N. L. Castanheira
University of Évora
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Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis | 2012
M. G. Serrão; M. R. Menino; J. C. Martins; N. L. Castanheira; M.E. Lourenço; I. Januário; M. L. Fernandes; M. C. Gonçalves
Diagnosing nutrient insufficiencies or toxicities in sorghum through foliar analysis is still unusual and mainly used for grain sorghum. The influences of the combinations of four nitrogen (N) rates with three sodium chloride (NaCl) rates on the leaf N, phosphorus (P), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), and sodium (Na) concentrations of sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. saccharatum], cropped for ethanol production, and on biomass and sugar yields were evaluated in three consecutive years of an experiment established on a Eutric Fluvisol equipped with a trickle irrigation system (“triple emitter source”). The relationships among leaf nutrient concentrations, dry matter, and sugar yields were also examined. Nitrogen, much more than salinity, affected leaf nutrient concentration, stem dry weight, and sugar yield. Leaf N concentration was the best indicator for predicting sugar production of sweet sorghum.
Pedosphere | 2012
Tiago B. Ramos; N. L. Castanheira; M. C. Gonçalves; M. L. Fernandes; M.I. Januário; M.E. Lourenço; F. P. Pires; J. C. Martins
Soil salinization and non-point source pollution are among the most important and widespread environmental problems in European Mediterranean regions. Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench var. saccharatum) is a moderate to high salinity tolerant crop with low water and nutrient needs, seen as an alternative to grow in the water scarce regions. A three-year multifactorial study was conducted in southern Portugal to evaluate the combined effects of saline water and nitrogen application on the dry biomass (total, stems, and leaves), sugar content (total reducing sugars and sucrose contents), and sugar yield (here defined as the product of total reducing sugars and stems dry biomass) functions of sweet sorghum. Sorghum dry biomass and sugar yield showed diminishing returns for each incremental change of nitrogen. The use of saline irrigation waters also led to yield reduction. Exception was sucrose content which increased with increasing levels of sodium in the soil. Nitrogen need decreased as the amount of sodium applied increased. Stem dry biomass, sucrose content, and sugar yield progressively increased with progress in the experiment. The effect could be attributed to the increase of the amount of irrigation applied throughout the years, thus increasing the leaching fraction which promoted salt leaching from the root zone, reduced the salinity stress, increased plant transpiration, nitrogen uptake and biomass yield.
Agricultural Water Management | 2009
Tiago B. Ramos; M. C. Gonçalves; N. L. Castanheira; J. C. Martins; Francisco L. Santos; A. Prazeres; M. L. Fernandes
Revista de Ciências Agrárias | 2010
L. Barão; P. Chambel Leitão; Frank Braunschweig; Ramiro Neves; M. C. Gonçalves; Tiago B. Ramos; N. L. Castanheira
Revista de Ciências Agrárias | 2010
N. L. Castanheira; Tiago B. Ramos; M. C. Gonçalves; A. Prazeres; J. C. Martins; M. L. Fernandes; F. P. Pires; Francisco L. Santos
Revista de Ciências Agrárias | 2010
Tiago B. Ramos; J. C. Martins; F. P. Pires; P. B. Luz; N. L. Castanheira; J. L. Reis; Francisco L. Santos
Revista de Ciências Agrárias | 2010
L. Barão; P. Chambel Leitão; Frank Braunschweig; Ramiro Neves; M. C. Gonçalves; Tiago B. Ramos; N. L. Castanheira
Revista de Ciências Agrárias | 2010
L. Barão; P. Chambel Leitão; Frank Braunschweig; Ramiro Neves; M. C. Gonçalves; Tiago B. Ramos; N. L. Castanheira
Revista de Ciências Agrárias | 2009
Francisco L. Santos; N. L. Castanheira; O. C. Martins; J. L. Reis
Revista de Ciências Agrárias | 2007
M. C. Gonçalves; J. C. Martins; N. L. Castanheira; Francisco L. Santos; M.J. Neves; J. L. Reis; A. Prazeres; Tiago B. Ramos; S. Fonte; F. P. Pires; M. Bica; J. Bica