ABSTRACT Climate change has made food security vulnerable. Therefore, it is important to have discussions on the subject and take actions that minimize the environmental impacts on family farming, that will be directly or indirectly affected by climatic events. With this in mind, this study aimed to identify climate changes in the state of Piauí based on climate projections and to verify their possible impacts on the suitability of growing food crops, such as beans, corn, cassava, and cashew. The climate scenarios analyzed were 2011–2040, 2041–2070, and 2071–2100. The observed data on current climate came from the National Institute of Meteorology (INMET), and future climate projections came from the Brazilian Portal of Climate Projections of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). Based on the climatic data obtained (current and future), the climatological water balance was calculated, using the method proposed by Thorntwaite, with consecutive characterization of the suitability for crops. All maps were generated in QGIS. According to the results, crops that may suffer from water deficit are beans and cashews. The latter, in the RCP 8.5 scenario (2071–2100) shows unsuitability for cultivation throughout the state. The population with the highest rate of social vulnerability is the one that will be most damaged by the events caused by climate change. vulnerable Therefore farming mind corn cassava cashew 20112040 2011 2040 2011–2040 20412070 2041 2070 2041–2070 20712100 2071 2100 2071–2100 INMET, INMET , (INMET) INPE. INPE . (INPE) future, future) calculated Thorntwaite QGIS results cashews latter 85 8 5 8. (2071–2100 2011204 201 204 2011–204 2041207 207 2041–207 2071210 210 2071–210 (INMET (INPE (2071–210 201120 20 2011–20 204120 2041–20 207121 21 2071–21 (2071–21 20112 2 2011–2 20412 2041–2 20712 2071–2 (2071–2 2011– 2041– 2071– (2071– (2071 (207 (20 (2 (

ABSTRACT The factors and their levels influencing the seed germination process are well-known for most traditional forest species. But, for Jacaranda micrantha, a native and aesthetically appealing species, some factors influencing the germination process are not well described. So, we evaluated the effect of different light conditions and soaking on the germination of seeds. Four light intensity treatments (5, 25, 50, and 100%) and four soaking times were tested (0, 12, 24 and 48 hours). In both procedures, a completely randomized design was applied, with four treatments of four replicates containing 25 seeds each. Daily evaluations were performed to determine the germination percentage and the germination speed index (IVG). Seeds of J. micrantha presented a better germinative potential in lower light intensities, but more abnormal seedlings were observed at very low-intensity light (5%). The imbibition of seeds was efficient in accelerating the germination process, and the 12-hour soaking time in the water was the most efficient, contrary to what is described in the literature. wellknown known species But So 5, 5 (5 50 100% 100 0, 0 (0 12 2 4 hours. hours . hours) procedures applied each IVG. IVG (IVG) J intensities lowintensity low 5%. 5% (5%) 12hour hour literature ( 10 1 (IVG (5%

ABSTRACT The herbicide tembotrione may be seletivity to sorghum, which is of utmost importance in grain production systems. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the selectivity of tembotrione + atrazine combinations applied post-emergence at different phenological stages of grain sorghum. Four experiments were carried out in Rio Verde and Montividiu (state of Goiás) in succession to soybean cultivation in 2017 and 2018. The experiments were carried out in randomized block design with six replications, both in a (3x2) + 1 factorial arrangement. The first factor referred to three vegetative stages of application (V3, V5 and V7) associated with two doses of tembotrione (90 and 180 g ha-1) combined with atrazine (1,000 g ha-1)and and an additional treatment with no herbicide application. Tembotrione + atrazine applications at the V7 stage caused less damage to grain yield and dry mass accumulation in relation to V3 and V5. The dose of 90 g ha-1 tembotrione + atrazine combined with atrazine resulted in higher grain yields compared to 180 g ha-1, although still at lower levels compared to the treatment with no herbicides. Thus, herbicide tembotrione at doses of 90 and 180 g ha-1 combined with atrazine did not have selectivity for grain sorghum in applications at V3, V5 and V7 stages. systems Thus postemergence post emergence state Goiás 201 2018 replications 3x2 x (3x2 arrangement V (V3 (9 18 ha1 ha 1,000 1000 000 (1,00 ha1and haand 9 ha- ha1, 1, herbicides 20 3x (3x (V ( 1,00 100 00 (1,0 2 1,0 10 0 (1, (1

