, devido à contribuição do K não-trocável. A resposta da cultura à adubação potássica aumentou à medida que os cultivos se sucederam, e esse aumento correspondeu à diminuição das reservas disponíveis do nutriente no solo ...
Studies that include potassium budget (K) in the soil-plant system are important to assess whether the amounts of fertilizer applied annually are being harnessed to maintain and or improve soil fertility, or are intensifying K losses by leaching. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of potassium fertilization on the K budget in soil-plant system in two tropical soils with different textures. The experiments were carried out at the Experimental Farm Lageado in Botucatu, SP, 2000-2012, on a medium texture Oxisol (210 g kg–1 clay ) and other clay Oxisol (680 g kg–1 clay). Treatments consisted of seven levels of K applied annually (0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 and 180 kg ha–1 yr–1 K2O). Soil samples were collected at depths of 0–0.10; 0.10–0.20; 0.20–0.40; 0.40–0.60; 0.60–0.80 and 0.80–1.00 m in the twelfth year of the experiment. Potassium budget in the soil-plant system was calculated based on (i) amount of nutrient inputs (fertilizer) and outputs (harvested grains) from the soil during the experiment, and on (ii) changes in soil K availability up to a depth of 1.0 m. The initial content of 1.30 and 0.75 mmol dm–3 of exchangeable K in the soil medium and clay texture was enough to achieve higher productivity soybeans at 90% of maximum yield in the first three to four years of cultivation, respectively, no need to fertilize with K because the contribution of non-exchangeable K. The crop response to potassium fertilization increased, as the succeeding crops, and this increase corresponded to a decrease in soil nutrient reserves available. The annual application of 80 and 40 kg ha–1 K2O was sufficient to meet crop demand and maintain a constant level of exchangeable K in the soil of clayey and silty , respectively texture. Increasing the dose of potassium fertilizer intensified K losses by leaching the soil of medium texture, which ranged 4-78 kg ha–1 ...

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Com o uso de cultivares de batata (Solanum tuberosum L.) mais produtivas, possivelmente a demanda por nutrientes também ficou maior, levando a necessidade de se adequar a adubação. Dentre os nutrientes absorvidos pela cultura, destaca-se o potássio (K), que é extraído em grande quantidade, e é de extrema importância para o desenvolvimento da cultura, para a elevação da produtividade e para proporcionar tubérculos de maior qualidade. Muitos produtores estão adotando adubações sem recomendação técnicas e, como o K é muito extraído pela cultura, as baixas doses de K e manejo inadequado podem estar limitando a produtividade, principalmente em áreas com baixos teores de K disponível. Diante do exposto, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito de doses e do parcelamento da adubação potássica na nutrição e produtividade da cultura da batata, cv. Ágata. Foram realizados três experimentos em campo, em solos de textura argilosa e com teores baixo (0,7 mmolc dm-3), médio (1,6 mmolc dm-3) e alto (3,7 mmolc dm-3) de K trocável. Os experimentos foram conduzidos no delineamento experimental de blocos casualizados, em esquema fatorial 3x2+1, com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos foram compostos pela combinação de três doses de K (100, 200 e 400 kg ha-1 de K2O), com duas formas de parcelamento (100% no sulco de plantio e 50% no sulco + 50% em cobertura, por ocasião da amontoa) e mais uma testemunha (sem aplicação de K). Independentemente do parcelamento, o aumento das doses de K proporcionou incremento no teor de K na folha da batateira, cultivada em solos com baixa, média e alta disponibilidade de K, porém, de forma mais acentuada no solo com baixo teor. No solo com baixo teor de K trocável, a aplicação da dose K totalmente no sulco de plantio proporcionou maior teor de K na folha do que quando parcelado no plantio e em cobertura. Independentemente da disponibilidade de ...
With the use of more productive potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars, the plant’s demand for nutrients has possibly increased, raising the necessity of adjustments on fertilizer application. Potassium (K), which is extracted in high amounts, is one of the main nutrients absorbed by the plant. This compound is of pivotal importance to potato development, especially to increase its yield and to generate high quality tubers. Many producers are making use of fertilization without a proper technical recommendation. As K uptake by the plant is very high, low K rates and inadequate management can impair tuber yield, mainly in soil with low K availability. In this context, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of K fertilization rates and split application on nutrition and yield or potato crop, cv. Agata. For this, three field experiments was carried out on clay-textured soils with low (0.7 mmolc dm-3), medium (1.6 mmolc dm-3) and high (3.7 mmolc dm-3) exchangeable K concentration. These experiments was conducted under a randomized block design using a 3x2+1 factorial scheme, with four replications. The treatments consisted of three K rates (100, 200, and 400 kg ha-1 K2O), combined with two forms of split application (100 % at planting furrow or 50% at planting furrow + 50% at sidedressing, during hilling) and a control (without K application). Regardless of installments, increasing K rates showed an increase in K concentration in leaf of potato grown in soils with low, medium, and high K availability, but more markedly in soil with low availability. In soil with low concentration of exchangeable K, the application of K rate totally at planting furrow increased the concentration of K in the leaf than when split applied at planting and hilling. Regardless of the soil K availability, K fertilization reduced the concentrations of P, Ca, and Mg in leaf of potato crop and little influenced the ...

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O excesso da adubação pode causar prejuízos na cultura do pimenteiro e danos ao meio ambiente. Por isso, a escolha do fertilizante e a aplicação de uma solução nutritiva equilibrada são fundamentais para a produção e qualidade do produto final. Assim, objetivou-se com o presente trabalho avaliar os efeitos do incremento da adubação potássica, utilizando diferentes fontes e doses potássicas na produção dos frutos de pimenteiro fertirrigado cultivado em substrato sob ambiente protegido, bem como monitorar o estado nutricional do pimenteiro por meio de métodos alternativos. As características avaliadas foram: CE e pH da solução do substrato, teores de nitrato e potássio na solução do substrato e na seiva das plantas, teores de macro e micronutrientes na massa seca foliar, índice SPAD, número de frutos total e comercial, produção total e comercial, massa fresca, comprimento e diâmetro dos frutos e as correlações entre essas variáveis. O experimento foi conduzido sob delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso, em esquema fatorial 4 x 2 + 1, constituindo 9 tratamentos, com 4 repetições. Os tratamentos foram constituídos por duas fontes potássicas (KCl e K2SO4), 4 doses de potássio (125, 250, 375 e 500 mg L-1) e mais o controle (0 mg L-1). Observou-se que a dose de 300 mg L-1 de K, independente da fonte utilizada, proporcionou maior produção total e comercial do pimenteiro híbrido Platero. A CE no tratamento com KCl atingiu valor de 5,0 dS m-1, enquanto que com o K2SO4 o valor máximo foi de 3,5 dS m-1, ambos com ...
Excess fertilizer can cause damage in sweet pepper cultivation and to the environment. Therefore, the choice of fertilizer and the application of a balanced nutrient solution are essential for the production and quality of the final product. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of increasing potassium fertilizer, using different potassium sources and doses in the production of fertirrigated sweet pepper grown in substrate under greenhouse conditions as well as monitor the nutritional status of pepper through methods alternative. The characteristics evaluated were: EC and pH of the substrate solution, nitrate and potassium levels in the solution of the substrate and the sap of plants, macro and micronutrients in the leaf dry mass, SPAD index, number of total and marketable fruit, total production and commercial fresh mass, length and diameter of the fruits and the correlations between these variables. The experiment was conducted under 4 experimental design of randomized blocks in a factorial 4 x 2 + 1, constituting 9 treatments, with four repetitions. The treatments consisted of two sources potassic (KCl and K2SO4), four potassium doses (125, 250, 375 and 500 mg L-1) and more control (0 mg L-1). It was observed that the dose of 300 mg L-1 K, regardless of the source used, higher total production and commercial hybrid sweet pepper Platero. The EC of treatment with KCI has reached value of 5.0 dS m-1, while with K2SO4 the maximum value was 3.5 dS m-1, both the higher dose. The application of KCl increased number of fruits compared to K2SO4. Treatment with K2SO4 presented to both the 75 and 165 DAT, higher concentration of poatassium on the dry weight of leaves and of sulfur to DAT 165. A higher concentration of NO3- in the substrate solution occur with K2SO4 relative to KCl to 75 DAT, and to 165 DAT higher concentration of potassium in the substrate solution in the same ...

