Efeito da aplicação de cálcio e silício visando a redução do florescimento da variedade de cana-de-açúcar RB 867515

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at Experimental Station of Flowering and Cruzamento of the Serra do Ouro -PMGCA RIDESA ,in the municipality of Murici - AL (09 ° 14 '22, 86 "N, 35 º 50' 11.05" W, 480 m height). The cultivar RB867515 was underwent to four different treatments, T0 - only conventional fertilization (28, 44, 28, 6, 6 and 3 grams of N, P, K, Zn, Cu and Mn, respectively), T1 - conventional fertilization + 2 kg of gypsum (1 kg at the bottom of the pit and 1 kg in coverage), T2 - conventional fertilization + 0.058 mol-1 of calcium sulphate in the leaf e T3 - conventional fertilization + 0.058 mol-1 of potassium silicate in the leaf. Each experimental plot consisted of a clump. Before and after flowering (at 183 and 239 days after planting respectively) were evaluated morphological parameters such as counting the number of stems per plot, height, stalk diameter and number of internodes per stem. The data were underwent avarage comparison by Tukey. The biochemical analysis of the apical meristem of plants of the variety RB867515 show that application of foliar calcium resulted in its accumulation produces a negative correlation between the calcium and potassium in the plant, which may have caused the delay and the decrease in flowering plants this treatment. The application of silicon on the leaves have little or no influence on the composition of minerals, sugars in the apical meristem and on the process of flowering.