ABSTRACT Watermelon has great importance due to its nutritional properties. The aim of this work was to study accessions classified as resistant to fusariosis. Twelve accessions and two cultivars, Sugar Baby and Charleston Gray (controls), were characterized for watermelon fruit quality descriptors. The experiment was conducted in Petrolina-PE, over two production cycles in a randomized complete block design, with three repetitions and five plants per plot. Two fruits per plot were sampled for characterization. Ten quantitative and seven qualitative descriptors were evaluated. For the qualitative traits, dissimilarity measures were determined by a matrix of Euclidean distance. At the second harvest, most accessions had higher organic acid and vitamin C content in the pulp and higher soluble solids (°Brix) content. The accessions were divided into four groups according to the Tocher method. There is variability among the evaluated accessions, and the accessions BGH-Univasf 40, BGH-Univasf 169, and BGH-Univasf 177 are potential sources for use in watermelon breeding programs. Accessions BGH-UNIVASF 76, BGH-UNIVASF 128, and BGH-UNIVASF 185 (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides) performed well in terms of total production, fruit mass, and vitamin C content. properties fusariosis cultivars controls, controls , (controls) PetrolinaPE, PetrolinaPE Petrolina PE, PE Petrolina-PE design characterization traits distance harvest °Brix Brix (°Brix method BGHUnivasf BGH Univasf 40 169 17 programs BGHUNIVASF UNIVASF 76 128 18 Citrullus var citroides mass (controls 4 16 1 7 12

ABSTRACT Hail netting increases natural fruitlet drop. Mixing lower concentrations of Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs) and spraying on more advanced fruitlets could promote adequate crop load management and improve fruit quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate thinning programs with low concentrations of PGRs sprayed at advanced fruitlet size looking for reducing crop load, enhancing fruit quality, and preserving yield. On 2020/21 and 2021/22, in an orchard covered with hail netting in Bom Jesus-RS, eight programs were tested on vigorous ‘Maxi Gala’: Benzyladenine (BA)+Gibberellic acid4+7 (BA-GA) at full bloom (FB) and BA+Ethephon (ETH) at 15mm; BA-GA at FB and Naphthalene acetic acid+Carbaryl (CB) at 7 mm; BA-GA at FB and BA+CB at 15 mm; ETH+CB at 15 mm and Metamitron (MM)+ETH at 20 mm; BA-GA at FB and BA at 7 mm and MM at 20 mm; MM at 7 mm and MM at 20 mm; Manual Thinning Only; Untreated Control. The treatments containing CB reduced fruit set, although diminished yield unsustainably. All PGR programs improved fruit quality. In conclusion, BA-GA at FB and BA+ETH at 15 mm, and MM at 7 mm and MM at 20 mm reduce crop load, preserve yield and improve fruit quality. drop (PGRs quality 202021 2020 21 2020/2 202122 2021 22 2021/22 JesusRS, JesusRS Jesus RS, RS Jesus-RS Maxi Gala Gala’ BA+Gibberellic BAGibberellic +Gibberellic Gibberellic acid47 acid acid4 acid4+ BAGA GA (BA-GA (FB BAEthephon Ethephon ETH (ETH 15mm acidCarbaryl Carbaryl (CB BACB 1 ETHCB MM+ETH MMETH +ETH 2 Only Control set unsustainably conclusion BAETH 20202 202 2020/ 20212 2021/2 2021/

ABSTRACT The objective of this research was to evaluate leaf temperature, and watermelon yield components under wetted area percentages (PW) in irrigation located in the Agreste region of Northeastern Brazil. Two experiments were carried out in 2018 and 2019. The adopted statistical design was randomized blocks, with six replications and four treatments, in 2018: P1 = 13%, P2 = 14%, P3 = 19%, and P4 = 22%, in 2019: P5 = 12%, P6 = 15%, P7 = 16%, and P8 = 21% of PW. The meteorological variables analyzed were: air temperature (Ta) and rain. The experimental evaluations consisted of measuring the temperature of the plant’s vegetative canopy, tensiometry, mass, and BRIX. Air temperature was not a limiting factor for watermelon growth and development. The average was 195.88 mm, and the average leaf temperature of watermelon is 29.5 °C, a value lower than Ta. There was no statistically significant difference for fruit mass and BRIX, where the overall mean was 10.82 and 10.46 kg, respectively. Therefore, it is feasible to irrigate watermelon with wetted area percentages ranging from 12 to 22%, in localized irrigation systems, without generating physiological damage and reducing agricultural productivity and fruit quality. PW (PW Brazil 201 2019 blocks treatments P 13 13% 14 14% 19 19% 22 22% 12% 15 15% 16 16% 21 Ta (Ta rain plants plant s canopy tensiometry BRIX development 19588 195 88 195.8 mm 295 29 5 29. C °C 1082 10 82 10.8 1046 46 10.4 kg respectively Therefore 1 systems quality 20 2 1958 8 195. 108 10. 104 4