Orientador: Roberto Lyra Villas Bôas
Banca: Dirceu Maximino Fernandes
Banca: Rumy Goto
Banca: Caroline de Moura D'Andrea Mateus
Banca: Luiz Vitor Crepaldi Sanches
Resumo: O excesso da adubação pode causar prejuízos na cultura do pimenteiro e danos ao meio ambiente. Por isso, a escolha do fertilizante e a aplicação de uma solução nutritiva equilibrada são fundamentais para a produção e qualidade do produto final. Assim, objetivou-se com o presente trabalho avaliar os efeitos do incremento da adubação potássica, utilizando diferentes fontes e doses potássicas na produção dos frutos de pimenteiro fertirrigado cultivado em substrato sob ambiente protegido, bem como monitorar o estado nutricional do pimenteiro por meio de métodos alternativos. As características avaliadas foram: CE e pH da solução do substrato, teores de nitrato e potássio na solução do substrato e na seiva das plantas, teores de macro e micronutrientes na massa seca foliar, índice SPAD, número de frutos total e comercial, produção total e comercial, massa fresca, comprimento e diâmetro dos frutos e as correlações entre essas variáveis. O experimento foi conduzido sob delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso, em esquema fatorial 4 x 2 + 1, constituindo 9 tratamentos, com 4 repetições. Os tratamentos foram constituídos por duas fontes potássicas (KCl e K2SO4), 4 doses de potássio (125, 250, 375 e 500 mg L-1) e mais o controle (0 mg L-1). Observou-se que a dose de 300 mg L-1 de K, independente da fonte utilizada, proporcionou maior produção total e comercial do pimenteiro híbrido Platero. A CE no tratamento com KCl atingiu valor de 5,0 dS m-1, enquanto que com o K2SO4 o valor máximo foi de 3,5 dS m-1, ambos com ...
Abstract: Excess fertilizer can cause damage in sweet pepper cultivation and to the environment. Therefore, the choice of fertilizer and the application of a balanced nutrient solution are essential for the production and quality of the final product. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of increasing potassium fertilizer, using different potassium sources and doses in the production of fertirrigated sweet pepper grown in substrate under greenhouse conditions as well as monitor the nutritional status of pepper through methods alternative. The characteristics evaluated were: EC and pH of the substrate solution, nitrate and potassium levels in the solution of the substrate and the sap of plants, macro and micronutrients in the leaf dry mass, SPAD index, number of total and marketable fruit, total production and commercial fresh mass, length and diameter of the fruits and the correlations between these variables. The experiment was conducted under 4 experimental design of randomized blocks in a factorial 4 x 2 + 1, constituting 9 treatments, with four repetitions. The treatments consisted of two sources potassic (KCl and K2SO4), four potassium doses (125, 250, 375 and 500 mg L-1) and more control (0 mg L-1). It was observed that the dose of 300 mg L-1 K, regardless of the source used, higher total production and commercial hybrid sweet pepper Platero. The EC of treatment with KCI has reached value of 5.0 dS m-1, while with K2SO4 the maximum value was 3.5 dS m-1, both the higher dose. The application of KCl increased number of fruits compared to K2SO4. Treatment with K2SO4 presented to both the 75 and 165 DAT, higher concentration of poatassium on the dry weight of leaves and of sulfur to DAT 165. A higher concentration of NO3- in the substrate solution occur with K2SO4 relative to KCl to 75 DAT, and to 165 DAT higher concentration of potassium in the substrate solution in the same ...
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Orientador: Ciro Antonio Rosolem
Banca: Alberto Carlos de Campos Bernardi
Banca: Paulo Sérgio Pavinato
Banca: José Salvador Simoneti Foloni
Banca: Juliano Carlos Calonego
Resumo: Estudos que contemplem o balanço de potássio (K) no sistema solo-planta são importantes para avaliar se as quantidades de fertilizantes aplicadas anualmente estão sendo aproveitadas para manter e/ou, melhorar a fertilidade do solo, ou estão intensificando as perdas de K por lixiviação. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o efeito da adubação potássica no balanço de K no sistema solo-planta em dois solos tropicais de texturas distintas. Os experimentos foram conduzidos na Fazenda Experimental Lageado, em Botucatu, SP, de 2000 a 2012, em um Latossolo Vermelho de textura média (210 g kg-1 de argila) e em outro Latossolo Vermelho de textura argilosa (680 g kg-1 de argila). Os tratamentos foram constituídos por sete doses de K aplicadas anualmente (0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 e 180 kg ha-1 ano-1 de K2O). O balanço de K no sistema solo-planta foi estimado, após o décimo segundo ano de experimento, considerando a quantidade do nutriente adicionada na adubação, a quantidade de K exportada da lavoura através dos grãos colhidos, e a alteração na disponibilidade de K trocável no perfil do solo, até 1,0 m de profundidade. Amostras de solo foram coletadas nas camadas de 0-0,10; 0,10-0,20; 0,20-0,40; 0,40-0,60; 0,60-0,80 e 0,80-1,0 m de profundidade no 12º ano de condução do experimento. O teor inicial de 1,30 e 0,75 mmolc dm-3 de K trocável na camada de 0-0,20 m de profundidade nos solos de textura média e argilosa, respectivamente, foi suficiente para atingir produtividade de grãos de soja superior a 90 % do rendimento máximo nos três e quatro primeiros anos de cultivo, respectivamente, não havendo necessidade de adubar com K, devido à contribuição do K não-trocável. A resposta da cultura à adubação potássica aumentou à medida que os cultivos se sucederam, e esse aumento correspondeu à diminuição das reservas disponíveis do nutriente no solo ...
Abstract: Studies that include potassium budget (K) in the soil-plant system are important to assess whether the amounts of fertilizer applied annually are being harnessed to maintain and or improve soil fertility, or are intensifying K losses by leaching. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of potassium fertilization on the K budget in soil-plant system in two tropical soils with different textures. The experiments were carried out at the Experimental Farm Lageado in Botucatu, SP, 2000-2012, on a medium texture Oxisol (210 g kg-1 clay ) and other clay Oxisol (680 g kg-1 clay). Treatments consisted of seven levels of K applied annually (0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 and 180 kg ha-1 yr-1 K2O). Soil samples were collected at depths of 0-0.10; 0.10-0.20; 0.20-0.40; 0.40-0.60; 0.60-0.80 and 0.80-1.00 m in the twelfth year of the experiment. Potassium budget in the soil-plant system was calculated based on (i) amount of nutrient inputs (fertilizer) and outputs (harvested grains) from the soil during the experiment, and on (ii) changes in soil K availability up to a depth of 1.0 m. The initial content of 1.30 and 0.75 mmol dm-3 of exchangeable K in the soil medium and clay texture was enough to achieve higher productivity soybeans at 90% of maximum yield in the first three to four years of cultivation, respectively, no need to fertilize with K because the contribution of non-exchangeable K. The crop response to potassium fertilization increased, as the succeeding crops, and this increase corresponded to a decrease in soil nutrient reserves available. The annual application of 80 and 40 kg ha-1 K2O was sufficient to meet crop demand and maintain a constant level of exchangeable K in the soil of clayey and silty , respectively texture. Increasing the dose of potassium fertilizer intensified K losses by leaching the soil of medium texture, which ranged 4-78 kg ha-1 ...
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In an effort to determine the agronomic necessity of K fertilization of cotton (Gossypium spp.) in Arizona, a five-year study was initiated in 1991, with a single field study near Gila Bend. Subsequent sites selected ranged from western (Yuma) to eastern (Safford) Arizona which totaled 11 site-years. Both Upland (G. hirsutum L.) and Pima (G. barbadense L.) cottons were cultivated, using soil and foliar applications of K. In 1992, study sites included the Safford Ag. Center (SAC), Maricopa Ag. Center (MAC), and a fanner cooperator site at Coolidge. In 1993, the experiment stations (SAC and MAC) were continued and Yuma Valley was added. The 1994 sites included only the experiment stations (SAC and MAC). In 1995, SAC and MAC were again maintained and a third location, a fanner cooperator site at Buckeye was added. Results from the study (12 site-years) indicated no lint yield increases due to K fertilization in all locations with either Upland or Pima cotton However, in 1995 at Buckeye, the result revealed a significant yield reduction due to the K foliar treatments. There were, however, no significant differences among the soil-only or the soil- plus-foliar treated plots at this location. Potassium (K) release kinetics of clay samples from 10 agricultural representative soils of Arizona was determined by successive extraction using a Ca-saturated cation resin. A preseason physical and chemical characterization of the soils showed all soils contain smectite-mica minerals. Four mathematical models (power function, Elovich, parabolic diffusion and first-order) were used to describe the nonexchangeable K release reaction involving 700-hour cumulative extraction time. Comparison of the models using the coefficient of determination (r²) and the standard error of the estimate (SE) indicated that the Elovich and the power function equations overall displayed the best fit. The first-order, and for the most part, the parabolic diffusion equation did not describe the K release very well. The constants a (initial rate) and b (release rate) for the Elovich and the power function equations, are at least in the order of magnitude as those found by others in several previous studies.

Orientador: Rogério Peres Soratto
Coorientador: Adalton Mazetti Fernandes
Banca: Thiago Leandro Factor
Banca: Roberto Lyra Villas Boas
Resumo: Com o uso de cultivares de batata (Solanum tuberosum L.) mais produtivas, possivelmente a demanda por nutrientes também ficou maior, levando a necessidade de se adequar a adubação. Dentre os nutrientes absorvidos pela cultura, destaca-se o potássio (K), que é extraído em grande quantidade, e é de extrema importância para o desenvolvimento da cultura, para a elevação da produtividade e para proporcionar tubérculos de maior qualidade. Muitos produtores estão adotando adubações sem recomendação técnicas e, como o K é muito extraído pela cultura, as baixas doses de K e manejo inadequado podem estar limitando a produtividade, principalmente em áreas com baixos teores de K disponível. Diante do exposto, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito de doses e do parcelamento da adubação potássica na nutrição e produtividade da cultura da batata, cv. Ágata. Foram realizados três experimentos em campo, em solos de textura argilosa e com teores baixo (0,7 mmolc dm-3), médio (1,6 mmolc dm-3) e alto (3,7 mmolc dm-3) de K trocável. Os experimentos foram conduzidos no delineamento experimental de blocos casualizados, em esquema fatorial 3x2+1, com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos foram compostos pela combinação de três doses de K (100, 200 e 400 kg ha-1 de K2O), com duas formas de parcelamento (100% no sulco de plantio e 50% no sulco + 50% em cobertura, por ocasião da amontoa) e mais uma testemunha (sem aplicação de K). Independentemente do parcelamento, o aumento das doses de K proporcionou incremento no teor de K na folha da batateira, cultivada em solos com baixa, média e alta disponibilidade de K, porém, de forma mais acentuada no solo com baixo teor. No solo com baixo teor de K trocável, a aplicação da dose K totalmente no sulco de plantio proporcionou maior teor de K na folha do que quando parcelado no plantio e em cobertura. Independentemente da disponibilidade de ...
Abstract: With the use of more productive potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars, the plant's demand for nutrients has possibly increased, raising the necessity of adjustments on fertilizer application. Potassium (K), which is extracted in high amounts, is one of the main nutrients absorbed by the plant. This compound is of pivotal importance to potato development, especially to increase its yield and to generate high quality tubers. Many producers are making use of fertilization without a proper technical recommendation. As K uptake by the plant is very high, low K rates and inadequate management can impair tuber yield, mainly in soil with low K availability. In this context, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of K fertilization rates and split application on nutrition and yield or potato crop, cv. Agata. For this, three field experiments was carried out on clay-textured soils with low (0.7 mmolc dm-3), medium (1.6 mmolc dm-3) and high (3.7 mmolc dm-3) exchangeable K concentration. These experiments was conducted under a randomized block design using a 3x2+1 factorial scheme, with four replications. The treatments consisted of three K rates (100, 200, and 400 kg ha-1 K2O), combined with two forms of split application (100 % at planting furrow or 50% at planting furrow + 50% at sidedressing, during hilling) and a control (without K application). Regardless of installments, increasing K rates showed an increase in K concentration in leaf of potato grown in soils with low, medium, and high K availability, but more markedly in soil with low availability. In soil with low concentration of exchangeable K, the application of K rate totally at planting furrow increased the concentration of K in the leaf than when split applied at planting and hilling. Regardless of the soil K availability, K fertilization reduced the concentrations of P, Ca, and Mg in leaf of potato crop and little influenced the ...
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Potassium (K) fertility requirements for cotton ( Gossypium spp) have been a matter of concern due to increasing interest and emphasis on fiber quality and numerous reports of K deficiencies in various cotton producing regions. To address this matter appropriately, a thorough understanding of the chemical, physical, and mineralogical composition of the soils in question is in order. Soil samples were collected from ten sites across southern Arizona that are representative of the common agricultural soils of the region. At all locations soils were sampled to a depth of 120 cm in 30 cm increments. All soils were characterized with respect to chemical composition by the following parameters: exchangeable K, total K, cation exchange capacity and particle size analysis. With the exception of one soil (a soil not commonly employed in cotton production), none of the chemically characterized soils contained less than 150 mg K kg⁻¹ of extractable K in the surface 90 cm of soil. All of the soils contained K- bearing mica and none of the soils contained any K- fixing vermiculite. From the initial chemical and mineralogical information, K fertilization is not likely for similar situations in Arizona. Further research is under way to quantify the K-fixing ability of each soil in this survey and additional field studies are also being conducted to evaluate K fertilization in both Upland (G. hirsutum L.) and Pima (G. barbadense L.) cotton.

