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Growth of Brazilian Cotton Cultivars in Response to Soil Applied Boron

2008; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 31; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/01904160802043247

1532-4087

Renildes Lúcio Ferreira Fontes, Joaci Franklin de Medeiros, Júlio César Lima Neves, O. S. Carvalho, Julia Medeiros,

Agricultural Science and Fertilization

ABSTRACT The growth of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) was evaluated in a 6 × 5 factorial experiment with 6 boron (B) levels (0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 3.0 mg dm−3), 5 cultivars ('CNPA 8H', 'BRS Aroeira', 'BRS Antares', 'BRS Sucupira', 'BRS Ipe'), and 3 replications. As B increased in the soil, leaf B concentrations increased linearly in 'BRS Aroeira' and 'CNPA 8H', and quadratically in 'BRS Ipe' and 'BRS Sucupira'. The concentrations of B in the leaves and in the soil increased with the B increasing in the soil. The agronomic characteristics evaluated showed 'BRS Aroeira' and 'BRS Sucupira' responding more and BRS responding less to the B doses applied. The variation in the effFiciency of B utilization was: 'BRS Aroeira' > 'CNPA 8H' = 'BRS Antares' > 'BRS Sucupira' > 'BRS Ipe'. Cultivar 'BRS Aroeira' had the greatest potential to respond positively to the addition of B to the soil.