ABSTRACT We hypothesized that common ragweed has rapid growth and development in shoots and roots, which explains its high potential for establishment in the areas, as well as the high regrowth capacity after cutting or application of contact herbicides. This study aims to evaluate the growth of the specie Ambrosia artemisiifolia. The treatments consisted of collection periods of common ragweed plants at fixed intervals of ten days, from 15 to 95 days after emergence (DAE), totaling nine evaluations. In each collection, the aerial part and the roots were evaluated. In the aerial part, stature, leaf area, number of leaves, and dry mass were evaluated. From these data, the absolute growth rate, relative growth rate, net assimilation rate and leaf weight ratio were calculated. The length, surface area, volume, average diameter, number of root tips, and dry mass were evaluated in the root. The common ragweed plants show rapid growth after emergence, with a similar response in aerial parts and roots. The potential for competition with crops is expressive. Furthermore, due to growth and development characteristics, the potential for regrowth is high and impacts the difficulties in controlling this species. Thus, the authors indicate that control should be carried out within a maximum of 25 days after emergence. areas herbicides artemisiifolia 1 9 DAE, DAE , (DAE) evaluations stature area leaves data calculated length volume diameter tips expressive Furthermore characteristics species Thus 2 (DAE

ABSTRACT In Colombia, the evidence of rootstock/scion incompatibility in avocado cv. Hass graft union has been increasing, generating concern among farmers. The objective was to evaluate the photosynthetic response of the avocado trees due to rootstock/scion compatibility in three locations. A split plots design with a blocking factor per locality was used. The main plot corresponded to the type of graft union (compatible and incompatible) and the subplots to leaf age during the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Climatic (water balance) and gas exchange variables (photosynthesis, transpiration, stomatal conductance, leaf temperature, and efficiency in instantaneous water use) were measured. The results indicate that the photosynthetic performance was not affected when the water balance was negative. Compatibility did not significantly affect gas exchange variables (A, gs, E, Tl, and WUEi) during the main and secondary harvest period. The leaf age/harvest period interaction shows that during the first months of leaf development, A, gs, E, and Tl are greater and are detrimental over time. It is concluded that the rootstock/scion compatibility does not significantly modify the capacity to assimilate CO2. At the same time, the variation in avocado photosynthetic activity depends on the age of the leaves and the harvest season. Colombia rootstockscion rootstock scion cv increasing farmers locations used compatible incompatible 202 seasons photosynthesis, photosynthesis (photosynthesis transpiration conductance temperature use measured negative (A gs E WUEi ageharvest development time CO2 CO season 20 2

ABSTRACT Although peppers show genetic diversity, there are few ornamental cultivars in Brazil. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the genetic diversity between progenies from F4 populations of peppers. Ten progenies were evaluated, each with 45 plants, and 4 additional control with 15 plants. Sixteen quantitative plant and fruit descriptors were used. The data were subjected to multivariate analysis of variance, and relative importance was determined using Singh’s method. Canonical variable analysis and the Scott-Knott test were used to evaluate the association between characteristics and/or individuals. In addition, non-metric multidimensional scaling was applied. The multivariate analysis of variance for the quantitative characters showed that there were significant differences. The Singh method determined that six of the fifteen characteristics contributed with more than 80.00% of the genetic divergence, while nine characteristics contributed with only 18.70%. In the analysis of canonical variables, the first two canonical variables explained 70.42 % of the discrimination between families and using the Scott-Knott test the progenies were grouped into 8 groups. The non-metric multidimensional scaling method separated the progenies from the control. Progenies that showed the desirable characteristics for potted ornamentals were 4, 8, 9 and 10. Selection within these progenies is recommended to continue the ornamental pepper breeding program. Brazil F evaluated plants 1 Singhs s ScottKnott Scott Knott andor or individuals addition nonmetric non metric applied differences 8000 80 00 80.00 divergence 1870 18 70 18.70% 7042 42 70.4 groups 10 program 800 0 80.0 187 7 18.70 704 70. 80. 18.7 18.

ABSTRACT The prediction of traits allows the breeder to guide strategies to select and accelerate the progress of genetic improvement. The objective of this work was to determine the best prediction approach and establish a network with better predictive power for white oat using methodologies based on artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Seventy-eight white oat genotypes were evaluated. The design was randomized blocks with three replications. The models were evaluated with and without fungicide, and prediction models were established using four sets of experiments. The grain yield was used as a response trait the others as explanatory traits. The coefficient of determination was considered to evaluate the proposed methodologies. The importance of the traits was assessed through the impact of destructuring or disturbing the information of a given input on the estimation of R2. For machine learning, decision trees, bagging, random forest, and boosting were used. The traits indicated to assist in decision-making are plant height, leaf rust severity, and lodging percentage. The R2 ranged from 30.14% - 96.45% and 10.57% - 94.61% for computational intelligence and machine learning, respectively. A high estimate of the coefficient of determination, which was larger than the other estimates, was obtained using the bagging technique. improvement learning Seventyeight Seventy eight replications fungicide experiments R trees forest decisionmaking making height severity percentage 3014 30 14 30.14 9645 96 45 96.45 1057 10 57 10.57 9461 94 61 94.61 respectively estimates technique 301 3 1 30.1 964 9 4 96.4 105 5 10.5 946 6 94.6 30. 96. 10. 94.

