ABSTRACT: Microbial biodiversity of an environment can contribute to plant growth and increase crop yield. Plant extracts from soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) were investigated on soybean plants grown after inoculation with these extracts. Soil samples were collected from two important Brazilian soybean-growing regions to produce the extracts used in the experiments. The extracts were produced with material collected from aboveground biomass and rhizosphere of soybean plants cultivated in a controlled greenhouse (phase 1). The extracts produced in phase 1 were applied in a sequential experiment (phase 2). Phase 2 was conducted to examine the plant microbiome after the microbial alteration process in the greenhouse through seed inoculation with the extracts produced previously. Samples of aboveground biomass were collected to determine root dry matter and crop yield. Bacterial 16S rRNA sequences were processed to determine the final microbial content of soybean. The inoculated treatments had lower species diversity; however, the phyla Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes were more abundant in the treatments than in the non-inoculated treatment. The soybean plant stem in the inoculated treatment also had a positive response to enrichment of the bacterial classes Betaproteobacteria, Bacilli and Flavobacteria. Inoculation affected the microbial composition of soybean plants. The alteration of microbiome changes revealed differences for crop yield between the inoculated and non-inoculated treatments, with up to 93.5 % higher crop yields per plant according to the extract applied.

RESUMO O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a aplicação das misturas de maturadores químicos na qualidade tecnológica e produtividade agrícola da cana-de-açúcar . Foi utilizado o delineamento experimental em blocos casualizados arranjados em parcelas sub-subdivididas com 4 blocos, sendo as parcelas principais constituídas pelas variedades de cana-de-açúcar: SP803280 e SP801842. As subparcelas consistiram da aplicação dos seguintes produtos com suas respectivas misturas: controle - ausência de maturador; sulfometurom metil + glifosato; etefon + glifosato; glifosato e compostos de radicais carboxílicos orgânicos + glifosato. As sub-subparcelas foram constituídas de épocas de avaliação: 0; 15 e 30 dias após as aplicações dos produtos. As amostras de cada parcela foram colhidas manualmente e encaminhadas ao laboratório para determinação dos sólidos solúveis Brix (% caldo); teor de sacarose no caldo - Pol (% caldo); Açúcares redutores (AR%); Açúcares redutores totais (ART%); Fibra (%); Pureza (%); Umidade (%) e Açúcar total recuperável ATR (kg t-1). As parcelas foram totalmente colhidas e os colmos despontados para pesagem e para a determinação das características: Rendimento de colmos por hectare (TCH) e Rendimento de açúcar por hectare (TAH). A variedade SP803280 destacou-se como mais responsiva ao uso das misturas de maturadores químicos. Para as características tecnológicas, a mistura sulfometurom metil (0,02 kg ha-1) + glifosato (0,15 L ha-1) apresentou os melhores resultados a partir dos 15 dias após a sua aplicação. As misturas de maturadores químicos não proporcionaram aumentos de produtividade de colmos e açúcar por área.

ABSTRACT The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of applying mixtures of chemical ripeners on the technological quality and agricultural productivity of sugarcane. The experimental design consisted of randomized blocks arranged in split- split-plots with four blocks, the main plots being constituted by sugarcane varieties SP803280 and SP801842. The subplots consisted of the application of the following products with their respective mixtures: control - absence of ripener; Sulfometrom methyl + glyphosate; ethephon + glyphosate; glyphosate and compounds of organic carboxylic radicals + glyphosate. The sub-subplots were composed of evaluation times: 0; 15 and 30 days after applying the products. Samples from each plot were collected manually and sent to the laboratory for the determination of soluble Brix solids (% broth); Sucrose content in the broth - Pol (% broth); Reducing sugars (RS%); Total reducing sugars (TRS%); Fiber (%); Purity (%); Humidity (%) and Total recoverable sugar TRS (kg t-1). The plots were fully harvested and the stems were taken for weighing and for characteristics determination: Yield per hectare (TCH) and Yield of sugar per hectare (TAH). The SP803280 variety was more responsive to the use of mixtures of chemical ripeners. For the technological characteristics, sulfometurom methyl (0.02 kg ha-1) + glyphosate (0.15 L ha-1) presented the best results from 15 days after application. Mixtures of chemical ripeners did not increase the yields of stalks and sugar per area.

A cana-de-açúcar vem se destacando como uma cultura de grande importância. O objetivo deste trabalho foi o de avaliar os efeitos de dois maturadores químicos na cultura da cana de açúcar, variedade SP81-3250. O delineamento experimental foi o de blocos casualizados, com parcelas subdivididas, quatro repetições, utilizando-se os seguintes tratamentos principais: Testemunha; Aminolon Maduracion nas doses de 0,7 L de p.c. ha-1; 1,0 L p.c. ha-1; 1,3 L de p.c. ha-1; Ethyl-trinexapac, na dose de 0,8 L de p.c. ha-1. Os tratamentos secundários constituíram-se das épocas de amostragens: aos 10 dias antes da aplicação (-10 d.a.a.) e 11; 46; 71; 100 e 117 dias após aplicação (d.a.a.). Concluiu-se que os maturadores afetaram diferentemente as características tecnológicas analisadas, observando-se que o ethyl-trinexapac foi o que apresentou melhor comportamento, seguido do Aminolon na dose de 0,7 L de p.c. ha-1. Em relação às épocas, os melhores resultados ocorreram na 3ª e 4ª época de amostragem, respectivamente aos 46 e 71 dias, após a aplicação.

Sugarcane is one of the most important grass crops. This study evaluated the effects of chemical ripeners on the sugarcane variety SP81-3250 in terms of technological quality. The experiment was arranged in randomized blocks with split split-plots. Main treatments were: 1) Control; 2) Aminolon Maduracion, at a rate of 0.7 L of commercial product (c.p.) ha-1; 3) Aminolon Maduracion, at a rate of 1.0 liter of c.p. ha-1; 4) Aminolon Maduracion, at a rate of 1.3 liter of c.p. ha-1; 5) Trinexapac-ethyl (Moddus), at a rate of 0.8 liter of c.p. ha-1. Secondary treatments were the sampling dates: 10 days before application (- 10 d.a.a.); 11; 46; 71; 100 and 117 d.a.a. (days after application). Ripeners differently affected the technological parameters, and trinexapac-ethyl showed the best behavior, followed by Aminolon (0.7 L of c.p. ha-1). The best results were found at the 3rd and 4th sampling dates, 46 and 71 days after application, respectively.