Fernanda Alice Antonello Londero Backes

Safflower grown in different sowing dates and plant densities

The objectives of this study were to test the effects of different plant densities on stem characteristics in two growing seasons: Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer. The plant densities evaluated were 48, 64, 80, 96, 112 and 128plants m-2. The Fall/Winter growing season was from 04/04/2008 to 23/08/2008 and the Spring/Summer growing season was from 03/10/2008 to 23/12/2008. Total and partial plant height did not differ among plant densities in the Fall/Winter growing season. However, in the Spring/Summer growing season total plant height had a quadratic response to increase in plant population whereas the partial height did not vary. In the Fall/Winter cultivation, plants presented larger stems and branches diameter, branches length and total number of nodes main stem and branches diameters, number and length of branches, fresh and dry mass decreased as density increased in the two growing seasons. The capitulums diameter decreased as density increased in the Fall/Winter growing season, but at the Spring/Summer growing season it decreased in the density from 48 to 96plants m-2 and increased in the density from 112 a 128plants m-2.

PRÁTICAS DE PAISAGISMO EM ESPAÇOS DE CONVIVÊNCIA SOCIAL EM COMUNIDADES RURAIS E EM CENTRO DE EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL

The environmental education coupled with landscaping techniques have been used to improve the aesthetics of environments providing numerous benefits to society, thus contributing to improving the quality of life of users of these spaces. The landscaping techniques used for remodeling or landscape revitalization are essential to make the pleasant and conducive to socializing environment. Thus, this study aimed by performing landscaping and gardening workshops, transmit and develop matters on this issue, in order to landscaping areas of social life in rural communities in the municipality of Agudo, RS and CEASM - Centro Environmental Education of Santa Maria, RS. The workshops took place in two moments during the day, morning and afternoon, the morning was for the theoretical part on the topic landscaping and gardening. It was observed in the rural communities that the group of women who keeps care in the maintenance of social living spaces and the preservation of the environment and their cultures. You CEASM noted the concern of teachers to disseminate the knowledge of the ornamentation of school spaces, in order to provide users of these spaces a pleasant and childcare environment.

Rooting of cuttings and production of Euryops chrysanthemoides (DC.) B. Nord. in vase

The experiments were performed at the Department of Floriculture of UFSM from August 2013 to May 2014 in two experimental phases. The first experiment aimed to verify rooting Euryops chrysanthemoides in different concentrations of IBA, in a randomized block design, evaluated the number and length of roots. In the second experiment the different plant densities of E. chrysanthemoides pot (1, 2, 3 or 4 plants) in a completely randomized design and analyzed for the number of branches, number of buttons, number of open flowers and drought were evaluated, the average height of the branches, the middle notes of floral stems and closing the height of the vase. Observed a greater number and length of roots in 1.000 mg L-1 IBA. The density of four plants per pot is recommended to number 15