Crescimento aéreo e radicular de arroz de terras altas em função da adubação fosfatada e bioestimulante

• Main Author: Garcia, Rodrigo Arroyo [UNESP]
• Publication Date: 2009
• Other Authors: Gazola, Eduardo, Merlin, Alexandre [UNESP], Villas Bôas, Roberto Lyra [UNESP], Crusciol, Carlos Alexandre Costa [UNESP]
• Format: Article
• Language: eng; por
• Source: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/226743
• topic: Phosphorus; Root; Stimulate ®

The use of plant regulators that stimulate root growth can increase phosphorus uptake by upland rice. The objective of this study was to evaluate shoot and root growth of upland rice fertilized with different phosphorus doses with and without biostimulant. The experiment was carried out in greenhouse in the Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas-UNESP, in Botucatu-SP. The treatments consisted of six phosphorus doses applied in sowing (0, 12,5, 25, 50, 100 and 200 mg dm -3), with and without Stimulate ® applied in the seeds (cv. Primavera). The plants were grown for 78 days and then cut at soil level to evaluate leaf area and leaves and collar dry matter. Root samples that were harvested on the same day had their root diameter and dry matter evaluated. The experimental design was the completely randomized, with three replications, arranged as a factorial 2×6. Variance analysis and regression were used to data evaluation. Linear and quadratic equations were adjusted at a probability level of 5%, using those with higher determination coefficient (R 2). The increase on the phosphorus dose contributed to the lower matter production and leaf area of the plants when the biostimulant was applied. For shoot phosphorus accumulation and root evaluations, the same behavior was observed. It was concluded that the use of Stimulate ® in seeds, for fitomass production or root system evaluation, was only efficient in low phosphorus doses.