Carlos Alberto Franco Tucci

Adubação nitrogenada na produção de mudas de mogno (Swietenia macrophylla King)

Studies on silvicultural aspects of native forest species of the Amazon Rainforest are scarce, mainly those that seek to establish cultivation techniques for production of seedlings. The current work had the objective of evaluating the effects of growing levels of N in the development of mahogany seedlings. The treatments were seven growing doses that were equivalent to the application of: 0; 20; 40; 80; 100 and 120 g N ton-1 of the substratum. The source of N was urea. The experimental design was randomized blocks with eight repetitions. Evaluations were accomplished after 90 days of transplanting where it was observed answers to the growing doses of N for the diameter of stem, dry matter of the leaves and for total content of N, P, K, Ca and Mg of the leaves. The recommendation of nitrogen fertilization for the production of mahogany seedlings is of 57,5 g N ton-1 of the substratum as a first approach.

Doses crescentes de corretivo na formação de mudas de mogno (Swietenia macrophylla King)

Seedling production is one of the more important phases on the cultivation of trees, with this phase being essential for their appropriate development. The study had the objective of evaluating the growth and the absorption of nutrients in mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) seedling under the effect of corrective growing doses. The experiment was carried out from September 2002 to August 2003. The treatments were, 0; 0.5; 1.0; 2.0; 2.5; 3.0 and 5.0 t/ha, of a mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate p.a., in the 4:1 proportion. The experimental design was randomized blocks with 5 repetitions, in a total of 35 parcels, each one with 3 plants. The substratum was fertilized with equivalents doses to 200-500-300 kg.ha-1 of N, P2O5 and K2O, respectively and 15 kg.ha-1 of micronutrients FTE-Br12. The growth characteristics evaluated were height, diameter of the stem, dry biomass of the aerial part, root and total, aerial part/root relation. It was determined the moisture contents of the aerial part, root and total and as a function of the last one it was estimated the contents. The averages were compared by the test of Tukey using 5% of probability. The liming affected all the growth characteristics, except the height. The nutritional necessity followed a decreasing order of K>N>Ca>Mg>P>Fe>Mn>Zn>Cu. The dose of 0.5 t.ha-1 was more advantageous from the economic point of view and can be recommended to acid subsoil of low natural fertility to compose substratum.

Exigências nutricionais e crescimento de plantas de mogno (Swietenia macrophylla King.)

The need for developing research related principally to the nutritional requirements of essential native Amazonian forest species, such as mahogany, is urgent, since the exploration of highly valuable species is continually more frequent. With the objective of evaluating the growth and the nutritional requirement of mahogany plants, an experiment in a vegetation house with 14 treatments was undertaken. The experiment outline was of occasional blocks with 5 repetitions. The growth characteristics evaluated were: height of the aerial part, diameter of the bottom, dry material of the aerial part, root and total, relationship of root and aerial part, relationship and nutrient content of dry material of the aerial part. The results lead to the conclusion that: the conjoint correction of acidity and the fertility of the soil for acid soils and low natural fertility is necessary even if the content of the organic material is considered high; of the nutrients, P is the one which limits most the development of the plant, as well as the absorption of other nutrients; there is no need to add K for developing the plants when liming occurs.; addition of K is recommended when liming does not occur; and the nutritional requirement of mahogany in macronutrients obeys the decreasing order of P>S>K.N.

Efeitos de doses crescentes de calcário em solo Latossolo Amarelo na produção de mudas de pau-de-balsa (Ochroma lagopus sw., bombacaceae)

The production of quality rafts with appropriate nutritional tenor is fundamental for plant development and for forming of root systems, which present best ability to adapt to new locations after plantation. The goal of this work was to evaluate the effect of rising heat levels in the production of silent wood rafts. The treatment was constituted by rising doses of correction and was equal to 0.0; 0.25; 0.5; 0.75; 1.0; 1.5, and 2.0 t ha-1 of lime and the experimental detail used was of blocks, repeating five times. The characteristics evaluated were: plant height; diameter, dry material of the aerial part, root relation/aerial part, content of macronutrients in the plants (N, P, K, Ca, Mg and S). The results demonstrate that the practice of liming as a soil correction factor used in the soil substrate improved all the growth characteristics evaluated in seedling production of pau-debalsa (Ochroma lagopus sw., bombacaceae). The soil correction positively influenced the absorption of Ca, Mg, and S, on the other hand, there weren’t any statistically significant effects for absorption of N, P, and K resented.