In the field crops are subject to a wide variety of biotic and abiotic stresses. In order to manage crop protection effectively it is important that we understand not only the way plants respond to these stresses, but the way in which these responses interact. High levels of fertilisers and pesticides are often applied to maintain soil nutritional status and prevent disease in modern intensive farming systems. Potassium (K) is an essential element for plant growth and development, and is required for a wide variety of processes within the plant. These processes can be broadly divided into biophysical processes such as stomatal opening and cell extension and biochemical processes such as protein synthesis and enzyme activation. K starvation has been shown to lead to increased levels of the stress hormone jasmonate (JA) and related compounds in Arabidopsis thaliana plants which in turn modulates the plant’s defence against herbivorous insects and probably other pests or pathogens (Armengaud et al., 2004; Troufflard et al., 2010). In order for these results to be applicable to agriculture it is important to assess whether crop plants respond to K in a similar manner as the model plant. In this project the effect of K-deficiency on growth, metabolite concentrations, transcript levels and pathogen susceptibility of barley were investigated. Plants were grown in full-nutrient (control) or K-free hydroponic culture. The physiological, biochemical and transcriptional effects of K-deprivation were accessed over a time course of 20 days. Roots and shoots from plants grown in K-free nutrient solution had significantly lower K concentration than those grown in the control solution after 3 and 6 days respectively. A significant reduction in growth was seen as early as 6 days after K withdrawal. K-starvation led to a slight decrease in nitrogen metabolism, while hexose sugars strongly accumulated. By day 9 a significant increase in the expression of JA marker genes was seen in plants grown in K-free nutrient solution. Thus, despite possible differences in downstream events an induction of JA biosynthesis in response to K-deficiency occurs in both Arabidopsis and barley. Detached leaf segments were used to assess the effect of K-deficiency on infection of barley by two fungal pathogens with different strategies for nutrient acquisition. K-deficient barley plants were less susceptible to the biotroph Blumeria graminis f. f. sp. hordei (powdery mildew) and more susceptible to the hemi-biotroph Rhynchosporium secalis. Treatment of detached leaves with methyl-jasmonate (Me-JA) also led to less B. graminis infection, but had no effect on the R. secalis infection, indicating that JA increase in response to K-deficiency influences B. graminis but not R. secalis infection. The study therefore provides strong evidence that the effect of K-deficiency on pathogen susceptibility is determined by the JA-sensitivity of the pathogen.

In a continuing effort to assess the agronomic necessity of potassium (K) fertilization in Arizona cotton (Gossypium spp.) production, one new and two on-going (Maricopa and Safford Ag. Centers), K fertility studies were conducted in 1993. They included locations ranging from western (Yuma) to eastern (Safford) Arizona, with both Upland (G. hirsutum L.) and American Pima (G. barbadense L.) cotton, using soil and foliar applications of K. The results indicated that there was no response to the added K at any of the locations by either Upland or Pima cotton.

Two field experiments were conducted during the 2001 growing season to address potassium (K) fertility response of two commonly grown varieties of cotton in Arizona. The studies were conducted near Coolidge, AZ in two separate fields and each consisted of two treatments, an untreated control and a treatment receiving a preseason side-dress application of K fertilizer. Plant growth and development estimates revealed that fruit retention (FR) and height to node ratio (HNR) levels were similar for both treatments in both fields. Lint yield data also indicated no difference between the fertilized and unfertilized treatments in both fields.

Two field experiments were conducted during the 2000 growing season to address fertility recommendations for fertilizer phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). A K fertility study was conducted near Tonopah, AZ consisting of two treatments, an untreated control and a treatment receiving a total of 20 gallons of K-Sul/acre. No significant differences were observed in leaf blade K concentrations between treatments. Plant growth and development estimates revealed that fruit retention (FR) levels remained consistently higher in the untreated control versus the treated plots. A second study involved treatments consisting of both P and K fertilizers was conducted near Cibola, AZ. Four treatments in this experiment included an untreated control plus treatments of 11-52-0, 0-0-60, and 4-17-40 at 100, 200, and 300 lbs. fertilizer/acre respectively. Plant growth and development estimates were similar among treatments during the season. At the end of the season the untreated control had a slightly higher FR level than the other treatments, which also produced a significantly higher yield. No other differences in yield among the fertilized treatments were observed.

Orientador: Antonio Baldo Geraldo Martins
Coorientador: Manoel Evaristo Ferreira
Banca: Aparecida Conceição Boliani
Banca: Adriana de Castro Correia da Silva
Banca: Rita de Cássia Panizzi
Banca: Mara Cristina Pessôa da Cruz
Resumo: O plantio de abacaxi no Brasil é direcionado para o consumo in natura. Produzido principalmente no Norte e Nordeste, as variedades mais plantadas é o Pérola (com mais de 80% da área produzida) e o Smooth Cayenne. Este estudo evidenciou o efeito de diferentes densidades e doses de potássio na planta e no fruto de abacaxi Pérola em sistema irrigado, no Tocantins. O delineamento fez-se em blocos casualizados com parcelas subdivididas com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos principais constitui-se das doses de K (0, 8, 16 24 e 32 g planta - 1 de K2O) e os tratamentos secundários compostos das densidades de plantio que diferenciaram o espaçamento de plantas na mesma linha (30, 40, 50 e 60 cm). O plantio foi realizado em linhas duplas utilizando irrigação por gotejamento e as adubações de K executadas por fertirrigação. Avaliou- se a folha "D" do abacaxizeiro (comprimento, massa fresca da folha, composição mineral) e dos frutos (massa fresca com coroa, sem coroa e produtividade). Verificou-se que a folha "D" estava acima de 90 g e com mais de 100 cm, após 10 meses do plantio, estando apta a indução floral, concluindo-se que os tratamentos não interferiram no desenvolvimento do abacaxizeiro. Na avaliação química da folha "D", houve significância na concentração de K, conforme se aumentou a dose de K no solo. Assim, as doses de K influenciaram na massa fresca do fruto sem coroa. As diferentes densidades influenciaram na massa fresca do fruto com e sem coroa e na produtividade. Portant... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: The pineapple planting in Brazil is destined for fresh consumption. Produced mainly in the North and Northeast, the most planted varieties is the Pérola (with over 80% of the area produced) and the Smooth Cayenne. This study showed the effect of different densities and potassium levels in plant and pineapple fruit (Pérola) in the irrigation system in the Tocantins. The project was done in blocks with parcels subdivided design with four replications. The main treatments are K doses (0, 8, 16 24 and 32 g plant - 1 K2O) and compound secondary treatments of population densities that differentiated the spacing between plants on the same line (30, 40, 50 and 60 cm). The seedlings were planted in double rows using drip irrigation and fertilization of K performed by fertigation. Was evaluated sheet "D" pineapple (length, fresh weight of leaf mineral composition) and fruit (fresh pasta with the crown without crown and productivity). It was found that the "D" sheet was above 90 g and over 100 cm after 10 months of planting, before floral induction, concluding that the treatments did not affect the development of pineapple. In the chemical evaluation of "D" sheet had a significant concentration of K with increasing dose of K in the soil. Thus, the amount of K influences the fresh weight of fruit without a crown. The different densities influenced the mass of fresh fruits with and without crown and productivity. Therefore, the range Pérola can be used for densification up to 41,000 plants ha-1 without altering the desired main characteristic as well as obtaining fruit above 1500 g using 8 g plant - 1of K2O fertigation
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In Mediterranean-type climates, topsoil frequently dries out during spring. Problems associated with reduced nutrient (P, K) availability in dry topsoil may be overcome by placing fertilisers deeper in the soil, where the soil is more likely to remain moist for longer periods as opposed to conventional fertiliser placement. Deep-P placement has resulted in significant yield improvements for lupin crops in Mediterranean environments because lupin crops generally require soil P supply during spring (throughout the flowering stage); in contrast, wheat yields have seldom improved with deep P placement, presumably because plants have accumulated sufficient P prior to spring (grain filling stage) for maximum grain yields. The P and K accumulation patterns of canola had not been investigated, and therefore any potential yield benefits of deep placed fertilisers were unknown. This study aimed to define the P and K demands of canola throughout the growing season, and assess the viability of deep placement of fertiliser in matching soil P and K supply to crop demand. The study further investigated the impact of deep placement of P fertiliser on root growth and distribution throughout the soil profile. Initial glasshouse studies compared the P and K accumulation patterns of several canola cultivars with wheat, and found that the P and K demand of canola continued until later into the season than wheat, but there was little difference in the P and K accumulation patterns of the various canola cultivars. Further experiments in sand culture determined that regardless of the level of K supply, canola plants had accumulated sufficient K for maximum seed yields by early flowering. Under high P supply, canola plants had accumulated enough P for maximum seed yields by early flowering, but when P supply during vegetative growth was just adequate, plants required a continual P supply until mid silique-filling to attain maximum yields. Because plants had accumulated sufficient K for maximum seed yields by early flowering (therefore topsoil drying in spring was unlikely to affect yields), further field experiments examined only deep placement of P fertiliser to improve P uptake and yields.

Several investigations of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) uptake by Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) have been conduced, however no investigations of this type have included American Pima cotton (G. barbadense L.). We conducted a study to describe the total N, P, and K uptake and the partitioning of each nutrient into various plant parts for both Upland and Pima cotton. During the growing seasons of 1990, 1991, and 1992 at two south-central Arizona locations, both Upland (var. DPL 90) and Pima (var. S-6) cotton were grown. Beginning 14 to 20 d after emergence, whole cotton plants were removed and cotton plants were separated into stems, leaves (including petioles), burs (carpel walls), lint, and seeds. The bur fraction, also included squares, flowers, immature bolls, and burs from mature bolls. The appropriate analyses for total N, P, and K were determined on each fraction (except lint). Regression analyses was used to model nutrient uptake as a function of both days after planting (DAP) and heat units after planting (HUAP). Regression analyses indicated that HUAP was equally good, and in most cases superior to using DAP to model total nutrient uptake and partitioning within both Upland and Pima cotton. In every case there was close agreement between the predicted and actual total nutrient uptake. For Upland cotton the actual total N, P, and K uptake was 199, 29, and 250 kg ha⁻¹ and the predicted total N, P, and K uptake was 199, 29, and 255 kg ha⁻¹, respectively. For Pima cotton the actual total N, P, and K uptake was 196, 29, and 215 kg ha⁻¹ and the predicted was 210, 29, and 229 kg ha⁻¹, respectively. The pattern of nutrient partitioning in Upland cotton were similar to the findings of others and Pima showed the same general patterns of partitioning as Upland cotton. Seeds were a major sink of nutrients. Nutrient uptake in seeds resulted in decreasing uptake in leaves and stems. Presumably, due to mobilization of nutrients from those parts to the seeds during seed development. The nutrient requirements to produce 100 kg lint ha' for Upland cotton was 15, 2.2, and 19 kg ha⁻¹ for N, P, and K, respectively and was 20, 3.0, and 22 kg ha⁻¹, respectively for Pima cotton.

A single field experiment was conducted near Gila Bend, Arizona in 1991 to evaluate the effects of both soil and foliar applied potassium (K) fertilizersto Upland (Gossvpium hirsutum L.) cotton to a soil testing 315 ppm K (high). Soil applied K fertilizer at rates of 0, 75,150, and 225 lbs. K₂O/acre as K₂SO₄ were broadcast and preplant incorporated before listing. Foliar applications were made in all combinations with the various soil applied K treatments and consisted of four applications of 4.6 lbs. K₂O /acre as KNO₃ (10 lbs. KNO₃ /acre) over the first fruiting cycle, by a ground applicator with approximately 25 gallons per acre as carrier. No differences among treatments were detected by any plant growth measurement taken, plant tissue analyses, lint yield or lint quality determinations which were made over this experiment. Conclusions (preliminary) based upon these results indicate that K fertilization was not warranted under the conditions characterized in this single field experiment.

