Plantas de Leucanena leuoocephala (lamb.) De Wit foram submetidas a tratamentos em soluções nutritivas carentes em N, P. K, Ca, Mg, S e B com o objetivo de se obter o quadro sintomatológivo das carências, assim como teores dos elementos na raiz, caule e folhas. Os sintomas apareceram após 200 dias de cultivo e foram de difícil caracterização. Os teores encontrados nas folhas de plantas com sintomas enormais foram respectivamente: N%-2,77-3,51; P% - 0,11-0,14; K% - 1,33 - 2,75 ; Ca% - 0,41-1,11; Mg% - 0,18-0,42; S% -0,11-0,22; B ppm - 25-127.

The present work was carried out in order to study: a) identification of deficiencies symptoms of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, and B; b) the effects the deficiency of each macronutrient and boron on the chemical composition of the plants. Young Leucaena plants were grown in pots containing pure quartz. Several times a day the plants were irrigated by percolation with nutrient solutions. The treatments were: complete solution and deficient solutions, in which each of the macronutrients or boron was omitted. Malnutrition symptoms appeared after 200 days of cultivation. Symptoms of nutrition were observed for all treatments. The concentration of the elements in the leaves of plants cultivated under normal and under deficient conditions were: N% - 3.51-2.79; P% - 0,14-0,11; K% - 2.75-1.33; Ca% - 1.11-0.41; Mg% - 0.42-0.18; S% - 0.22-0.11; B ppm - 127-25.

Os autores planejaram um experimento com a finalidade de esclarecer vários problemas ligados com a polinização da aboboreira. Para êsse fim, foi organizada uma cultura com a variedade Brasileira. O campo constou de 48 covas, cada qual com uma planta, distanciadas de 2m. As plantas foram conduzidas em caramanchões de 1m de altura, separados por corredores de 3 m. Cada caramanchão abrangeu 4 plantas. Com a finalidade de se estudar a polinização na ausência de insetos, três caramanchões foram cobertos com telas de "nylon". Os resultados das pesquisas, foram os seguintes: 1.° - A proporção de flôres femininas e masculinas abertas no mesmo dia foi de 1:17,7. 2.° - A abertura das flôres se dá em plena madrugada. 3.° - As abelhas Irapuás (Trigona (Trigona) ruficrus Latr.) e as Apis mellifera L. constituiram os principais insetos polinizadores da aboboreira. 4.° - Não foi constatado o fenômeno partenocárpico na aboboreira. 5.° - As concentrações médias dos sólidos do néctar das flôres de abóbora, em dois dias, de medições com o refratômetro de campo Huet foram, respectivamente, de 39,7% e 40,6%. 6.° - Foi constatado que na ausência de insetos não houve frutificação. Os frutos provenientes de flôres polinizadas pelos insetos alcançaram um rápido desenvolvimento, estando em condições de serem consumidos como aboborinhas, após o quarto dia de formação.

The present paper deals with studies related to pollination of Cucurbita pepo L. in the State of S. Paulo, Brazil. The following results were obtained: 1.° - The ratio of female flowers to male flowers openig at the same day was 1:17,7. 2.º - The opening of the female flowers and observed to occur before the sun rises. Closing begins at 9 A.M. and is finished by 11 A. M. 3.° - With respect to pollinizating insects, Trigona (Trigona) ruficrus Latr.) and Apis, mellifera L. constitute the most important species. 4.° - Due to the phenomenon of parthenocarpy no frutification was observed. 5.º - The sugar concentration of the nectar was observed to average 39,7% and 40,6%. 6.º - The pollination of Cucurbita pepo L. is only by insects.

The present work deals with the study of the effects of selfing and crossing in pures lines of okra inbred for five generations and the methods of breeding in this plant. This work is party of a large program of this Dept. to study heterosis in plants naturally self pollinated. The technic of selfing consists of tying with a string the floral bud before anthesis. To make controlled crosses, it is necessary to emasculate the flowers removing the anthers with small forceps, and to cover the flowers with a bag and wait for 1 or 2 days until the blooming. Also, the male parents are covered with paper bags prior to flowering. Finally, the pollen is brushed lightly over the stigma of the emasculated flowers and the females unit rebagged. The authors have tried without sucess the technic of soda fountain straw used for cotton. The treatments were: I) Fl of the cross pure-line x foreign variety (not improved by breeding). II) Fl of the cross pure-line x parental variety and III) pure-line 5 generations inbred. In order to compare the production of these three treatments, a randomized blocks with 4 replications was designed; since we had 6 families in each treatment, the total number was: 4 replications x 3 treatments x 6 families: = 72. Each familiy was planted in lines of 10 plants. Owing to the design devised, the present experiment corresponds to a split-plot. The analysis of variance of the number and the weight of the pods is given in tables 2 and 4, and shows the following: 1) The production expressed in both numbers and weights of the cross, - pure lines x foreign variety - was statistically smaller than the others treatments, i, e., the cross of pure-lines x parental variety and the pure-lines; 2) The production of the treatments pure-lines x parental variety and selfed purelines was the same. It was proved that the selfing do not produce harmful effects in okra, it was benefical, since after 5 inbred generations the production was the same when compared with Fl of the parental variety. Also, the methods of pure-lines are indicated to improve varieties of okra.