Resumo
In order to find out the best way to supply phosphorus to coffee plants when growing in "terra roxa misturada", a red soil with a high fixing capacity, tagged superphosphate was applied by the following procedures: (1) topdressed in a circular strip around the trees; (2) placed in the bottom of a circular furrow 15 cm deep; (3) placed in a semicircular furrow also 15 cm deep; (4) sprayed directly to the leaves. In each case 150 gms. of ordinary superphosphate tagged with H3 P32 O4 to give 5 X 10(9) c.p.m. were given to the two and half year old coffee plants. It was found that for the several treatments of the total phosphorus in the leaves the following values, on a per cent basis, came from the applied superphosphates: (1) topdressed 10.2 per cent, (2) circular furrow 2.4 per cent, (3) semicircular furrow 1.7 per cent, (4) sprayed 38.0 per cent; one can see, then, that methods (2) and (3) commonly used by the coffee planters are a very inefficient way to supply phosphorus in this type of soil. The remarkable foliar absorption was checked twice: a water culture experiment was carried out, the radiophosphorus being supplied by brushing it in the upper and lower surfaces of a given leaf; radioactivity was detected all over the plant as a result both of absorption and translocation; on the other hand, leaves collected from the sprayed trees were radioautographed; the radioautographs showed the pattern of distribution of the P32 which indicates true absorption rather than a surface contamination. In another locality, an experiment was caried out with 8 year old plants growing in "arenito de Bauru" which is a sandy soil with much less phosphorus fixing capacity. In this experiment the aim was to compare absorption of tagged superphosphate by trees growin under mulch against plants not receiving this treatment, The uptake of phosphorus was the same for both sets of plants. In both field experiments soil samples down to 15 cm in the profile were collected and its 0.2NHC1 soluble phosphorus was counted; rather significant values were observed mainly in the upper 5 cm layers.
Estudos sôbre a alimentação mineral do cafeeiro. II. Absorção do superfosfato radioativo pelo cafeeiro (Coffea arabica L., var. Bourbon Amarelo) em condições de campo* * Trabalho feito com ajuda da Fundação Rockefeller, New York, U. S. A. e do Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas, Rio de Janeiro
E. MalavoltaI; L. Neptune MenardI; W. L. LottII
IE. S. A. "Luiz de Queiroz"
IIIbec Research Institute, New York - S. Paulo
SUMMARY
In order to find out the best way to supply phosphorus to coffee plants when growing in "terra roxa misturada", a red soil with a high fixing capacity, tagged superphosphate was applied by the following procedures: (1) topdressed in a circular strip around the trees; (2) placed in the bottom of a circular furrow 15 cm deep; (3) placed in a semicircular furrow also 15 cm deep; (4) sprayed directly to the leaves. In each case 150 gms. of ordinary superphosphate tagged with H3 P32 O4 to give 5 X 109 c.p.m. were given to the two and half year old coffee plants.
It was found that for the several treatments of the total phosphorus in the leaves the following values, on a per cent basis, came from the applied superphosphates:
(1) topdressed 10.2 per cent,
(2) circular furrow 2.4 per cent,
(3) semicircular furrow 1.7 per cent,
(4) sprayed 38.0 per cent;
one can see, then, that methods (2) and (3) commonly used by the coffee planters are a very inefficient way to supply phosphorus in this type of soil.
The remarkable foliar absorption was checked twice: a water culture experiment was carried out, the radiophosphorus being supplied by brushing it in the upper and lower surfaces of a given leaf; radioactivity was detected all over the plant as a result both of absorption and translocation; on the other hand, leaves collected from the sprayed trees were radioautographed; the radioautographs showed the pattern of distribution of the P32 which indicates true absorption rather than a surface contamination.
In another locality, an experiment was caried out with 8 year old plants growing in "arenito de Bauru" which is a sandy soil with much less phosphorus fixing capacity. In this experiment the aim was to compare absorption of tagged superphosphate by trees growin under mulch against plants not receiving this treatment, The uptake of phosphorus was the same for both sets of plants.
In both field experiments soil samples down to 15 cm in the profile were collected and its 0.2NHC1 soluble phosphorus was counted; rather significant values were observed mainly in the upper 5 cm layers.
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AGRADECIMENTOS
Agradecimentos são devidos: ao Laboratório de Isotopos, Fac. de Medicina. U.S.P., S. Paulo pelo fornecimento do fósforo radioativo; ao Eng. Agr. Henrique Bergamin F.° pela montagem dos radioautógrafos.
LITERATURA CITADA
- BONNET, J. A. & A. R. RIERA, 1954 - Radioactive studies with P32 in tropical soils and crops of Puerto Rico. Trans. Vth Internatl. Congr. of Soil Science (Leopoldville) 2: 369-375.
- BONNET, J. A., A. R. RIERA & J. ROLDÁN, 1955 - Radioactive studies with P32 in tropical soils and crops of Puerto Rico. Soil Scie. Soc. Amer. Proc. 19: 284.
- LOTT, W. L., D. P. SATCHELL & N. S. HALL, 1950 - A tracer-element techniques in the study of root extension. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 55: 27-34.
- MALAVOLA, E. & D. PELLEGRINO, 1954 - Nota sôbre algumas transformações do superfosfato radioativo em terra roxa. Rev. de Agric. (Piracicaba) 29: 317-323.
Datas de Publicação
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Publicação nesta coleção
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Data do Fascículo
1959