This experiment was established in January 2000 in a block of ‘Washington’ navel orange trees at Verde Growers, Stanfield, AZ. Treatments included: normal grower practice, winter low biuret (LB) urea application, summer LB urea application, winter LB urea application plus winter and spring potassium phosphite, winter LB urea application plus summer potassium phosphite, and normal grower practice plus spring potassium phosphite. Each treatment was applied to approximately four acres of trees. For 2000-01, yields ranged from 40 to 45 lbs. per tree, and there was no effect of treatments upon total yield, and only slight effect upon fruit size, grade and quality. For 2001-02, there was a slight effect of treatment upon yield as LB urea led to improved yield, while potassium phosphite led to reduced yield. Normal grower practice was intermediate between these two extremes. For 2002-03, we noted a large increase in yield, however the yield data was lost when the block was inadvertently harvested.

Three field trials were conducted in Arizona in 1995 at three locations (Safford, Maricopa and Buckeye) to evaluate yield benefits associated with potassium (K) fertilization. The 1995 and previous years studies were aimed at assessing the agronomic necessity of K fertilization in Arizona cotton (Gossvpium spp.) production. At the Safford Agriculture center (Pima clay loam), both Upland (G hirsutum L., var. DPL 90) and Pima (G. barbadense L., var. S-7) cotton included treatments of both soil and foliar K applications. The trial at Maricopa Agricultural Center (Casa Grande sandy loam) included four foliar K applications over the growing season on Pima (G barbadense L., var. S-7) cotton. The third trial was at the Buckeye location (Superstition silty loam) where a single foliar application over split plots preceded by soil application on Pima (G. barbadense L, var. S-7) cotton was undertaken. The results of the experiments at the Safford and Maricopa locations indicated no lint yield responses to K fertilization by either Upland or Pima cotton; however, at the Buckeye location, the result indicated a significant difference between the means of the soil-only and the soil-plus-foliar treatments. There were however no significant differences among soil-only treatments as well as the soil-plus-foliar treated plots when compared to their respective controls.

This experiment was established in January 2000 in a block of ‘Washington’ navel orange trees at Verde Growers, Stanfield, AZ. Treatments included: normal grower practice, winter low biuret (LB) urea application, summer LB urea application, winter LB urea application plus winter and spring potassium phosphite, winter LB urea application plus summer potassium phosphite, and normal grower practice plus spring potassium phosphite. Each treatment was applied to approximately four acres of trees. For 2000-01, yields ranged from 40 to 45 lbs. per tree, and there was no effect of treatments upon total yield, and only slight effect upon fruit size, grade and quality. For 2001-02, there was a slight effect of treatment upon yield as LB urea led to improved yield, while potassium phosphite led to reduced yield. Normal grower practice was intermediate between these two extremes. For 2002-03, we noted a large increase in yield, however the yield data was lost when the block was inadvertently harvested. For 2005, there was no effect of treatments upon total yield.

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Objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar a dinâmica do potássio no sistema solo-palha-planta, com a rotação das culturas milheto, soja e aveia preta conduzidas em semeadura direta, em função do manejo da adubação potássica ao longo de três anos agrícolas. O experimento foi conduzido na Fazenda Experimental Lageado da FCA/UNESP, em Botucatu-SP, nos anos agrícolas de 2000/2001, 2001/2002 e 2002/2003. O solo foi classificado como Latossolo vermelho distroférrico de textura média (770 g kg-1 de areia, 210 g kg-1 de argila e 20 g kg-1 de silte). A área vinha sendo cultivada com soja em semeadura direta por um ano agrícola antes da instalação do experimento. No primeiro ano de condução do experimento, o milheto (Pennisetum glaucum, var. BN-2) foi semeado em Setembro/2000, sobre a palha de aveia preta (Avena strigosa). A adubação nesta semeadura foi de 20 kg ha-1 de P2O5 (Superfosfato Simples) e 15 kg ha-1 de N (Nitrocálcio). O milheto foi dessecado por ocasião da semeadura da soja (Glycine max L. Merrill, var. IAC-17), que foi semeada em Dezembro/2001, com 60 kg ha-1 de P2O5 . Em Abril/2001, fez-se a semeadura da aveia preta sem o uso de fertilizantes. A aveia preta foi dessecada na semeadura do milheto (Setembro/2001), que por sua vez foi dessecado na semeadura da soja (Dezembro/2001). As adubações do milheto e da soja foram as mesmas utilizadas no ano anterior. O delineamento experimental foi em blocos ao acaso, num esquema fatorial 4 x 4 ( 0, 30, 60 e 90 Kg ha-1 de K2O aplicados na semeadura do milheto x 0, 30, 60, 90 Kg ha-1 de K2O aplicados na semeadura da soja), constituindo 16 tratamentos, com quatro repetições. A palha da superfície do solo foi coletada na semeadura do milheto, na semeadura da soja, e aos 25, 50, 75 e 100 dias após a emergência da soja (DAE da soja), nos dois primeiros anos agrícolas. O solo foi coletado nas mesmas épocas de coleta...
The objective of this experiment was to study the potassium dynamics in no-tillage system, crop development and soybean yields, in different rates of potassic fertilization. The experiment was carried out in Fazenda Experimental Lageado in FCA/Unesp, in São Paulo state, Brazil, for 3 years. The soil was classified like Latossolo red distroférrico with medium texture (770 g kg-1 of sand, 210 g kg-1 of clay and 20 g kg-1 of silt ). The area had been cropped to soybean in no-tillage for one year before the experiment. In the first year, Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum, var. BN-2) was planted in September, over black oat (Avena strigosa) straw, receiving 20 kg ha-1 of P2O5 (Simple super phosphate) and 15 kg ha-1 of N (Calcium Nitrate). earl millet was desiccated at the same time that soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill, var. IAC-17) was planted, in December/2001, using 60 kg ha-1 of P2O5. In Abril/2001, black oat was planted without fertilizers. Black oat was desiccated at the same time that Pearl millet was planted (September/2001), and was desiccated at the next soybean planting (December/2001). Pearl millet and soybean fertilizations were the same as those used in the previous year. The experiment was carried out in a 4 x 4 factorial design with randomized complete blocks (0, 30, 60 and 90 Kg ha-1 of K2O applied at Pearl millet planting x 0, 30, 60, 90 Kgha-1 of K2O applied to soybean), with four replications. The soil surface straw was collected at Pearl millet planting and at soybean planting, at 25, 50, 75 and 100 days after soybean emergence (DAE), in both years. Soil samples were taken at the same times as straw samplings, in the layers 0-5, 5-10, 10-20, 20-40 and 40-60 cm deep, in both years. Soybean shoots were collected at 25, 50, 75 and 100 DAE, in both years. Roots were sampled at 50 DAE, in the same depths as soil was sampled. At harvest yields were determined... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Orientador: Antonio Ismael Inácio Cardoso
Banca: Arthur Bernardes Cecilio Filho
Banca: Pablo Forlan Vargas
Resumo: Embora existam estudos sobre nutrição e recomendações de adubação para o cultivo de batata-doce, raramente se encontram trabalhos que abordem os efeitos do potássio e de seu parcelamento na adubação em cobertura na sua produção e qualidade das raízes. Em vista disso, objetivou-se, com a realização deste experimento, avaliar a influência do parcelamento e das doses de potássio em cobertura na produção e qualidade de raízes tuberosas de batata-doce. O experimento foi conduzido na Fazenda Experimental São Manuel, de 25/03/2014 a 30/07/2014. Foram avaliados dez tratamentos em esquema fatorial 3 x 3 + 1, sendo três doses de potássio (60, 90 e 120 kg ha-1 de K2O); três parcelamentos (sendo aplicados 100% no plantio; 50% no plantio e 50% em cobertura e 25% no plantio e 75% em cobertura) e uma testemunha (sem aplicação de potássio no plantio e em cobertura), no delineamento experimental de blocos casualizados, com quatro repetições por parcela, composta por três leiras com dez plantas cada, sendo as duas leiras laterais consideradas como bordadura, assim como a primeira e a última planta da leira central de cada parcela, e oito plantas foram consideradas úteis para coleta dos dados. Foram avaliados a massa fresca e seca da parte aérea e das raízes comerciais; número, comprimento e diâmetro das raízes comerciais, produtividade, extração de macronutrientes (raízes tuberosas, parte aérea e total) e qualidade pós-colheita (acidez titulável, sólidos solúveis, pH, açúcares redutores e amido) das raízes comerciais. Foi observado ajuste linear para as doses de potássio para todas as características da parte aérea nos parcelamento 50% (plantio) + 50% (cobertura) e 25% (plantio) + 75% (cobertura). Para as características de produção das raízes foi observada interação significativa entre doses e parcelamentos, sendo que o parcelamento 50% (plantio) + 50% (cobertura) ...
Abstract: Although there are fertilizer recommendations for comercial cultivation of sweet potato, there are few research papers that relate the effect of potassium fertilizer in top dressing and installment it production and quality. The objective of this work was to evaluate the potassium rates and installment influence in top dressing in sweet potato quality and production. The experiment was lead at São Manuel Experimental Farm and the evaluations at Horticulture Department in São Paulo State University. It was evaluated ten treatments in factorial scheme 3x3+1, with three rates of potassium (60, 90 and 120 kg ha-1 of K2O) in top dressing and three installments (100% planting; 50% (planting) + 50% (top dressing) e 25% (planting) + 75% (top dressing) and one control (without potassium and planting at top dressing). The experimental design was randomized blocks, with four replications. Fresh and dry weight of shoot and commercial roots; number, length and diameter commercials roots, yield, extraction of nutrients per plant and quality post harvest (pH, total acidity, soluble solids, reducing sugars and starch) of commercials roots were evaluated. Linear effect was observed for rates of potassium for all vegetative characteristics in installments 50% (planting) + 50% (coverage) and 25% (planting) + 75% (top dressing). For root production characteristics was observed significant interaction between rates and installment, and the installment 50% (planting) + 50% (top dressing) showed the best results. Yield increased with increasing rates of potassium till 120 kg ha-1 de K2O when installment 50% (planting) + 50% (top dressing). The decreasing order of macronutrient extraction by roots was K> N> Ca> P> S> Mg. Already the decreasing order of the plant extraction was ...
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The objective of this study was to determine the potassium (K) release kinetics of clay samples from 10 agricultural representative soils of Arizona by successive extraction using Ca-saturated cation resin. A 1993 physical and chemical characterization of the soils revealed that all soils contain smectite-mica K bearing minerals. Four mathematical models (power function, Elovich, parabolic diffusion and first-order) were used to describe the nonexchangeable K release reaction involving 700-hr cumulative reaction time. Comparison of the models using the coefficient of determination (r²) and the standard error of the estimate (SE) indicated that the Elovich and the power function equations overall displayed the best fit. The first-order rate and for the most part, the parabolic diffusion equation did not describe the K release very well. The constants a and b for the Elovich and the power function equations, which represent the intercept and the release rate of the nonexchangeable K respectively, are at least in the order of magnitude as those found by others in several previous studies.

