Aspectos morfológicos e estado nutricional em genótipos de girassol cultivados em um latossolo vermelho distrófico típico

Abstract

The variability in the behavior of plant species, even among genotypes generally provides differences in the absorption capacity of nutrients. As demands among cultivars of the same species are distinct is common to observe differential accumulation of nutrients, as well as variations in phenotypic characters under the same growing conditions for the same crop year. This study aimed to evaluate morphological, as well as diagnose concentration and nutrient accumulation in leaves of different sunflower genotypes and its relationship with crop yield. The experiment was conducted in the experimental area IFMT (Campus St. Vincent), located in the municipality of Santo Antônio do Leverger - MT. The experimental design was a randomized block design using eight genotypes (M734; HELIO 358; Embrapa 122; HLE 23; MG 341; BRS G37; BRS G41 and V90631) with four replications. 570 kg ha-1 formulated 4-14-8 and 2 kg ha-1 of boron were applied at planting as borogran. Seeds were sown on March 16, 2013. A fertilization was performed thirty days of plant emergence, applying urea in the proportion of 87 kg ha-1 and 57 kg ha-1 of KCL. There was no variation between the morphology and nutrient accumulation in leaf dry weight for the eight genotypes used in the R3 stage. The leaf concentration of K and Ca were distinct among sunflower genotypes. The highest grain yields were obtained for the BRS G37, HLE 23, M734 and HELIO 358. Morphological aspects, the leaf nutrient content and yield were positively correlated.