ABSTRACT: The objectives of this study were to fit the Gompertz and Logistic models for the fresh and dry matter of leaves and the fresh and dry matter of shoots of three lettuce cultivars and indicate the best model to describe their growth in autumn-winter. The lettuce cultivars Gloriosa, Pira Verde, and Stella were evaluated in the autumn-winter of 2016 and 2017, in soilless in a protected environment. After transplantation, the fresh and dry matter of leaves and shoots were weighed every seven days. These dependent variables were fit using the accumulated thermal sum. The parameters of the Gompertz and Logistic models were estimated, the assumptions of the models were verified, the indicators of fit quality and critical points were calculated and the parametric and intrinsic curvature measures quantified. The Logistic and Gompertz models presented a satisfactory adjustment for the fresh and dry matter of leaves and the fresh and dry matter of shoots, for the lettuce cultivars Gloriosa, Pira Verde and Stella, in autumn-winter. The Logistic model best describes the growth of the lettuce cultivars.

The aim of this study was to determine the optimal plot size for evaluating the fresh weight of black oats (Avena strigosa Schreb) and the common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) in scenarios comprising combinations of the number of treatments, number of replications and levels of precision. Fifteen uniformity trials were conducted with single-crop and intercropped black oats and vetch. Fresh weight was evaluated in 540 basic experimental units (BEU), each of 1 m × 1 m (36 BEU per trial). The Smith index of soil heterogeneity (1938) was estimated. Plot size was determined using the HATHEWAY method (1961), in scenarios comprising combinations of i treatments (i = 5, 10, 15 and 20), r replications (r = 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) and d levels of precision (d = 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, 10%, 12%, 14%, 16%, 18% and 20%). To evaluate the fresh weight of monocropped or intercropped black oats and vetch in a completely randomized or randomized complete block design, with from 5 to 20 treatments and five replications, plots of 10 m2 are sufficient to identify, at a probability of 0.05, significant differences between treatments of 10% of the overall mean value of the experiment.

RESUMO As características da solução nutritiva empregada em sistemas de cultivo sem solo com uso de substratos é um dos fatores que influenciam a emissão de estolhos. A condutividade elétrica (CE) da solução nutritiva está relacionada com concentração de nutrientes na solução nutritiva, mas ainda pouco relatada na literatura para produção de mudas de morango no Brasil. Assim, o objetivo do trabalho foi determinar o efeito da condutividade elétrica da solução nutritiva no crescimento de plantas matrizes de morangueiro e na produção de estolhos para produção de mudas com torrão. O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado, esquema fatorial (5x2), sendo as CEs de 0,4; 0,8; 1,2; 1,6 e 2,0 dS/m e as cultivares de morangueiro a Camino Real e Oso Grande, com 20 repetições de uma planta matriz. O plantio foi feito em vasos com areia, sendo as plantas fertirrigadas com solução nutritiva nas cinco condutividades elétricas. Os estolhos foram coletados semanalmente e contabilizados, sendo descartados aqueles necrosados. Quinzenalmente, foram coletadas amostras de 15 estolhos de cada tratamento, nas quais foi determinado o número de folhas, diâmetro de coroa e massa seca. Em fevereiro, uma amostra de 45 estolhos coletados em cada tratamento foi enraizada em bandejas de poliestireno contendo 40 cm3 de substrato orgânico para determinação da taxa de formação de mudas, do diâmetro de coroa, do número de folhas expandidas e da massa seca da parte aérea e das raízes. Ao final do experimento, foram coletadas, também, plantas matrizes para determinação da área foliar e da massa seca de raízes, coroas, pecíolos e folhas. Concluiu-se que o aumento da condutividade elétrica reduziu o crescimento das plantas matrizes e a produção de estolhos e de mudas com torrão foram maiores com valores de CE na faixa entre 0,8 e 1,1dS/m.

The objective of this work was to determine the optimal plot size to evaluate the fresh weight in buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) of the IPR91-Baili and IPR92-Altar cultivars, in scenarios formed by combinations of numbers of treatments, numbers of replicates, and levels of experimental precision. Sixteen uniformity trials (blank experiments) were carried out, eight with cultivar IPR91-Baili and eight with cultivar IPR92-Altar. The trials were performed in eight sowing dates. The fresh weight was evaluated in 576 basic experimental units (BEU) of 1 m x 1 m (36 BEU per trial). The soil heterogeneity index of Smith (1938) was estimated. The plot size was determined by the method of Hatheway (1961) in scenarios formed by combinations of i treatments (i = 5, 10, 15, and 20), r replicates (r = 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8), and d precision levels (d = 10%, 11%, 12%, 13%, 14%, 15%, 16%, 17%, 18%, 19%, and 20%). To evaluate the fresh weight in buckwheat of the IPR91-Baili and IPR92-Altar cultivars, in experiments under completely randomized and randomized block designs, with 5 to 20 treatments and eight replicates, plots of 8 m3of useful area are sufficient to identify significant differences between treatments, at 5% probability level, of 15% of the overall mean of the experiment.

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