This experiment was established in January 2000 in a block of 'Washington' navel orange trees at Verde Growers, Stanfield, AZ. Treatments included: normal grower practice, winter low biuret (LB) urea application, summer LB urea application, winter LB urea application plus winter and spring potassium phosphite, winter LB urea application plus summer potassium phosphite, and normal grower practice plus spring potassium phosphite. Each treatment was applied to approximately four acres of trees. For 2000-01, yields ranged from 40 to 45 lbs. per tree, and there was no effect of treatments upon total yield, and only slight effect upon fruit size, grade and quality. For 2001-02, there was a slight effect of treatment upon yield as LB urea led to improved yield, while potassium phosphite led to reduced yield. Normal grower practice was intermediate between these two extremes.

This experiment was established in January 2000 in a block of 'Washington' navel orange trees at Verde Growers, Stanfield, AZ. Treatments included: normal grower practice, winter low biuret (LB) urea application, summer LB urea application, winter LB urea application plus winter and spring potassium phosphite, winter LB urea application plus summer potassium phosphite, and normal grower practice plus spring potassium phosphite. Each treatment was applied to approximately four acres of trees. For 2000-01, yields ranged from 40 to 45 lbs. per tree, and there was no effect of treatments upon total yield. There was a slight effect upon fruit size and grade. Trees subject to summer LB urea application had significantly more fruit of size 56, compared to trees subject to winter LB urea, and untreated, and untreated trees had significantly more fruit of size 88 than did treated trees. Also, treated trees had slightly more fruit in the fancy grade than did untreated trees.

Due to a limited information describing the response of cotton (Gossvpium spp.) in Arizona to K fertilization, three studies were conducted in 1992 with the objective of evaluating the response of cotton crop growth and lint yield to soil and/or foliar applications of K fertilizer. The locations of the trials included the Safford Agriculture Center (Pima clay loam), Maricopa Agriculture Center (Casa Grande sandy loam), and a site located near Coolidge, AZ on a Mohall sandy loam soil. All irrigation, pest management, and fertilization inputs (other than K) were provided on an as- needed basis throughout the season. Routine plant measurements and plant mapping analyses were carried out at each location on regular intervals throughout the season. At the Safford location both Upland (G. hirsutum L., var DPL 90) and Pima (G. barbadense L., var S-6) cotton were planted with treatments including soil and foliar K applications imposed in a factorial arrangement. All soil K applications were broadcast and preplant incorporated using K₂SO₄ as the K source at rates of 0, 200, and 400 lbs. K₂O/acre. Four 4.6 lbs K₂O /acre foliar applications of KNO₃ were applied at 1626, 2016, 2326, and 2510 heat units after planting (HUAP). The trial at the Maricopa Agriculture Center included four foliar K applications over the growing season applied to Pima cotton (S-6) at 2427, 2762, 3200, and 3515 HUAP. The six foliar treatments included rates which ranged from 0 to 37 lbs. K₂O /acre using KNO₃ as the K source. Treatments were arranged over the experimental area in a randomized complete block design with five replications. At Coolidge all K treatments were band-applied to the soil at a depth of 8 in. using two shanks per row, preplant. The treatments were 0, 218, 436, and 654 lbs. K₂O /acre using K₂SO₄ as the fertilizer source. Upland cotton (STV KC311) was planted and treatments were arranged in a randomized complete block design with four replications. Results from all three trials indicated no differences among any of the treatments (including soil verses foliar and unfertilized treatments). All of the plant measurements taken for all the locations reveal crop growth resulting in excellent fruit retention without vegetative growth (i.e. height-to-node ratios within the long -term 95% confidence intervals for both Upland and Pima cotton. This indicates ample nutrient demand so that if available soil K is inadequate to meet crop needs, deficiency symptoms and reduced yields should occur. No visual deficiency symptoms were detected for any treatment in the experiments (all locations). All plots experienced vigorous and wellbalanced growth and development throughout the growing season. The results of these K fertility experiments supports current University of Arizona recommendations that unless exchangeable K is less than 150 ppm, crop response is not likely, although an exact critical level for exchangeable K is still lacking.

In an effort to provide information on the agronomic necessity of potassium (K) fertilization in Arizona cotton (Gossypium spp.) production, a five-year study was initiated in 1991 with a single field study located near Gila Bend. Subsequent study sites selected ranged from western (Yuma) to eastern (Safford) Arizona, which totaled 11 site years. Both Upland (G. hirsutum L.) and American Pima (G. barbadense L.) cotton were cultivated, using soil and foliar applications of K. In 1992, study sites included the Safford Ag. Center (SAC), Maricopa Ag. Center (MAC), and a Cooperator site at Coolidge. In 1993, the experiment stations sites were maintained (SAC and MAC) and Yuma Valley was added. The 1994 study sites included only the two experiment stations (SAC and MAC). In 1995, SAC and MAC were maintained, and a third location was a farmer cooperator site at Buckeye. The results from all studies (12) indicated no lint yield increases due to K fertilization at any of the locations with either Upland or Pima cotton. However, in 1995, at the Buckeye location, the result revealed a significant yield reduction due to the K foliar treatments. There were, however, no significant differences among soil as well as the soil-plus-foliar treated plots in the 1995 study at Buckeye.

A replicated field study was conducted at the Maricopa Agricultural Center in 1992 investigating Upland cotton lint yield and fiber quality response to foliar applied potassium thiosulfate. Applications were applied at early, peak, and late bloom. There were no significant yield or lint quality response by treatment.

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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
O Brasil é o maior produtor mundial de café, com uma produção estimada em 43,5 milhões de sacas beneficiadas na safra 2011, uma vez que, o processamento do café gera grandes quantidades de resíduos sólidos, e também, esses resíduos podem proporcionar problemas ambientais, torna-se de grande importância o estudo de alternativas de utilização desses materiais, sendo assim, objetivou-se nesse experimento caracterizar cinco tipos de resíduos do benefício de café e avaliar seu valor como fertilizante potássico, estudando a liberação do nutriente. O experimento foi realizado em colunas com solo, em casa de vegetação, na Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas Botucatu (SP). Foi utilizada a camada superficial (0-20 cm) de um Latossolo Vermelho distroférrico de textura média. Os materiais estudados foram cinco tipos de resíduos do benefício de café, sendo eles, a casca do café cereja despolpado, casca do café “boia” separado no lavador, casca do café “natural” seco em coco sem passagem pelo lavador, casca de café um ano compostada e casca de café enriquecida e compostada por três anos. Os resíduos foram aplicadas sobre o solo das colunas em quatro doses baseadas no teor total de potássio de cada material com testemunhas sem e com aplicação de fertilizante potássico mineral em quantidade equivalente à 300 kg ha-1 de K2O. O experimento foi conduzido pelo período de 10 meses. A água percolada foi coletada semanalmente e foram analisados pH, condutividade elétrica e K. Ao término do ensaio foram coletadas amostras de solo e analisados os teores de K nas diferentes profundidades do solo das colunas. Paralelamente ao ensaio foram confeccionados sacos de nylon para avaliar as alterações dos cinco tipos de resíduos do benefício de café utilizando o método do litterbag. Foram realizadas amostragens dos sacos...
Brazil is the world’s largest coffee producer. The estimated production in 2011 was 2.6 million tons of coffee beans, since the coffee processing generates large amounts of solid waste, and also, these residues can provide environmental problems, the study of coffee processing residues has great social, economic and environmental importance. The aim of the experiment was characterize five types of coffee processing residues and assess its value as a potassium fertilizer, studying the nutrient release. The experiment was carried out in columns with soil in a greenhouse at Agricultural Sciences College – UNESP - Botucatu – SP. The surface layer (0-20 cm) of a medium texture of an Oxisol was used. Five types of coffee processing residues were studied, which were the coffee cherry husk, the “float” coffee husk, the natural coffee husk, one year composted coffee husk and three years enriched and composted coffee husk. Four rates of residues were applied on the column’s considering the total potassium content and two controls with and without mineral potassium were used. The experiment was conducted for 10 months. The leached was collected every week and pH, K, and EC was analyzed. Soil samples were collected in the end of the period and K was analyzed in four layers. In parallel were made litterbags to assess the changes of the five types of coffee processing residues during the 10 months. The husks were sampled at 15, 45, 90, 150, 210 and 300 days. The samples were analyzed to total potassium, water soluble potassium, total... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

For cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) to grow and develop normally, plants need to uptake the necessary amount of nutrients and use those nutrients in a beneficial fashion. It is recognized that cotton needs a certain tissue concentration of ions to achieve and maintain growth rates (Siddiqi et al., 1987). One of the most essential and abundant nutrients in cotton is potassium (K), second only by mass to nitrogen (N) (Marschner, 1995; Oosterhuis et al., 2013). Potassium exists in the soil in four separate pools and moves through soil to roots mainly through diffusion (Rengel & Damon, 2008; Samal et al., 2010; Ogaard et al., 2001). Potassium plays a vital role in plant growth and metabolism.

The objectives of this study were to determine the Michaelis-Menten parameters for the high-affinity transport system (HATS) and low-affinity transport system (LATS) uptake mechanisms of cotton, observe how K is partitioned throughout the cotton plant over a growing season with differing K fertilization rates, and to determine if cultivars differed in values from currently available indices formulated for N-status detection from active sensors. It also set out to determine if these N-sensitive indices were sensitive to leaf K concentration and available K2O in the soil, and to evaluate the role these indices play in predicting yield. It was hypothesized that a high K hydroponic environment would lead to more K uptake by cotton roots, which would lead to an increase in VMAX and KM. It was also hypothesized that with increased K fertilization, there would be greater K uptake and larger shift to reproductive components due to the plant having more than enough K in all other parts enabling it to send more to the reproductive components, and that greater K rates would lead to higher yields across all cultivars. It was believed that normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) would more accurately predict leaf K, available K2O, and yield than normalized difference red edge (NDRE), that NDVI and NDRE would more accurately determine the K parameters chosen than canopy chlorophyll content index (CCCI), due to the strong influence of the red-edge band in the index and that yield would be most accurately predicted by the CCCI, due to yield being influenced by both chlorophyll content and biomass, and the CCCI involving the red-edge band to reflect chlorophyll content and the near infrared band to detect biomass.

Suitable orchard land in regions of high elevation, arid climates, and alkaline soil conditions is becoming more limited due to urban sprawl. With the loss of suitable farmland, increasing input costs, and the lack of sound fertility information for these regions, fruit growers face challenges in producing high quality fruit to meet local and general market demand. The question that arises is whether fruit growers can supply sufficient quantities of quality fruit to take full advantage of local and global demand. Government data for population, fruit production, and fruit consumption in Utah were reviewed to determine the potential size of the local market, and determine whether growers have opportunities to increase production to meet unsatisfied demand for high quality local produce. In addition to market analysis, fertility-based management strategies are needed to optimize yield and fruit quality in production areas of high elevation, arid climates, and alkaline soils. Three different approaches were used to investigate the effect of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) on tart cherry fruit quality and yield at high elevations, arid climate conditions, and in alkaline soils. The approaches of this study include: a rate-response evaluation using the industry-standard Triple-16 fertilizer (16-16-16), and comparison of P and K fertilizer formulations to determine the most cost effective sources of these nutrients with regard to yield and fruit quality. Additions of P and K maintained adequate yield and fruit quality, but showed no significant difference among treatments, where historically aggressive nutrient management had been practiced. Fertilizer additions did result in a significant increase in yield and fruit quality where nutrient management programs were historically much less aggressive. There is no advantage of higher cost fertilizer formulations over standard low-cost sources (i.e.; Triple-16). Moreover, there is no significant advantage to splitting fertilizer application over time during the growing season. An analysis of government data indicates that, over the past 40 years, Utah has become a net importer of apples (1997), peaches (1987), and sweet cherries (2005), indicating increased local market opportunities. Increasing the fruit supply to the local market can best be accomplished by increasing yields and fruit quality on existing orchard acreage. Optimizing annual P and K nutrient management is an important key to maximizing yield and fruit quality. The results provide foundational guidelines of nutrient management for optimizing tart cherry production and fruit quality under regionally specific conditions.

