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| Author(s): |
André Rodrigues dos Reis
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2007-08-31 |
| Examining board members: |
Jose Laercio Favarin;
Enes Furlani Junior;
Luiz Antonio Gallo
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| Advisor: | Jose Laercio Favarin |
| Abstract | |
The aim of this work was to evaluate the nitrate reductase (NR) and glutamine synthetase (GS) activity, total soluble protein content (PTS) in coffee leaves during the fruits development in field conditions. The study was carried out in ESALQ/USP (University of São Paulo), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil in a Red Nitosol eutrofic. The experimental design was a complete randomized, in a factorial outline 3 x 6, constituted by combination of 3 levels (0, 150 and 350 kg ha-1) of nitrogen in six different periods (January, February, March, April, May and June) in plants (Cultivar Catuaí Vermelho IAC 44). The RN, GS activity and leaves PTS content was linear increased in relation of levels of N applied. In accordance with the present study, the enzymes had presented greater activity during the January than other months (0,834, 1,370 and 1,781 µmol NO2 - g-1 DF h-1) of RN; (82,47, 95,31 and 136,72 µmol γGH h-1 mg-1 PTS) of GS and (0,62, 5,66 and 6,52 mg mL-1) of total soluble protein (PTS), in the treatments T0, T1 and T2, respectively. In January, the fruits were young grains and this period the coffee plant has high enzymatic activity. However, the capacity of nitrate assimilation during the annual cycle of coffee plants can be change through the environment and climatic variations and this phase (January) was verified a great precipitation. During the coffee fruits development, the RN and GS activity and the foliar PTS content had decreased, this occur due to the process of senescence of leaves, promote it the remobilization to other plant organs, as seed filling. (AU) | |