ABSTRACT The seeds and seedlings morphological differentiation is a challenge in the early stages of plant growth. This study aims to describe the physical and morphological characteristics of seeds and seedlings of Jatropha mollissima to delimit differences between other species from the same genus. The seeds were placed to germinate for morphological description and their physical characteristics were measured. The J. mollissima presented a 1000-seed weight of 332 g, 3,008 seeds per kilogram, 6.7% of moisture, 1.29 cm length, 0.84 cm width, and 0.66 cm thickness. We verified that the seeds are oval in shape; their colour is dark brown, greyish or mixed colour; they have visible raphe and hilum, and caruncle with beige coloration. The endosperm is oleaginous and involves the embryo with foliaceous and spatulate cotyledons. The embryo is axial, and the hypocotyl-radicle axis has a short cylindrical shape. Germination is epigeal and phanerocotyledonary; leaves have dimorphism and serrated margins with simple trichomes; and their apex is cuspidate or attenuated. Our research demonstrates that it is possible to differentiate J. mollissima from other species of the same genus through morphological characteristics. Therefore, this work contributes to the correct identification of the species, laboratory analysis, and field recognition. growth measured J 1000seed seed 1000 33 g 3008 3 008 3,00 kilogram 67 6 7 6.7 moisture 129 1 29 1.2 length 084 0 84 0.8 width 066 66 0.6 thickness shape brown hilum coloration cotyledons axial hypocotylradicle hypocotyl radicle phanerocotyledonary trichomes attenuated Therefore analysis recognition 100 300 00 3,0 6. 12 2 1. 08 8 0. 06 10 30 3,

ABSTRACT Genetic diversity is important for conservation and genetic improvement of common beans. This study aimed to estimate the genetic diversity among common bean genotypes from the Embrapa germplasm collection using univariate and multivariate analyses. The experiment was conducted in the region of Aquidauana-MS, at the State University of Mato Grosso do Sul, in a randomized block design with three replications and twenty-three genotypes, in 2021. The agronomic traits considered in the study were plant height, height to first pod, number of branches, number of pods per plant, number of grains per pod, hundred-grain mass, and grain yield. Descriptive analysis, univariate and multivariate variance analyses, mean clustering, phenotypic correlation network, UPGMA analysis (Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean), and canonical variables were used to examine the data. The genotypes showed significant differences for plant height, height to first pod, number of branches per plant, number of pods per plant and yield, with potential for the selection of these traits. CNFC17278, CNFC17305, CNFC19133 and CNFC19198 showed superior yield potential compared to the other lines. The combined use of statistical methodologies can provide more information about the genotypes studied. beans analyses AquidauanaMS, AquidauanaMS Aquidauana MS, MS Aquidauana-MS Sul twentythree twenty 2021 pod hundredgrain hundred mass clustering network Unweighted Mean, Mean , Mean) data CNFC17278 CNFC CNFC17305 CNFC1913 CNFC1919 lines studied 202 CNFC1727 CNFC1730 CNFC191 20 CNFC172 CNFC173 CNFC19 2 CNFC17 CNFC1

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to (i) use a combination of a definitive screening design (DSD) and a complete 33 factorial design to estimate the effects of four fertilizer supplements (factors) screened in the 1st planting cycle of Prata Gorutuba banana trees and (ii) determine whether combinations of these four factors can be identified for a future test. A DSD was combined with a complete 33 factorial scheme composed of three factors with three levels (application doses) each and three extra repetitions of the central level (commercial dose), totaling 30 experimental plots (27 + 3). The experimental area was divided into six blocks in a randomized block design (RBD) with 5 experimental plots each. The four selected factors included three soil conditioning products and a biostimulant based on seaweed extract. Experimental efficiency was maintained by performing a single trial with only 35.71% of the number of total plots used in the previous screening experiment. The results corroborated the main hypothesis of the study, i.e., that the most important factors previously screened in a previous trial could be maintained with three dose levels without altering the cultivation performance. i (i (DSD 3 (factors st ii (ii test application doses commercial dose, , dose) 27 (2 3. . 3) RBD (RBD extract 3571 35 71 35.71 experiment ie e i.e. performance 2 ( 357 7 35.7 i.e 35.