Orientador: Ciro Antonio Rosolem
Banca: Leandro Borges Lemos
Banca: Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol
Banca: Silvestre Bellettini
Banca: José Antonio Quaggio
Resumo: Objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar a dinâmica do potássio no sistema solo-palha-planta, com a rotação das culturas milheto, soja e aveia preta conduzidas em semeadura direta, em função do manejo da adubação potássica ao longo de três anos agrícolas. O experimento foi conduzido na Fazenda Experimental Lageado da FCA/UNESP, em Botucatu-SP, nos anos agrícolas de 2000/2001, 2001/2002 e 2002/2003. O solo foi classificado como Latossolo vermelho distroférrico de textura média (770 g kg-1 de areia, 210 g kg-1 de argila e 20 g kg-1 de silte). A área vinha sendo cultivada com soja em semeadura direta por um ano agrícola antes da instalação do experimento. No primeiro ano de condução do experimento, o milheto (Pennisetum glaucum, var. BN-2) foi semeado em Setembro/2000, sobre a palha de aveia preta (Avena strigosa). A adubação nesta semeadura foi de 20 kg ha-1 de P2O5 (Superfosfato Simples) e 15 kg ha-1 de N (Nitrocálcio). O milheto foi dessecado por ocasião da semeadura da soja (Glycine max L. Merrill, var. IAC-17), que foi semeada em Dezembro/2001, com 60 kg ha-1 de P2O5 . Em Abril/2001, fez-se a semeadura da aveia preta sem o uso de fertilizantes. A aveia preta foi dessecada na semeadura do milheto (Setembro/2001), que por sua vez foi dessecado na semeadura da soja (Dezembro/2001). As adubações do milheto e da soja foram as mesmas utilizadas no ano anterior. O delineamento experimental foi em blocos ao acaso, num esquema fatorial 4 x 4 ( 0, 30, 60 e 90 Kg ha-1 de K2O aplicados na semeadura do milheto x 0, 30, 60, 90 Kg ha-1 de K2O aplicados na semeadura da soja), constituindo 16 tratamentos, com quatro repetições. A palha da superfície do solo foi coletada na semeadura do milheto, na semeadura da soja, e aos 25, 50, 75 e 100 dias após a emergência da soja (DAE da soja), nos dois primeiros anos agrícolas. O solo foi coletado nas mesmas épocas de coleta... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: The objective of this experiment was to study the potassium dynamics in no-tillage system, crop development and soybean yields, in different rates of potassic fertilization. The experiment was carried out in Fazenda Experimental Lageado in FCA/Unesp, in São Paulo state, Brazil, for 3 years. The soil was classified like Latossolo red distroférrico with medium texture (770 g kg-1 of sand, 210 g kg-1 of clay and 20 g kg-1 of silt ). The area had been cropped to soybean in no-tillage for one year before the experiment. In the first year, Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum, var. BN-2) was planted in September, over black oat (Avena strigosa) straw, receiving 20 kg ha-1 of P2O5 (Simple super phosphate) and 15 kg ha-1 of N (Calcium Nitrate). earl millet was desiccated at the same time that soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill, var. IAC-17) was planted, in December/2001, using 60 kg ha-1 of P2O5. In Abril/2001, black oat was planted without fertilizers. Black oat was desiccated at the same time that Pearl millet was planted (September/2001), and was desiccated at the next soybean planting (December/2001). Pearl millet and soybean fertilizations were the same as those used in the previous year. The experiment was carried out in a 4 x 4 factorial design with randomized complete blocks (0, 30, 60 and 90 Kg ha-1 of K2O applied at Pearl millet planting x 0, 30, 60, 90 Kgha-1 of K2O applied to soybean), with four replications. The soil surface straw was collected at Pearl millet planting and at soybean planting, at 25, 50, 75 and 100 days after soybean emergence (DAE), in both years. Soil samples were taken at the same times as straw samplings, in the layers 0-5, 5-10, 10-20, 20-40 and 40-60 cm deep, in both years. Soybean shoots were collected at 25, 50, 75 and 100 DAE, in both years. Roots were sampled at 50 DAE, in the same depths as soil was sampled. At harvest yields were determined... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Thesis (PhD(Agric))--Stellenbosch University, 2012.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A lack of defects is required for successful table grape marketing, which pre-suppose optimal vine performance, berry development and post-harvest quality. The supply of mineral nutrients affects vine development, physiology and berry quality. Despite a vast amount of research conducted over decades, there remain many unresolved issues regarding table grape vine nutrition to ensure optimal table grape quality and shelve-life. Unjustified fertilisation practices often include excessive applications of nitrogen (N), potassium (K) and calcium (Ca). A four-year field trial was therefore conducted on a sandy soil in the Paarl district of South Africa, using grafted on Ramsey, and trained to a gable trellis system. Nitrogen, potassium and calcium were applied, singular or in combination, at rates up to 300% the calculated annual nutritional requirement. The effect of these excessive applications on table grape performance under typical South African cultivation conditions was investigated for Vitis vinifera L. cv. Prime Seedless, a very early seedless table cultivar that is produced with minimum berry diameter of 18mm, with special reference to 1) vegetative growth, 2) expression of grapevine nutrient availability through foliar analyses, 3) berry nutrient accumulation patterns of this early cultivar, 4) manipulation of berry nutrient content through soil and bunch directed applications and 5) the effect of berry nutrient content on its quality. No definite vegetative growth responses (expressed as shoot length, leaf surface area and shoot mass) and leaf chlorophyll content differences were obtained for all the treatments. These results were obtained in a vineyard on a sandy soil where excessive N fertilisation caused a reduction of soil pH to detrimentally low levels and where the excessive N, K and Ca applications reduced mutual concentrations and that of Mg, in the soil. A lack of stimulation in vegetative growth may therefore be ascribed to the combined negative effect of these excessive applications on soil pH and vine nutrition. Although the N content of petioles was higher for treatments where N was applied, consistent significant increases in petiole N with N fertilisation were not observed. Petiole N concentration showed a decreasing trend throughout the season. Petiole K concentrations were significantly increased by the K fertilisation at all phenological stages. None of the K fertilisation treatments, however, succeeded to raise petiole K concentrations above the accepted maximum norms and petiole K concentration at a specific sampling stage varied significantly between the four seasons. A general decrease in petiole K concentration was found for all seasons. Calcium fertilisation did not increase soil Ca content, resulting in a lack of differences in petiole Ca concentrations between treatments. An increase in petiole Ca concentration towards harvest was obtained. Correlations between petiole nutrient concentration and berry mineral content at harvest were poor. The only way of knowing the mineral content of berries would seem to be by measuring it directly instead of deducing it from the results of leaf or petiole analyses. The dynamics of berry growth impacted on berry nutrient concentration. Early rapid berry growth, predominantly due to cell division and cell growth, was associated with the most rapid decreases in N, P and Ca concentration. Due to mobility of K and Mg in the plant, that exceeds other nutrients, the decrease in concentration of these two mineral elements was not as pronounced as that of the others. Nutrient accumulation was most rapid during the pre-véraison period, but only Ca showed a definite termination during the early ripening period. The continued inflow of N, P, K and Mg, albeit at slower rates immediately after véraison, should be taken into consideration when fertilisation is applied. As a table grape, total accumulation of each nutrient in Prime Seedless berries also far exceeded that of other cultivars studied thus far. A particular difference is that the berry flesh:skin ratio is much higher than that of previously studied cultivars, leading to higher levels of nutrient accumulation in the flesh. Slightly larger berry size was obtained for N applications and is ascribed to slight increases in early vegetative growth, allowing a better response to GA3 treatments. The use of GA3 for berry enlargement is also considered the reason why K fertilisation, resulting in increased berry K levels, did not affect berry size, as is often found for wine grapes. Higher available NO3 - in the soil on account of excessive N applications resulted in higher levels of berry N, despite sub-optimal soil pH regimes that were created by these treatments. Berry K concentration and content were increased by K fertilisation. Rapid vine K uptake and translocation to the berries seem to negate the reduced vine nutritional status as observed in petioles for situations of over-fertilisation with N. Berry Ca levels were