ABSTRACT The use of growth regulators as a technique that can reduce plant height and thus strengthen stalks, which may be an option to eliminate or reduce plant lodging, thereby avoiding crop loss. However, there is a lack of information on the subject. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the dose (0; 37.5; 75.0; 112.5 e 150.0 g ha-1 active ingredient) and the application times of trinexapac-ethyl (sixth, seventh and eighth leaves), in a randomized complete block, in a 5x3 factorial scheme, with four replicates. The field experiment was performed during the 2016/17 crop season, in the experimental farm located in Selvíria, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil, at Universidade Estadual Paulista- UNESP, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo State, Brazil - Campus. It is not recommended to apply the trinexapac-ethyl at eighth leaf, especially in the doses of 75.0; 112.5 and 150.0 g ha-1, since they generated the lowest values for yield parameters, thus reducing productivity, and providing greater number of unfilled grains. Taking into account the reduction in plant height, the minimization of lodging and grain yield, trinexapac-ethyl should be applied to the seventh leaf of the BRS Esmeralda rice at the dose of 75 g ha-1.

ABSTRACT Wheat production in the Brazilian cerrado faces major challenges, especially for not being a traditionally wheat region and the occurrence of hot and dry winters. The objective of this study was to evaluate the residual effect of the previous crops corn and Urochloa ruziziensis (R. Germ & Evrard), in single cropping and intercropping, with and without seed inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense and topdress nitrogen fertilization (N), on the development and yield of wheat. The experiment was conducted in Selvíria, MS, in 2011/12. The experiment was arranged in an 8x4 factorial randomized block design, with four replications. The treatments consisted of a combination of crop residues (corn, Urochloa ruziziensis and Azospirillum brasilense) and topdress N rates (0, 30, 60 and 90 kg ha-1) applied to wheat. The following evaluations were carried out: the amount of residual vegetation cover, agronomic characteristics, yield components and yield of wheat. There were positive effects of the previous crops on the yield of the succeeding wheat crop, and the intercropping corn x Urochloa ruziziensis, with or without inoculation, was an excellent management choice; increasing N rates in topdress up to 90 kg ha-1 increased the yield of irrigated wheat, depending on the previous crop.

RESUMO A produção de trigo no cerrado brasileiro enfrenta grandes desafios, principalmente por não ser a região tradicionalmente tritícola e pela ocorrência de inverno quente e seco. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito residual das culturas antecessoras, milho e Urochloa ruziziensis (R. Germ & Evrard), em cultivo exclusivo e em consórcio entre ambas, na presença e ausência da inoculação de sementes com Azospirillum brasilense e adubação nitrogenada (N) em cobertura, no desenvolvimento e na produtividade do trigo. O experimento foi desenvolvido em Selvíria, MS, em 2011/12. O delineamento experimental foi o de blocos ao acaso, disposto em esquema fatorial 8x4, com quatro repetições, cujos tratamentos foram constituídos pela combinação de restos culturais (associações de milho, Urochloa ruziziensis e Azospirillum brasilense) e doses de N (0, 30, 60 e 90 kg ha-1) em cobertura, no trigo. Realizaram-se as seguintes avaliações: cobertura vegetal residual (quantidade), características agronômicas, componentes de produção e produtividade da cultura do trigo. As culturas antecessoras apresentaram efeitos positivos na produtividade do trigo cultivado em sucessão, sendo o consórcio de milho e Urochloa ruziziensis, com ou sem inoculação excelente opção de manejo; o incremento da dose de N, em cobertura, até 90 kg ha- 1 aumenta a produtividade de grãos de trigo irrigado, dependendo da cultura antecessora.