Efeito de micronutrientes sobre o crescimento de mudas de mogno (Swietenia macrophilla King) em Latossolo amarelo

The planting of native forest species is an activity which in addition to replacing forest resources can also lessen the environmental impacts resulting from their extraction. However, its success depends, among other things, on the knowledge regarding the nutritional needs of the species to be utilized. An experiment was carried out in a greenhouse aiming to acquire information on the mahogany (Swietenia Macrophilla) seedling micronutrient requirements. A low fertility Yellow Latosol, collected from a 20-40 cm deeplayer, located at the University Federal of Amazonas (UFAM) Campus southern sector, was used as substract. We tested seven treatments an four replicated arranged in a random block experimental design, under the lacking element technique. Treatments were as follows (Liming + N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, B, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn and Mo), and the omission of a cationico micronutrient at a time (-B, -Cu, - Fe, -Mn and - Zn). The following features were assessed after four months: aerial part height, diameter, and aerial part and root dry matter yield. The resulted obtained in this research allowed to conclude that the mahogany seedlings had their growth compromised by the low availability of cooper in the substract, thus its application is necessary so that the plants would a normal growing, compatible with the their usual growth, when the substract conditions were appriate.

Normas DRIS multivariadas para avaliação do estado nutricional de laranjeira ‘Pera’ no estado do Amazonas

In order to use nutritional-composition diagnosis or the diagnosis and integrated recommendation system of multivariate relationships (DRIS) when assessing the nutritional status of the orange, it becomes necessary to define reference values that are suitable for indicating nutritional conditions. This study aimed to establish multivariate DRIS standards, and to evaluate their comparative performance in assessing the nutritional status of the Pera orange in the state of Amazonas against nutritional standards as defined in the literature. We evaluated the nutritional status of 120 commercial plots of a hybrid of the Pera orange and Rangpur lime, the reference values being defined from the group of plots. DRIS standards for nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), sulfur (S), boron (B), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) and zinc (Zn) were established and nutritional diagnosis by DRIS, combined with the comparative use of generic standards to those proposed in the literature, showed a low level of agreement when assessing the nutritional status of the Pera orange in the state of Amazonas.

Adubação fosfatada para a produção de mudas de mogno (Swietenia macrophylla King)

ABSTRACT Due to the high value of mohogany woods (Swietenia macrophylla King), this specie is one of the most explored in the Amazon region. That explains the reason why mahogany is almost extinct.The present work evaluates the effect of phosphated fertilization on the mahogany seedlings under the increased doses of phosphorus. The experiment happened in a greenhouse and the soil used to compose the substratum was a yellow oxisoil with a very argillaceous texture. The treatments were made by doses of P: 0, 25, 30, 75, 100, 150 and 200 kg.ha-1 of P. The experimental design consisted of four randomized blocks, for a total of 28 parcels. Each parcel was formed by 2 seedlings, cultived in bags with 4 dm3 of soil. It was noticed positive answers by seedlings cultivated species for all the biometric characters analyzed and, in the same way, for the contents of almost the analyzed nutrients. For the growth characteristics, 200 kg.ha-1 was the dose that provided the high growth for mohogany, on the interval of 90 days.