not increased by Ca fertilisation or by bunch applied Ca. The rapid rates of berry growth, together with low rates of berry Ca uptake and Ca uptake that terminates at the onset of ripening, are assumed to be the main reasons for this result. Low levels of decay as well as a lack of consistently increased decay were obtained for N containing treatments. Nitrogen levels in the berries above which their susceptibility to fungal infection is increased, should be established. Information on specific N compounds that may lead to more susceptibility is required. Potentially increased berry browning on account of high rates of K fertilisation needs to be further investigated; indications that this may occur were observed. Neither soil applied Ca nor bunch applied Ca improved berry quality, although Ca treatments seemed to reduce decay during the only season that significant differences were obtained. The negative effect of excessive fertilisation on soil chemistry of sandy soils has again been highlighted by this study. This annuls the fertilisation, leading to inefficient fertilisation and a lack of the desired responses. As indicator of vine nutrient availability, petiole analysis, was proven unreliable and should be evaluated in parallel with soil analyses, taking seasonal variation into consideration. The danger of being only guided by published norms for leaf nutrient concentrations when establishing fertilisation practices has again been highlighted by this study. This research indicated that for a very early cultivar like Prime Seedless, nutrient accumulation dynamics can already start to change during the pre-véraison period in some seasons. This is due to different edaphic and climatic conditions as well as berry size, which leads to much higher flesh:skin ratios. Future research on table grapes would need to develop an understanding of the various factors and dynamics that determine berry nutrient concentration and accumulation of early ripening, large berry sized, seedless table grape cultivars.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Suksesvolle bemarking van tafeldruiwe is ten nouste afhanklik van die beskikbaarheid van druiwe sonder defekte, wat ‘n direkte verband met optimale wingerdprestasie, korrelontwikkeling en na-oes kwaliteit inhou. Voorsiening van minerale voedingstowwe beïnvloed die stok se groei, fisiologie en korrelgehalte. Ten spyte van ‘n oorweldigende hoeveelheid navorsing wat oor dekades reeds gedoen is, is daar steeds onopgeloste kwessies aangaande bemesting van tafeldruiwe vir optimale druifgehalte en houvermoë. Die gevolg is onoordeelkundige bemestingspraktyke wat o.a. aanleiding gee tot oorbemesting met stikstof (N), kalium (K) en kalsium (Ca). ‘n Vier-jaar-lange veldproef is gevolglik op ‘n sandgrond in die Paarl distrik (Suid-Afrika) onderneem deur gebruik te maak van Vitis vinifera L. cv. Prime Seedless geënt op Ramsey en op ‘n dubbel-gewel prieelstelsel opgelei is. Stikstof, K en Ca is alleen, of in kombinasie, toegedien teen hoeveelhede gelykstaande aan 300% van die wingerd se jaarlikse behoefte. Die effek van hierdie oormatige toedienings op tafeldruif prestasie onder Suid-Afrikaanse verbouingstoestande is ondersoek, met spesiale verwysing na 1) vegetatiewe groei, 2) uitdrukking van voedingstofbeskikbaarheid deur blaarontledings, 3) die voedingstof akkumulasie patrone van korrels van hierdie vroeë kultivar, 4) manipulasie van korrel voedingstofinhoud deur grond en trosgerigte toedienings en 5) die effek van korrel voedingstofinhoud op kwaliteit. Die doel van die proef was om bemestinspraktyke van Prime Seedless, ‘n baie vroeë pitlose tafeldruifkultivar met ‘n minimum korrelgrootte van 18 mm, te verfyn. Deur die akkumulasie patrone van die druiwe uit te klaar is daar ook ondersoek ingestel of oestyd en na-oes gehalte deur oormatige toediening van voedingstowwe affekteer word. Geen duidelike verskille betreffende vegetatiewe groeireaksies (uitgedruk as lootlengte, blaaroppervlaktes en lootmassas) asook verskille in blaar chlorofilinhoud is vir die behandelings verkry nie. Hierdie resultate is verkry in ‘n wingerd op ‘n sandgrond, waar oormatige N-bemesting aanleiding gegee het tot grond pH verlagings tot die peil van nadelige vlakke. Verder het die oormatige N, K en Ca toedienings wederkerige verlagings in konsentrasies, asook op dié van Mg, in die grond teweeggebring. Die tekort aan vegetatiewe groeiresponse op die behandelings kon dus toegeskryf word aan ‘n gekombineerde effek van die oormatige toedienings op grond pH en voedingstofbalanse. Hoewel die N-inhoud van bladstele hoër was vir behandelings wat N toediening ingesluit het, was daar nie konstante toenames in die vlakke verkry nie. Bladskyf N-konsentrasie het afgeneem deur die loop van die groeiseisoen. Vir alle fenologiese stadiums was bladskyf Kkonsentrasies betekenisvol verhoog deur K-bemesting. Nie een van die Kbemestingsbehandelings het egter daarin geslaag om bladskyf K inhoud vir enige monstertyd bo die algemeen aanvaarde maksimum norms te lig nie. Verder het bladskyf K inhoud by ‘n spesifieke fenologiese stadium ook betekenisvol tussen seisoene verskil. Die K-inhoud van bladskywe het afgeneem met verloop van die seisoen. Kalsiumbemesting het nie die grond se Ca inhoud deurgans verhoog nie, wat dus die tekort aan verskille in Ca konsentrasies tussen die behandelings verklaar. ‘n Toename in Ca konsentrasie en korrel Ca inhoud is vanaf set tot oes waargeneem. Swak korrelasies tussen bladskywe se voedingstofinhoude en korrels se voedingstofinhoude is verkry. Die enigste manier waarop korrels se voedingstofinhoude dus afgelei kan word, blyk te wees deur direkte bepaling daarvan. Voedingstofinhoude van korrels is deur groeipatrone daarvan beïnvloed. Vroeë korrelgroei, hoofsaaklik a.g.v. seldeling en selgroei, het met die vinnigste afnametempo van N, P en Ca gepaard gegaan. As gevolg van die hoër beweeglikheid van K en Mg in die plant in vergelyking met ander voedingstowwe, was die afname in konsentrasie van hierdie twee elemente nie so groot soos vir die ander nie. Voedingstofakkumulasie was die vinnigste in die periode voor deurslaan. Slegs Ca het ‘n beeïndiging van opname aan die einde van hierdie periode getoon. Die voortgesette opname van N, P, K en Mg, alhoewel stadiger kort na deurslaan, moet in ag geneem word wanneer bemesting toegedien word. Vir hierdie kultivar het die totale opname van elke bemestingstof dié van die ander kultivars wat tot hede bestudeer is, ver oorskry. ‘n Spesifieke verskil is ‘n baie hoër vleis:dop verhouding as wat vir ander kultivars verkry is. Dit gee aanleiding tot baie hoër vlakke van voedingstofakkumulasie in die vleis. Effens groter korrelgroottes is verkry waar N toedienings gemaak is. Dit word toegeskryf aan klein toenames in vroeë vegetatiewe groei, wat dus beter reaksie op GA3 behandelings tot gevolg gehad het. Die gebruik van GA3 vir korrelvergroting word ook beskou as die rede waarom K-bemesting, wat tot hoër vlakke van K in die korrels aanleiding gegee het, nie korrelgrootte, soos by wyndruiwe, bevorder het nie. Hoër NO3 - in die grond (water), na aanleiding van N toedienings, het aanleiding gegee tot hoer vlakke van N in die korrels. Dit het plaasgevind ten spyte van sub-optimale grond pH wat deur die oormatige N toedienings veroorsaak is. Korrel K konsentrasie en -inhoud is deur K-bemesting verhoog. Vinnige opname en translokasie van K na die korrels het ook geblyk die rede te wees waarom die verlaagde voedingstatus van die stokke a.g.v. oorbemesting met N nie die korrels se K inhoud geaffekteer het nie. Die vinnige groeitempo van die korrels, tesame met lae vlakke van Ca opname, asook korrels se Ca opname wat tydens rypwording ophou, word as die redes vir die tekorte aan behandelingseffekte beskou. Lae vlakke van bederf, asook ‘n tekort aan betroubare tendense dat bederf deur Nbemesting verhoog word, is verkry. Daar moet vasgestel word of daar N vlakke in die korrels is waarbo hul vatbaarheid vir swaminfeksies verhoog word, en of daar spesifieke N verbindings is wat die korrels meer vatbaar maak vir bederf. Indikasies dat K-bemesting interne verbruiningsvlakke verhoog het, regverdig verdere ondersoek. Korrelkwaliteit is nie deur grond- of trosgerigte toedienings bevoordeel nie. Die negatiewe effek van oormatige bemesting op die chemiese samestelling van sandgronde is weer deur hierdie navorsing uitgelig. Dit lei tot oneffektiewe bemesting en ‘n tekort aan die verlangde effekte. Blaarontledings blyk onbetroubaar te wees as aanduiding van voedingstof beskikbaarheid. Dit moet evalueer word saam met grondontledings en ook seisoenale variasie in ag neem. Die gevaar om slegs deur gepubliseerde norme gelei te word wanneer bemestingspraktyke bepaal word, is weer deur hierdie navorsing uitgelig. Voorst is daar in hierdie navorsing gevind dat voedingstof akkumulasiepatrone van ‘n baie vroeë kultivar soos Prime Seedless alreeds voor deurslaan begin verander a.g.v. omgewingstoestande en korrelgroei wat tot ‘n veel hoër vleis:dop verhouding aanleiding gee. Toekomstige navorsing op tafeldruiwe behoort die faktore en dinamika wat voedingstofkonsentrasie en -akkumulasie in korrels van vroeë, groot korrel, pitlose tafeldruifkultivars beïnvloed verder te ondersoek.

