Initial growth of Brazilian pine (Araucaria angustifolia) under equal soil volumes but contrasting rooting depths

Trees ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 835-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla L. Korndörfer ◽  
Morgana Mósena ◽  
Lúcia R. Dillenburg
FLORESTA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 070
Author(s):  
Charles Rodrigo Belmonte Maffra ◽  
Felipe Turchetto ◽  
Edison Bisognin Cantarelli

The regularization of rural properties in the molds of the New Forest Code depends on the silvicultural study of the native species of the Brazilian biomes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the initial growth of five native tree species of the Atlantic Forest, with a view to their use in forest restoration projects. The following species were produced in the nursery, planted in the field, and evaluated for performance: Araucaria angustifolia, Mimosa scabrella, Trichilia claussenii, Schizolobium parahyba, and Cordia trichotoma. These species were distributed in two different areas, based on the randomized block experimental design. In experiment 1, the species A. angustifolia, M. scabrella, and C. trichotoma were distributed in three randomized blocks, each composed of 11 plants of each species. In experiment 2, the species A. angustifolia, M. scabrella, T. claussenii, and S. parahyba were distributed in three randomized blocks, each one composed of five plants of each species. In general, S. parahyba and M. scabrella showed faster development than the other species and, in this regard, are promising candidates for forest areas constitution or reconstitution in which there is interest in obtaining economic returns in less time. Araucaria angustifolia and T. claussenii showed relatively low development, whereas C. trichotoma showed intermediate development in relation to the other species studied. Despite their differences in performance, all species proved to be suitable for use in reforestation, mainly in the region where the study was developed.


2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 567-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Luiz Coutinho ◽  
Lúcia Rebello Dillenburg

Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze is a tall, long-lived tree species, which grows as an emergent tree in the araucaria forests of southern Brazil. Four varieties have been described for this species, and three of them were selected for this study: "angustifolia" (the type variety), "caiova" and "indehiscens". These are co-occurring varieties that differ in external seed color and timing of seed maturation. The purpose of this study was to compare the initial growth of plants originated from seeds of these three varieties, in order to test the hypothesis that these varieties also differ in the initial growth of their seedlings. Seeds were collected from a single forest location, and 60 plants per variety were grown in pots for a period of 244 days. The "angustifolia" variety accumulated significantly more mass (both in shoot and root) than the other two, but the three varieties did not differ in mass allocation between shoot and root and between lateral roots and the main root. The greater growth of the type variety may help explain its greater natural abundance, since attaining a larger size will have positive effects on seedling recruitment and survival.


2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 310-332
Author(s):  
Dionatan Gerber ◽  
Eleandro José Brun ◽  
Larissa Regina Topanotti ◽  
Josângela De Jesus Ferreira ◽  
Douglas Anry Porrua ◽  
...  

A Araucaria angustifolia Bertol. é uma espécie nativa do Brasil que, devido a ação antrópica ao longo de vários anos, a colocou sob ameaça de extinção. O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar a variabilidade genética de Araucaria angustifolia com base em variáveis qualitativas e quantitativas de crescimento inicial em teste de procedências e progênies, selecionando-se aquelas com maior presença de superioridade como subsídio para a formação de pomares de sementes. Um teste de procedência e progênies foi instalado em casa de vegetação, utilizando-se as árvores matrizes de Guarapuava-PR e Palmeira-SC, de acordo com suas características biométricas e morfométricas. Cada matriz recebeu código de controle. As árvores matrizes foram avaliadas de acordo com as características dendrométricas e sanitárias, bem como as pinhas colhidas, quanto ao peso, volume e sanidade. Foram selecionadas 14 matrizes de Palmeira-SC e 10 matrizes de Guarapuava-PR. As pinhas de cada matriz selecionada foram avaliadas utilizando variáveis quantitativas. As sementes dessas pinhas, de acordo com a árvore matricial, foram separadas e utilizadas no experimento para avaliar a emergência das sementes e o crescimento inicial entre os genótipos. Todas as análises estatísticas foram realizadas pelos softwares GENES® e R Studio. Verificou-se que existe variabilidade genética entre as procedências e progênies para a maioria dos caracteres quantitativos estudados para a espécie e, portanto, a possibilidade de obter ganhos através da seleção entre e dentro das procedências. A seleção entre e dentro das procedências sugere a possibilidade de alcançar ganhos genéticos significativos, especialmente para caracteres de peso e diâmetro de pinhas, peso e número de sementes por pinha e crescimento das árvores.


