Uso de reguladores no controle do crescimento e no desempenho agronômico da cultura da soja cultivar CD 214 RR

Abstract

The lodging of plants causes significant losses in grain yield of soybean and therefore management strategies to minimize the lodging are important in agriculture today. The aim of this work was to study the action of reducers of plant growth on lodging and other agronomic characteristics of soybean CD 214 RR at sowing dates and different densities. Two experiments were conducted at the Experimental Station of the Federal Technological University of Paraná, Pato Branco Campus. In the first experiment, testing different reducers of growth under different concentrations. The experimental design was completely andomized thirty-one treatments and four replicates. The four best combinations of concentrations in this experiment were used in the second experiment. The second experiment was conducted in a randomized block design with 3 replicates in a 5x3x3 factorial design, where the first factor corresponding to four combinations of concentrations selected in the first experiment (and also the control), the second factor corresponded to three different sowing dates (01 November, 15 November, and December 11), the third factor corresponded to three different plant densities in the final population for each density was 200.000, 300.000 and 400.000 plants ha-1. The first experiment examined the lodging, injury and plant height during the development of the culture. In the second experiment also evaluated these variables at the end of the cycle. In the first experiment samples were collected from plants in 0,45 m2 in each parcel, for later determination of yield components, the stage R9. A sample was collected at the R8 stage, represented by 10 plants per plot, which was obtained harvest index and biological yield apparent. In both experiments, the R9 stage of culture, there was the harvest of the remainder of each parcel to determine the yield. The data were subjected to analysis of variance by F test and were compared by means of comparison tests of means. The relationship between dependent and independent variables was adjusted by polynomial regression. All treatments in all six groups retardant were efficient in controlling the lodging for most of the crop cycle. The precursor of ethylene group caused a greater degree of phytotoxicity to the crop. The compounds of auxin inhibitors, protox and biostimulators (IBA, GA3 and kinetin) were able to reduce height and lodging, with slight degree of phytotoxicity and with rapid recovery of symptoms injury. Reducers trinexapac ethyl (312.5 g ha-1), IBA +GA3 +kinetin (0.0375, 0.0375 and 0.0675 g ha-¹) and lactofen (144 g ha-1) resulted in yield higher. Individually, the three concentrations of ethephon studied have a lower number of pods per plant, lower weight and lower grain yield. The effects of growth regulators on yield and components were dependent on the levels at which they are applied on the soybean plants. Eleven treatments accounted for the group the higher yield, among them the trinexapac ethyl (312.5 g ha-1), IBA GA3 kinetin (0.0375, 0.0375 and 0.0675 g ha-¹) and lactofen (144 g ha-1). Among all the treatments, the plants that received the three concentrations of ethephon studied have a lower number of pods per plant, lower weight and lower grain yield. The lactofen (144 g ha- 1) provided greater reduction in height, plants sown in the first (01/11/08) and third time (11/12/08). Since the chloride doses (250 g ha-1) was more effective in reducing plant height of the third sowing date (11/12/08). Smallest lodging occurred in the second sowing date, density of 200.000 plants ha-1. Considering the average densities and sowing dates, regulators TIBA (6 g ha-1), lactofen (144 g ha-1) and IBA +GA3+Kinetin (0.0375+0.0375+0.0675 g ha-1) showed the best performance in reducing lodging. The highest yield of soybean at sowing occurred on December 11 and is not influenced by the density of plants at this time. The lower yield in soybean planting occurred in early November, with a density of 400.000 plants ha-1. In the second experiment, plants of all treatments with growth retardant had no symptoms of injury in the assessment at the R1 stage of culture.