Aptidão da bacia do Rio Dourados para o cultivo de eucalipto.

O objetivo desse trabalho foi a geração de mapas de aptidão florestal considerando níveis de manejo para Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn, Eucalyptus citriodora Hook, Eucalyptus grandis W Hill ex Maiden e Eucalyptus urophlla St. Blake na Bacia do Rio Dourados, com auxílio do software SPRING 4.1 (INPEbitstream/item/38727/1/BP200634.pdfDocumento on-line

Disponibilidade de fósforo no solo e seu acúmulo em soja cultivada em dois latossolos, em função do aumento do pH.

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Corn agronomic traits and recovery of nitrogen from fertilizer during crop season and off-season.

The objective of this work was to evaluate corn agronomic traits in a cultivation subjected to different N rates, during the fall?winter (off-season) and spring?summer crop seasons, and N recovery from fertilizer. The experiment was set up in a randomized complete block design with four replicates, in a 5x2 factorial arrangement, with the following treatments: five N topdressing rates ? 0, 30, 60, 90, and 120 kg ha-1 ?, using urea as source; and two crop seasons, fall?winter and spring?summer. The following variables were determined: plant height, height of the first ear insertion, number of grains per ear, diameter and length of ear, 1,000-grain weight, N concentration in the leaves and grains, grain-protein concentration, grain yield, N recovery from fertilizer, and soil-N supply. Nitrogen rates in the fertilizer in the fall?winter season had no effect on grain yield, although corn agronomic traits showed a greater reliance on fertilizer-N rates in that season than in the spring?summer, which is a season associated to a greater capacity of soil-N supply to plants. The quantification of soil-N supply enabled knowing the nutrient dynamics during the fall?winter and the spring?summer seasons, which may be useful to guide N fertilization of corn.Título em português: Características agronômicas do milho e recuperação de nitrogênio do fertilizante durante a safra e a safrinha

Espacialização da precipitação e erosividade na Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Dourados - MS.

A distribuição da precipitação numa bacia hidrográfica durante o ano é um dos fatores determinantes para quantificar a necessidade de irrigação de culturas e de abastecimento de água doméstico e industrial, além de estudos para o controle de inundações e da erosão do solo. O potencial da chuva em causar erosão hídrica pode ser avaliado por meio de índices que se baseiam nas características físicas das chuvas de cada região, entre os quais se destacam índice de erosividade. Analisaram-se, neste trabalho, a espacialização da precipitação pluvial e o índice de erosividade médio anual e mensal na Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Dourados. Analisando os resultados obtidos, foi possível concluir que: o regime de precipitação apresenta oscilação unimodal, com período chuvoso compreendido entre os meses de outubro e março; todos os meses da estação chuvosa apresentam drásticas reduções da precipitação média; a erosividade média anual variou de 3.192,0 a 4.977,0 MJ mm ha-1 h-1 ano-1; e os meses de dezembro a janeiro apresentam os maiores riscos de ocorrência de perdas de solo por erosão hídrica

Cork stoppers industry: defining appropriate mould colonization

Aims: The main aims of this work were the study of cork slabs moulds colonization and the evaluation of the moulds diversity during cork processing steps, in different cork stoppers factories. Simultaneously, it was envisaged to perform an evaluation of the air quality. Methods and Results: Moulds were isolated and identified from cork slabs and cork samples in four cork stoppers factories. The identification was based on morphological characters and microscopic observation of the reproductive structures. Airborne spore dispersion was assessed using a two stage Andersen sampler. It was observed that Chrysonilia sitophila was always present on cork slabs during the maturing period, but mould diversity appeared to be associated to the different factory configurations and processing steps. Conclusions: Spatial separation of the different steps of the process, including physical separation of the maturation step, is essential to guarantee high air quality and appropriate cork slabs colonization, i.e. C. sitophila dominance. The sorting and cutting of the edges of cork slabs after boiling and before the maturing step is also recommended. Significance and Impact of the Study: This study is very important for the cork stopper industry as it gives clear indications on how to keep high quality manufacturing standards and how to avoid occupational health problems.Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica/Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Apt. 12, 2781-901 OEIRAS. Portugal 2 Estação Agronómica Nacional, 2784-505 OEIRAS. Portugal 3 Estação Vitivinícola Nacional, 2565-191 DOIS PORTOS. Portugal. Program PEDIP II, M 4.8, IAPMEI, Ministério da Economia, Portugal