| Journal: | Acta scientiarum. Agronomy |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000459495 |
| ISSN: | 1679-9275 |
| Authors: | Costa, Álefe Chagas de Lima1 Oliveira, Antonio Dennys Melo de1 Caraciolo, João Pedro Soares1 Lucena, Leandro Ricardo Rodrigues de1 Leite, Maurício Luiz de Mello Vieira1 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Unidade Academica de Serra Talhada, Serra Talhada, Pernambuco. Brasil |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Volumen: | 44 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Experimental, analítico |
| English abstract | Water and saline stresses are the main factors affecting agricultural production in semiarid regions. The tolerance of forage cactus to water and salt deficit makes it a promising solution, in particular Nopalea cochenillifera. The growth curves for species facing these conditions can provide useful information supporting the cultivation and management of natural populations and carry significant biological importance as growth rate assessment contributes to maintaining species viability. The objective of this study was to estimate the plant height and linear dimensions (length, width, and thickness) of N. cochenillifera Giant Sweet clone growing under water and saline stress. The experiment design was completely randomized, comprising a 4 × 4 factorial, with four water and four salinity levels; there were four replications. In order to estimate plant height in N. cochenillifera Giant Sweet clone as a function of the accumulated thermal sum, generalized additive models for location, scale, and shape (GAMLSS) were used to determine water level, saline level, length, width, and thickness. We constructed models using four distributions: the Weibull, Gumbel, Logistic, and Box-Cox power exponential distributions. The models were evaluated using global deviation and the generalized Akaike criterion. The Box-Cox power exponential proved to be the most effective in estimating N. cochenillifera height. This model enabled information relevant to practical environmental management to be obtained, as it precisely defined the optimum salt application and the required amount of replacement water, together with the cladode width for each plant growth stage using the accumulated thermal sum |
| Disciplines: | Agrociencias, Biología |
| Keyword: | Plantas para uso industrial, Fisiología vegetal, Nopalea cochenillifera, Cactaceae, Forraje, Modelos biológicos, Altura de planta |
| Keyword: | Plants for industrial use, Plant physiology, Nopalea cochenillifera, Cactaceae, Biological models, Feedstuff, Plant height |
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