2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa Regina Topanotti ◽  
Dionatan Gerber ◽  
Oiliam Carlos Stolarski ◽  
Bruna Elisa Trentin ◽  
Carla Talita Pertille ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The initial growth of three Brazilian native timber species in the city of Dois Vizinhos-PR, Brazil, was described - Araucaria angustifolia, Balfourodendron riedelianum, and Parapiptadenia rigida, using four non-linear mathematical models (Gompertz, Logistic, Logistic 4P, and Chapman-Richards). In the first 4 years after planting, information about collar diameter (mm), total height (m), crown height (m), and crown diameter (m) was obtained twice a year for 12 individuals per species. Crown area (m²) and crown volume (m³) were estimated. The growth in these four variables (collar diameter, total height, crown area, and crown volume) was projected using the models, and their fitting was assessed based on the values of the Akaike Information Criterion, the Bayesian Information Criterion, the standard error of estimate, and the coefficient of determination. The models generated excellent statistics for all parameters in all variables, with better statistics for collar diameter (coefficient of determination higher than 0.65 and standard error lower than 30%) and total height (coefficients of determination higher than 0.72 and standard error lower than 37%). Considering the three species, Parapiptadenia rigida showed the fastest growth in all variables (median of 70.97 mm for collar diameter, median of 4.475 m for total height, median of 10.35 m² for crown area, and median of 15.30 m³ for crown volume at 48 months). Longer monitoring periods in this and other experiments are recommended to characterize the growth of these three Brazilian native timber species to adequately describe their performance in timber and forest restoration projects.


FLORESTA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 099 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valdeci Constantino ◽  
Antonio Carlos Vargas Motta ◽  
Julierme Zimmer Barbosa ◽  
Marcos Antonio Dolinski ◽  
Flavio Zanette ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Yoshichika Bando ◽  
Takahito Terashima ◽  
Kenji Iijima ◽  
Kazunuki Yamamoto ◽  
Kazuto Hirata ◽  
...  

The high quality thin films of high-Tc superconducting oxide are necessary for elucidating the superconducting mechanism and for device application. The recent trend in the preparation of high-Tc films has been toward “in-situ” growth of the superconducting phase at relatively low temperatures. The purpose of “in-situ” growth is to attain surface smoothness suitable for fabricating film devices but also to obtain high quality film. We present the investigation on the initial growth manner of YBCO by in-situ reflective high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) technique and on the structural and superconducting properties of the resulting ultrathin films below 100Å. The epitaxial films have been grown on (100) plane of MgO and SrTiO, heated below 650°C by activated reactive evaporation. The in-situ RHEED observation and the intensity measurement was carried out during deposition of YBCO on the substrate at 650°C. The deposition rate was 0.8Å/s. Fig. 1 shows the RHEED patterns at every stage of deposition of YBCO on MgO(100). All the patterns exhibit the sharp streaks, indicating that the film surface is atomically smooth and the growth manner is layer-by-layer.


Author(s):  
Xianghong Tong ◽  
Oliver Pohland ◽  
J. Murray Gibson

The nucleation and initial stage of Pd2Si crystals on Si(111) surface is studied in situ using an Ultra-High Vacuum (UHV) Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). A modified JEOL 200CX TEM is used for the study. The Si(111) sample is prepared by chemical thinning and is cleaned inside the UHV chamber with base pressure of 1x10−9 τ. A Pd film of 20 Å thick is deposited on to the Si(111) sample in situ using a built-in mini evaporator. This room temperature deposited Pd film is thermally annealed subsequently to form Pd2Si crystals. Surface sensitive dark field imaging is used for the study to reveal the effect of surface and interface steps.The initial growth of the Pd2Si has three stages: nucleation, growth of the nuclei and coalescence of the nuclei. Our experiments shows that the nucleation of the Pd2Si crystal occurs randomly and almost instantaneously on the terraces upon thermal annealing or electron irradiation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercedes Florez ◽  
Elvira Martinez ◽  
Victoria Carbonell

The main objective of this study is to determine the effects of 125 mT and 250mT magnetic treatment on the germination and initial growth of triticale seeds. This objective has a practical application in agriculture science: early growth of triticale. An increase in the percentage and rate of germination of seeds and a stimulation of growth of seedlings as positive response to magnetic field treatment in rice, wheat, maize and barley seeds have been found in previous studies. Germination tests were carried out under laboratory conditions by exposing triticale seeds to magnetic field for different times. The effect was studied by exposure of seeds prior sowing. The mean germination time were reduced for all the magnetic treatments applied. Most significant differences were obtained for time of exposure of 1 and 24 hours and maximum reductions was 12%. Furthermore, seedlings from magnetically treated seeds grew taller than control. The longest mean total length was obtained from seedlings exposed to 125 and 250 mT for 24 hours. External magnetic fields are assumed to enhance seed vigor by influencing the biochemical processes by stimulating activity of proteins and enzymes. Numerous studies suggested that magnetic field increases ions uptake and consequently improves nutrition value.


2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
R Chitra, P Hemalatha

The initial growth of turmeric is rather slow and takes about 4-5 months to cover the inter space. Therefore, the available space between the rows of turmeric could be effectively utilized by growing short duration crops like, vegetables, cereals etc. Hence, it is worthwhile to explore the possibilities of growing compatible crops with turmeric. With this background the experiment on effect of intercrops on growth and yield of turmeric was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Bhavanisagar. Among the different intercrops, turmeric with cowpea recorded the maximum fresh rhizome yield per hectare (30.78 t ha-1) while turmeric + bhendi registered the maximum B:C ratio (2.68:1). Monocropping of turmeric recorded the lowest B:C ratio (1.67:1) among all the treatments.  


2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-180
Author(s):  
Xi LIU ◽  
Bo-Yuan CHEN ◽  
Zhi-Zhan CHEN ◽  
Li-Xin SONG ◽  
Er-Wei SHI

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