Abstracts
Nitrogen fertilization augments tiller appearance and death, modifying the age profile of tiller population. Tillers from different age categories present distinct responses to environmental factors and management practices characterized by variation in their morphogenetic responses, which interfere in the dynamics of the herbage accumulation process. In that context, rates of leaf appearance and elongation and leaf lifespan were used as indicators to identify tiller age categories of continuously stocked marandu palisade grass managed at 30cm and subjected to nitrogen fertilization regimes using cluster analysis. Analysis was based on the average distance method using combined means of the response-variables studied, and the results used to build a dendogram to illustrate the arrangement of the resulting clusters. Three clusters were identified corresponding to the tiller age categories denominated young (tillers with age between 0 and 60 days), mature (between 60 and 120 days) and old (over 120 days). Discrimination of the tiller age categories according to nitrogen fertilization regime followed the same pattern of clustering. The fact demonstrates consistency and indicates the three age categories as reference for detailed studies regarding the ecophysiology of marandu palisade grass.
morphogenesis; tiller age category; population dynamics
A adubação nitrogenada atua na aceleração do aparecimento e mortalidade de perfilhos, alterando o perfil etário da população. Perfilhos de idades diferentes possuem capacidades distintas de resposta a fatores de meio e de manejo, caracterizadas por variação em suas respostas morfogênicas, o que interfere sobremaneira no acúmulo de forragem. Nesse sentido, as variáveis taxa de aparecimento e alongamento foliar e duração de vida das folhas foram utilizadas como descritores para identificar as classes de idade de perfilhos em pastos de capim-marandu, mantidos a 30cm por meio de lotação contínua e taxa de lotação variável, utilizando-se o procedimento multivariado de análise de agrupamentos (Cluster analysis). Foi utilizado o método da distância média, segundo as médias conjuntas dos caracteres avaliados e, com base nesses resultados, um dendograma foi construído. O agrupamento segundo as características morfogênicas taxa de aparecimento e alongamento foliar e duração de vida das folhas revelou variações significativas entre três faixas etárias: perfilhos jovens (0 a 60 dias), perfilhos maduros (60 a 120 dias) e perfilhos velhos (com mais de 120 dias). A discriminação das faixas etárias de acordo com a dose de nitrogênio seguiu o mesmo padrão de agrupamento, indicando valores de referência para futuros estudos mais detalhados acerca da ecofisiologia do capim-marandu.
morfogênese; faixa etária de perfilhos; dinâmica de população.
: Cluster analysis of tiller age categories based on morphogenetic responses in continuously stocked marandu palisade grass. Age categories - 1: tillers under 30 days of age; 2: tillers between 30 and 60 days of age; 3: tillers between 60 and 90 days of age; 4: tillers between 90 and 120 days of age; 5: tillers between 120 and 150 days of age; 6: tillers over 150 days of age.
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Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
May 2015
History
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Received
24 Aug 2012 -
Accepted
04 Aug 2014