Due to increasing emphasis and interest being placed on cotton (Gossypium spp.) fiber quality as well as yield benefits associated with potassium (K) fertilization, two studies were conducted in 1994. These studies with those before them were aimed at assessing the agronomic necessity of K fertilization in Arizona cotton production. The locations of the trials included Maricopa Agricultural Center (Casa Grande sandy loam) and Safford Agricultural Center (Pima clay loam). At the Safford location, both Upland (G. hirsutum L., var. DPL 90) and Pima (G. barbadense L., var. S-7) cotton were planted with treatments that included both soil and foliar K applications. The trials at Maricopa Agricultural Center included four foliar K applications over the growing season on Pima (G barbadense L., var. S-7) cotton. The results of the experiments at both locations indicated no lint yield responses to K fertilization by either Upland or Pima cotton.

Resumo: O Brasil é o maior produtor mundial de café, com uma produção estimada em 43,5 milhões de sacas beneficiadas na safra 2011, uma vez que, o processamento do café gera grandes quantidades de resíduos sólidos, e também, esses resíduos podem proporcionar problemas ambientais, torna-se de grande importância o estudo de alternativas de utilização desses materiais, sendo assim, objetivou-se nesse experimento caracterizar cinco tipos de resíduos do benefício de café e avaliar seu valor como fertilizante potássico, estudando a liberação do nutriente. O experimento foi realizado em colunas com solo, em casa de vegetação, na Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas Botucatu (SP). Foi utilizada a camada superficial (0-20 cm) de um Latossolo Vermelho distroférrico de textura média. Os materiais estudados foram cinco tipos de resíduos do benefício de café, sendo eles, a casca do café cereja despolpado, casca do café "boia" separado no lavador, casca do café "natural" seco em coco sem passagem pelo lavador, casca de café um ano compostada e casca de café enriquecida e compostada por três anos. Os resíduos foram aplicadas sobre o solo das colunas em quatro doses baseadas no teor total de potássio de cada material com testemunhas sem e com aplicação de fertilizante potássico mineral em quantidade equivalente à 300 kg ha-1 de K2O. O experimento foi conduzido pelo período de 10 meses. A água percolada foi coletada semanalmente e foram analisados pH, condutividade elétrica e K. Ao término do ensaio foram coletadas amostras de solo e analisados os teores de K nas diferentes profundidades do solo das colunas. Paralelamente ao ensaio foram confeccionados sacos de nylon para avaliar as alterações dos cinco tipos de resíduos do benefício de café utilizando o método do litterbag. Foram realizadas amostragens dos sacos... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: Brazil is the world's largest coffee producer. The estimated production in 2011 was 2.6 million tons of coffee beans, since the coffee processing generates large amounts of solid waste, and also, these residues can provide environmental problems, the study of coffee processing residues has great social, economic and environmental importance. The aim of the experiment was characterize five types of coffee processing residues and assess its value as a potassium fertilizer, studying the nutrient release. The experiment was carried out in columns with soil in a greenhouse at Agricultural Sciences College - UNESP - Botucatu - SP. The surface layer (0-20 cm) of a medium texture of an Oxisol was used. Five types of coffee processing residues were studied, which were the coffee cherry husk, the "float" coffee husk, the natural coffee husk, one year composted coffee husk and three years enriched and composted coffee husk. Four rates of residues were applied on the column's considering the total potassium content and two controls with and without mineral potassium were used. The experiment was conducted for 10 months. The leached was collected every week and pH, K, and EC was analyzed. Soil samples were collected in the end of the period and K was analyzed in four layers. In parallel were made litterbags to assess the changes of the five types of coffee processing residues during the 10 months. The husks were sampled at 15, 45, 90, 150, 210 and 300 days. The samples were analyzed to total potassium, water soluble potassium, total... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Un approvisionnement stable en fourrage est important pour la pérennité des fermes laitières dans l'Est du Canada. En plus de l'azote, la croissance optimale des cultures fourragères nécessite un apport adéquat en potassium (K) et en phosphore (P), dont la disponibilité pourrait être influencée par les pratiques culturales. L'objectif principal de cette thèse était d'évaluer la stabilité des rendements fourragers sous des pratiques culturales contrastées, mais également de comprendre comment ces pratiques influent sur la dynamique du K et du P dans un sol argileux de l'Est canadien. Un dispositif de longue durée a été initié en 1989 dans la région du Saguenay Lac St-Jean. Il s'agissait d'une rotation fixe orge-fourrage-fourrage établie sur un Gleysol humique sous labour conventionnel (MP) ou chisel (CP) et recevant une fertilisation minérale (MIN) ou organique (fumier liquide de bovins laitiers, LDM). Nous avons identifié que les rendements étaient plus stables cycliquement (par cycle de trois ans) qu'annuellement. L'indice de stabilité du rendement a été réduit d'un facteur de 1.86 ± 0.57 pour les grains, de 1.87 ± 0.24 pour les pailles et de 2.00 ± 0.25 pour les fourrages en utilisant l'évaluation cyclique. Le LDM a permis d'obtenir des rendements en fourrage et en paille plus élevés que MIN. Cependant, le travail du sol n'a pas influencé les rendements. Le bilan cumulé de K était en moyenne de −579 kg K ha⁻¹ cycle⁻¹ avec MIN et +69 kg K ha⁻¹cycle⁻¹ avec LDM. L'accumulation de K échangeable dans les couches supérieures du sol était plus élevée avec LDM qu'avec MIN. Toutefois aucune relation significative entre le bilan cumulé de K et le K échangeable n'a été observée à travers les cycles. Les fractions de K échangeable et non échangeable entre 2001 et 2016 ont augmenté avec MIN malgré un bilan K déficitaire, mettant en évidence l'équilibre dynamique entre les formes de K du sol. Pour le P, le bilan cyclique cumulé variait de –20 à +150 kg P ha⁻¹ avec LDM, et de –33 à +3 kg P ha⁻¹ avec MIN, alors que des réserves plus élevées de P Mehlich-3 ont été mesurées dans la couche arable (0–15 cm) avec MIN qu'avec LDM. Une relation négative entre le bilan cumulé de P et le P Mehlich-3 a été observée soulignant la complexité des mécanismes contrôlant la disponibilité du P dans le sol. L'analyse de la couche 0–15 cm avait montré un P total plus faible sous LDM par rapport à MIN pour deux dates (2001 et 2016), et une diminution de P organique entre 12 et 27 ans sous LDM probablement due à une minéralisation ou à une perte de P organique. Les résultats obtenus avaient également montré que le travail du sol a eu un effet significatif sur la répartition de K et de P dans le sol. En raison de la différence de profondeur de labour entre CP (15 cm) et MP (20 cm), le CP avait conduit à une plus grande accumulation de K et de P dans la couche 0−15 cm, tandis que l'inverse a été constatée dans la couche 15−30 cm. Les résultats semblaient également indiquer qu'un prélèvement de K et de P par les plantes a eu lieu dans la profondeur 15−30 cm. Dans l'ensemble, cette étude a permis de démontrer que la stabilité cyclique des rendements ouvrait une nouvelle perspective de gestion des terres et de stockage des foins et de souligner la forte capacité tampon en K et en P des sols à texture fine. Avec un suivi régulier des cultures, et du statut potassique et phosphaté du sol, le CP et le LDM pourraient assurer la durabilité des systèmes fourragers dans l'Est du Canada. Toutefois, l'approche reliant les bilans de K et de P à leurs formes disponibles pour soutenir le concept d'accumulation et de maintien de la fertilité du sol s'est révélée peu fiable dans ce sol argileux. Enfin, nous recommandons de revisiter localement la stratégie de fertilisation des systèmes fourragers composés de légumineuses et de graminées établis sur un Gleysol humique afin d'inclure la teneur en K non échangeable dans la recommandation en K et la teneur en argile du sol dans la recommandation en P.
A stable supply of forages is important to ensure sustainability of the dairy farms in Eastern Canada. In addition to nitrogen, optimal forage growth requires an adequate supply of potassium (K) and phosphorus (P), whose availability could be influenced by agricultural practices. The main objective of this thesis was to assess forage yields stability under contrasting management practices, but also to understand how these practices influence K and P dynamics in clayey soils of Eastern Canada. We used along-term experiment established in 1989 in the region of Saguenay Lac St-Jean. This was a fixed barley-forage-forage rotation established on a humic Gleysol under moldboard plow (MP) or chisel (CP) plowing and supplied by mineral (MIN) or organic (liquid dairy manure, LDM) fertilizers. We found that crop yields were more stable cyclically (per three-year cycle) than annually. Yield stability index was reduced by factor of 1.86 ± 0.57 for grains, 1.87 ± 0.24 for straw and 2.00 ± 0.25 for forage using cyclic assessment. The LDM returned higher forage and straw yields than MIN. However, yields were not influenced by the tillage practice. Cumulative K budget averaged −579 kg K ha⁻¹ cycle⁻¹ with MIN and +69 kg K ha⁻¹ cycle⁻¹ with LDM. Exchangeable K accumulation in upper soil layers was higher with LDM than MIN. Nevertheless, no significant relationship between cumulative K budget and exchangeable K was observed across cycles. Exchangeable and non-exchangeable K fractions between 2001 and 2016 increased under MIN (deficit K budget), underlying the dynamic equilibrium between soil K forms. For P, cumulative cyclic budget varied from –20 to +150 kg P ha⁻¹ with LDM, and –33 to +3 kg P ha⁻¹ with MIN, while higher reserves of Mehlich-3 P were measured in topsoil (0–15 cm) with MIN than LDM. The negative relationship between cumulative P budget and Mehlich-3 P highlighted the complex mechanisms controlling soil P availability. Soil analysis in 0–15 cm layer showed lower total P with LDM than MIN for two dates (2001 and 2016), and a decline of organic P between 12 and 27 years under LDM probably due to organic P mineralization or loss. Tillage practices had significant effect on soil K and P distribution. Due to the difference in plowing depth between CP (15 cm) and MP (20 cm), the CP led to greater K and P accumulation than MP in the 0−15 cm layer, while the reverse was observed in 15−30 cm layer. The results also indicated that K and P uptakes by plants occurred in the 15−30 cm depth. Overall, this study showed that cyclic yield stability opened up a new perspective for land allocation and forage storage, and underlined the high buffer capacity in K and P of fine-textured soils. With regular monitoring of crops, and soil K and P status, CP and LDM could ensure the sustainability off orage production systems in Eastern Canada. However, the approach relating K and P budget to their available forms to support soil fertility buildup and maintenance appeared to be wrong in this clayey soil. Finally, we suggest to revisit local fertilization strategy of forage legume and grass mixtures in rotation with cereal established on a humic Gleysol in order to include non-exchangeable K content in K fertilizer recommendation and soil clay content in P fertilizer recommendation.

Au Québec, la pomme de terre est cultivée sur des sols sableux favorisant les pertes par lixiviation de l’azote et du potassium. Selon le principe de réactions d’échanges cationiques, on a supposé que les doses et les sources d'azote puissent avoir un impact sur la lixiviation du potassium. Ainsi, une expérience a été menée, pendant trois années, dans un champ de pomme. Le dispositif expérimental est un bloc complet aléatoire de quatre répétitions constitué de 10 traitements qui sont un factoriel de trois sources d'azote (nitrate d’ammonium, sulfate d’ammonium et un engrais à libération lente) et trois doses (120, 200 et 280 kg N ha⁻¹) avec un traitement témoin. Des lysimètres ont été installés pour récupérer la solution du sol et doser sa concentration en potassium aux deux semaines. Les résultats ont révélé un effet non significatif de la source et de la dose de l'azote sur la lixiviation du potassium. Un modèle d’évolution de la lixiviation de potassium est obtenu pour aider les producteurs à mieux fractionner leurs engrais potassiques. Le bilan partiel de K montre une lixiviation nette pour les parcelles qui ont reçu une fertilisation azotée mais pas pour le témoin.

Le potassium est un nutriment essentiel à la croissance et au développement des plantes. Les minéraux argileux dans les sols représentent un important réservoir de K disponible pour les plantes. L'extraction de K fixé à partir de l'espace interfoliaire des minéraux micacés 2:1 peut entraîner une augmentation de la distance feuillet à feuillet qui peut être mesurée par diffraction des rayons X . Des échantillons de l'expérience Morrow Plots continue avec du maïs (C) ou du maïs-avoine-foin (R), provenant de sous-parcelles fertilisées (F) et non fertilisées (U) pour les années 1904, 1957, 1980, 1997 et 2013-2014, ont été soumis au fractionnement granulométrique séquentiel pour obtenir la fraction limoneuse (50-2 um) et les sous-fractions argileuses (2-0,2, 0,2-0,05 et <0,05 um). Les résultats granulométriques montrent une hétérogénéité significative malgré la petite taille de la MP, et un gain de sous-fraction < 0,05 um avec le temps. La modélisation des diagrammes de diffraction des rayons X a été effectuée pour obtenir une identification concluante de l'assemblage de minéraux argileux et évaluer l'impact de 110 ans d'agriculture continue et de différentes pratiques agronomiques. Un assemblage complexe de minéraux argileux a été identifié avec jusqu'à onze contributions différentes nécessaires pour reproduire les données expérimentales de sous-fractions de moins de 2 um, y compris jusqu'à six couches mixtes d'illite-smectite-chlorite. L'analyse de phase quantitative pour toutes les sous-parcelles et toutes les années, a montré que l'assemblage minéral du MP est similaire entre les différentes sous-parcelles, quel que soit le traitement agronomique. Aucune preuve significative d'altération ou de transformation des phases minérales argileuses n'a été observée au fil du temps. La nature dioctaédrique des minéraux argileux de la MP désavantage l'extraction du K et donc la dissolution est le mécanisme privilégié pour l'absorption du K et la perte de sous-fractions 2-0,2 et 0,2-0,05 um est attribuée à ce processus
Potassium is an essential nutrient for plant growth and development. Clay minerals in soils represent an important reservoir of plant-available K. Extraction of fixed K from the interlayer space of micaceous 2:1 minerals can lead to an increase in the layer-to-layer distance which can be measured by X-ray diffraction. Samples from the Morrow Plots continuous corn (C) and corn-oats-hay (R) experiment, from fertilised (F) and non-fertilised (U) subplots for the years 1904, 1957, 1980, 1997 and 2013-2014 were subjected to sequential size-fractionation to obtain the silt fraction (50-2 um) and clay-sized subfractions (2-0.2, 0.2-0,05 and <0.05 um). Granulometric results show siginificant heterogeneity despite the small size of the MP, and a gain in <0.05 um subfraction with time. Full-profile fitting of X-ray diffraction patterns was performed to obtain conclusive identification of the clay mineral assemblage and assess the impact of 110-years of continuous agriculture and different agronomic practices. A complex clay mineral assemblage was identified with up to eleven different contributions necessary to reproduce the experimental data of <2 um subfractions, including up to six illite-smectite-chlorite mixed-layers. Quantitative phase analysis for all subplots and years showed that the mineral assemblage of the MP is similar between different subplots, regardless of agronomic treatment. No significant evidence of alteration or transformation of clay mineral phases was observed over time. The dioctahedral nature of the clay minerals of the MP disfavours K-extraction and thus dissolution is the favoured mechanism for K-uptake and the loss of 2-0.2 and 0.2-0.05 um subfractions is attributed to this process