ABSTRACT. Nonlinear regression models represent an alternative way to describe plant growth. In this study, we aimed to model the growth of linseed using four methods for data collection (longitudinal, mean, random, and cross-sectional) and fitting the logistic and Von Bertalanffy nonlinear regression models. The data came from experiments conducted between 2014 and 2020 in the municipality of Curitibanos, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The study had a randomized block design, with experimental units consisting of six lines, 5.0 m long and 3.0 m wide, containing the varieties and cultivars of linseed with four replicates. We performed weekly assessments of the number of secondary stems and plant height and measured total dry mass fortnightly. After tabulation, the data were analyzed using the four methods, and the logistic and Von Bertalanffy models were fitted. The logistic model for the plant height variable exhibited the best performance using the longitudinal, mean, and cross-sectional methods. It was an alternative approach that reduced the time and labor required to conduct the experiment. ABSTRACT longitudinal (longitudinal mean random crosssectional cross sectional 201 202 Curitibanos Catarina Brazil design lines 50 5 0 5. 30 3 3. wide replicates fortnightly tabulation fitted experiment 20 2

Estudos sobre o desenvolvimento vegetativo da mandioca cultivada nas condições subtropicais do Brasil são escassos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar o filocrono e o número final de folhas na haste principal e nas ramificações simpodiais de uma variedade de mandioca em diferentes épocas de plantio, em condições de clima subtropical. Um experimento de campo foi conduzido em Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul (RS), com quatro datas de plantio: 26/09/2006, 18/10/2006, 08/11/2006 e 28/11/2006. A variedade usada foi a FEPAGRO RS13, com caule do tipo simpodial tricotômico, no delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado, com quatro tratamentos (datas de plantio) e quatro parcelas de 4,0 x 9,0m, com cinco fileiras e espaçamento 0,80 x 0,80m. Em seis plantas por parcela selecionadas aleatoriamente, foi feita a contagem semanal do número de folhas visíveis (NF) e do número final de folhas (NFF) da haste principal (HP) e das ramificações simpodiais de primeira (RS1) e de segunda (RS2) ordem. O filocrono (°C dia folha-1) foi estimado para HP, RS1 e RS2 pelo inverso do coeficiente angular da regressão linear entre NF e soma térmica acumulada, considerando a temperatura base de 14°C. O filocrono aumentou na seqüência HP<RS1<RS2, e o NFF teve variação inversa HP>RS1>RS2. Ambos filocrono e NFF variaram com a época de plantio, sendo o fotoperíodo uma possível causa da variação. Dentro das ramificações simpodiais RS1 e RS2, o filocrono e o NFF não são diferentes entre as hastes.

Studies on the vegetative development of cassava grown in subtropical conditions of Brazil are scarce. The objective of this study was to determine the phyllochron and the final leaf number on the main stem and on sympodial branches of a cassava variety grown in different planting dates in a subtropical climate. A field experiment was conducted in Santa Maria, RS, with four planting dates: 09/26/2006, 10/18/2006, 11/08/2006 and 11/28/2006. The variety FEPAGRO RS13, with tricotomic growth habit, was used in a complete randomized design with four treatments (planting dates) and four 4.0 x 9.0m plots with five rows and 0.8 x 0.8m spacing in each planting date. On the main stem (MS) and on the first order (BR1) and second order (BR2) sympodial branches of six plants per plot randomly selected, the number of visible leaves (NL) on a weekly basis, and the final leaf number (FLN) were measured. The phyllochron on MS, BR1 and BR2 was estimated by the inverse of the slope of the linear regression of NL against accumulated thermal time, assuming a base temperature of 14°C. Phyllochron increased in the sequence MS<BR1<BR2 and the FLN showed an inverse trend MS>BR1>BR2. Both phyllochron and FLN varied according to planting date, with photoperiod being a possible cause of such variation. Within BR1 and BR2 sympodial branches, phyllochron and FLN were not different among stems.

Com o objetivo de verificar a ocorrência de insetos da parte aérea na cultura da soja convencional e geneticamente modificada resistente a glyphosate, realizou-se este trabalho durante a safra agrícola 2004/05, em Cruz Alta, RS, na área experimental da Fundação Centro de Experimentação e Pesquisa (FUNDACEP). A semeadura foi realizada no dia 26/11/2004, no delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso com parcelas subdivididas e com quatro repetições, em esquema fatorial 2 x 3. O fator A correspondeu à cultivar "CD 214 RR" resistente a glyphosate e à "CD 201" convencional e o fator B correspondeu ao sistema de manejo das plantas daninhas (sem controle, controle mecânico e controle químico tradicional) e com um tratamento adicional (controle químico com glyphosate na cultivar "CD 214 RR"). A utilização da soja geneticamente modificada resistente a glyphosate e a aplicação do herbicida glyphosate alteraram a ocorrência de algumas espécies de insetos-praga e inimigos naturais na parte aérea da soja.

The experiment was carried out during the crop season 2004/05, in Cruz Alta, RS, Brazil at Fundação Centro de Experimentação e Pesquisa (FUNDACEP) experimental area. The objective was to study the occurrence of insects in conventional and genetically modified herbicide-tolerant soybean. The seeding was done in November, 2004. The experimental design was randomized blocks and factorial scheme. The factor A was represented by the varieties 'CD 214 RR' (glyphosate-tolerant) and 'CD 201' (conventional). The factor B was composed by weed management systems, were b1- without weed control, b2- mechanical control and b3- chemical control with conventional herbicides. An additional treatment was used, where glyphosate application on 'CD 214 RR' was done. Soybean genetically modified herbicide-tolerant and glyphosate application had effects on some pests and beneficial insects in soybean.