Níveis críticos e faixas de suficiência nutricional em laranjeira-pêra na Amazônia Central obtidas pelo método DRIS

The nutritional status of orange trees depends of reference values that are appropriate to reflect their nutritional condition. The objective this work was to assess the nutrient reference values and evaluated the nutritional status of sweet orange trees in several orchard fields of Central Amazonia (municipalities of Iranduba, Manacapuru, Manaus, Presidente Figueiredo and Rio Preto da Eva). We used the Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System for multivariate relation (DRIS) method to establish the nutrient reference values. The nutritional status of 120 commercial orchards of orange grafted on rangpur lime was evaluated by the sufficiency ranges defined from the set of nutritionally balanced plants. For macronutrients, the nutritional sufficiency ranges were (g kg-1): 28-30 (for nitogen, N); 1.6-1.7 (phosphorus, P); 7-9 (potassium, K); 26-29 (calcium, Ca); 3.6-4.0 (magnesium, Mg); 1.7-2.0 (sulfur - S) and for micronutrients (mg kg-1): 47-56 (boron, B); 8-10 (copper, Cu); 84-93 (iron, Fe); 12-13 (manganese, Mn); 14-16 (zinc, Zn). For macronutrients, the critical levels were (g kg-1): 28 (for N); 1.6 (P); 7 (K); 26 (Ca); 3.6 (Mg); 1.7 (S) and for micronutrients (mg kg-1): 47 (B); 8 (Cu); 84 (Fe); 12 (Mn) and 14 for Zn. Nutritional standards obtained by the DRIS methods are in disagreement with the normal ranges proposed in the literature for most nutrients. In about 50% of orchards, the elements P, K, Ca, S, B, Cu e Fe were found below the critical levels. This suggests that orange producers in Central Amazonia should pay more attention to these elements when planning fertilization practices.

Efeito da calagem e da correção dos teores de Ca e Mg do solo sobre o crescimento de mudas de angelim- pedra (Dinizia excelsa Ducke)

Knowledge of nutritional requirements of the species and their answers to correcting the substratum is fundamental for the production of quality seedlings. In this work, we aimed to evaluate the effect of different limestone types and the correction of Ca and Mg deficiency on the development of angelim-pedra (Dinizia excelsa) seedlings, under glasshouse conditions. We tested three types of limestone and three types of Ca:Mg provisioning on a Yellow Oxisol (with non-corrective acidity sources): T0 & control; T1 & soil limed with dolomitic lime (3:1); T2 & soil limed with magnesium lime (9:1); T3 & soil limed with calcitic lime (15:1); T4 & a mixture of calcium and magnesium, in the 3:1 proportion; T5 & calcium and magnesium, in the 9:1 proportion; and T6 & calcium and magnesium, in the 15:1 proportion. The experimental design was of random blocks, with 5 repetitions, totaling 35 parcels with 3 seedlings each. The substratum was fertilized with doses equivalent to 100-250-150 and 15 k ha-1 of N, P2O5, K2O and S respectively, and micronutrient solution (3 mL of Chelamix L-1 of distilled water). We evaluated the height, diameter of the stem, dry biomass of the aerial part, dry biomass of the root, dry biomass of the drought, aerial part/root relation and nutrient contents of the aerial part of the plants. The limestone application affected positively the height, the diameter, the matter total biomass and the absorption of Ca of the D. excelsa seedlings (p<0,05). The application of magnesium lime with Ca:Mg 9:1 proportion showed the best results.

Influence of phosphorus limitations on the growth, nutrient partitioning and physiology of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) seedlings

ABSTRACT The effects of four rates of phosphorus (P) fertilization (0, 0.56, 5.6 and 56.0 mg l−1) in soilless medium on the growth and physiology of mahogany seedlings were examined. The greatest response occurred at the 56 mg l−1 rate, with relatively small differences between other treatments. Biometric parameters increased at the 56 mg l−1 compared to 0 mg l−1 rate except root dry mass. Both the concentration and the total content of P and Kjeldahl nitrogen (N) increased in leaves, stems and roots with P application rate. Foliar concentrations of potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn) and sulfur (S) declined, and boron (B) and copper (Cu) increased with P limitations; zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) were unaffected. Physiological adaptations of mahogany to P limitations include the preferential allocation of carbon (C) to plant roots, and increases in P utilization efficiency, P acquisition efficiency and the concentration of organic acids in xylem fluid. Root phosphatase activity was not influenced by P fertilization.