Os metabólitos secundários garantem a sobrevivência das plantas em situações adversas. As plantas alteram sua constituição bioquímica a partir do metabolismo primário em resposta à mudanças no ambiente. A produção de metabólitos secundários mitiga os efeitos decorrentes do estresse permitindo o desenvolvimento da planta em situações não ideais. Compostos aleloquímicos são exemplos de metabólitos secundários produzidos por plantas em situação de interferência interespecífica. Quando em estresse por competição, as plantas possuem a capacidade de liberar compostos no ambiente a fim de sinalizar a presença ou inibir o crescimento de plantas vizinhas. As respostas no metabolismo secundário das culturas decorrentes da competição com plantas daninhas alteram a composição química da espécie, resultando em alterações no desenvolvimento e no rendimento. A aplicação de herbicidas também é fonte de alteração no metabolismo secundário pela interrupção de rotas, seja pelo acúmulo de ácidos constituintes ou a formação de compostos não desejados. A revisão atual tem como objetivo mostrar o estado da arte das relações de interferência entre plantas daninhas e as culturas sobre as alterações no metabolismo secundário.

Facing the use of high rates of nitrogen (N) fertilizer in wheat crop, the importance of the use of plant growth regulators is observed, and it has become important technology to improve the production efficiency of various species of plants. Thus, we aimed at evaluating the effect of N fertilization, with Sulfammo ® , and the use of growth reducer on the agronomic traits of wheat cultivars. The work was conducted in the experimental area of the Federal University of Santa Maria, Frederico Westphalen campus, in the period from 06 June to 20 October 2012. The soil in the area is classified as dystrophic Red Latosol and the experimental design was a randomized complete block in a 3x5x2 factorial, with three cultivars (TBIO Mestre, TBIO Iguaçú e TBIO Itaipú), five rates of N (0, 40, 80, 120 and 160 kg ha-1) and application or not of growth reducer (trinexapac-ethyl) at a dose of 100 g ha-1 , with three replications. The growth reducer reduces the length of the second and third internode to the TBIO Itaipú and TBIO Iguaçu, the total biomass of the plant, increases thousand grain weight and increases the number of spikelets per spike in TBIO Itaipú. Increasing the rates of N as Sulfammo® allows increasing the length of the first, second and third internodes, culm length, ear length and mass of the spike.

Horseweed is an annual cycle weed naturally controlled by the herbicide glyphosate. However, the continued use of this product has selected tolerant and resistant populations. The objective of this study is to analyze the occurrence of horseweed biotypes with a low glyphosate susceptibility in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul. Seeds of horseweed plants (Conyzaspp.) that survived glyphosate applications were collected in RR soybean crops, totaling 137 samples from 37 municipalities. The seeds of the biotypes were sown, and the plants originated from them, when they reached the stage of four to six leaves, were subjected to a treatment with 1,440ga.e.ha-1 of glyphosate. According to the results, 108biotypes were not controlled and 29 were controlled by the application of glyphosate. Thus, 78% of horseweed biotypes evaluated are not controlled by the dose 1,440ga.e.ha-1 of glyphosate, and 22% are susceptible to the same dose. Evaluating the distribution per state, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso do Sul presented 83%, 77% and 77%, respectively, of biotypes not controlled by glyphosate at the dose used. Thus, most of the collected horseweed biotypes present a low sensitivity to glyphosate, thus confirming the high horseweed distribution with a low susceptibility to glyphosate in Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul.

As plantas daninhas possuem elevada variabilidade genética, e principalmente por este motivo, são adaptadas a ambientes com intensa atividade humana. Embora o controle de plantas daninhas tenha evoluído de maneira positiva nos últimos anos, elas continuam a interferir na produção agrícola. O objetivo desta revisão bibliográfica é apresentar a contribuição da biologia molecular nos estudos aplicados a herbologia. Há lacunas entre o que aprendemos sobre genômica de plantas daninhas e como esses conhecimentos poderiam nos auxiliar no manejo e melhorar a competividade de culturas agrícolas frente às plantas daninhas. Muitos estudos na área da ciência das plantas daninhas podem ser realizados com o emprego de técnicas de biologia molecular, sendo eles: caracterização do genoma de espécies de plantas daninhas, visando à identificação destes com maior acurácia, identificação de espécies resistentes a herbicidas e seu mecanismo de resistência, variabilidade e similaridade genética entre populações de plantas daninhas, identificação de genes envolvidos nos processos de interação entre plantas, dentre outros.

How to cite: SCHWerZ F, CArON BO, eLLI eF, STOLZLe Jr, MeDeIrOS SLP, SgArBOSSA J AND rO-CKeNBACH AP. 2019. Microclimatic conditions in the canopy strata and its relations with the soybean yield. An Acad Bras Cienc 91: e20180066.Abstract: Despite its economic importance, the microclimate in soybean canopies has not yet been studied in detail. Such a study can yield valuable information regarding the interaction of a crop with its environment. In this context, the aim of this study was to evaluate the solar radiation dynamic and yield responses for each canopy strata for two soybean cultivars with determined and undetermined growth habits. A field study was conducted during the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 growing seasons in the city of Frederico Westphalen, rio grande do Sul, Brazil. The cultivar NA6411, with a determinate growth habit, presented a greater interception of radiation in the middle and lower canopies strata which results in higher soybean yield when compared to the cultivar TeC6029, and thus, can be recommended for cultivation in crop production systems. The contribution of the middle and upper canopy strata to the total yield formation was greater than that observed in the lower canopy strata due to the greater interception of solar radiation by these strata. To increase soybean yields, new studies regarding the microclimatic conditions of the soybean canopy should be developed to improve the maximum potential yield of the new soybean cultivars.