Among nutrients, nitrogen is required in the greatest quantities by bean culture. The objective of this work was to evaluate growth, physiological responses and productivity of the common bean cultivar, 'IAC Imperador' under varying nitrogen doses in Brejo Paraibano. The experiment was carried out at Fazenda Experimental Chã-de-Jardim (Chã-de-Jardim Experimental Farm), of the Centro de Ciências Agrárias of the Universidade Federal da Paraíba, in the municipality of Areia, state of Paraíba. The treatments comprised 0, 50, 100, 150 and 200 kg of nitrogen ha -1 , applied in coverage at 35 days after sowing. To assess growth, plant height, stem diameter and number of leaves were evaluated. For gas exchange, photosynthesis rate, internal CO 2 concentration, transpiration, stomatal conductance, instantaneous water use efficiency and instantaneous carboxylation efficiency were evaluated. For chlorophyll "a" fluorescence, minimum leaf fluorescence, maximum leaf fluorescence, variable maximum fluorescence, potential quantum efficiency of PSII (Photosystem II) and ratio (F v /F 0 ) were evaluated. For the components of primary productivity, the height of insertion of the first pod, number of pods per plant and the number of grains per pod were evaluated. Nitrogen fertilization in coverage significantly affected most of the growth, gas exchange and productivity variables, with the dose of 200 kg ha -1 being responsible for the highest values (p < 0.05). Chlorophyll fluorescence showed no significant differences among the nitrogen doses. The nitrogen doses influenced the growth, gas exchange and productivity of the common bean in the region of Brejo Paraibano.

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The use of medicinal plants is an alternative for the treatment and prevention of diseases that affect animals, since it is a low cost method and easily acquired by the producer. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the population knowledge in the Paraiban semi-arid region regarding the use of plants with healing properties for animals. The research was conducted in the 14th Administrative Region of Paraíba Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Company, based in Pombal-PB, promoting a descriptive field research with a qualitative approach. As an instrument for data collection, a previously structured questionnaire containing objective and subjective questions was used. It was observed that among the respondents that the most used medicinal plant to cure animal diseases was lemon (Citrus limonum) with 12.14%, followed by Fedegoso (Senna occidentalis) with 10.57%, wild bean (Capparis flexuosa) equivalent to 9.57% and therefore aloe vera (Aloe vera) with 8.14%. Among the families that stood out the most are Anacardiaceae, Fabaceae and Euphorbiaceae, both with endemic Caatinga species.

The present study aimed to evaluate the residual effects of the application of biofertilizer and mineral fertilizer on sward structure and morphological components of Panicum maximum cv. Massai. The experimental design comprised randomized blocks with six treatments consisting of increasing doses of swine biofertilizer (0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 Mg ha-1) and mineral fertilization (150 kg N ha-1, 33 kg P ha-1), with four replicates. The variables analyzed were pasture height, light interception, leaf area index, forage mass and morphological components. Plant height responded linearly and positively to biofertilizer levels in the three evaluations. The highest averages for light interception (51.63%) and leaf area index (1.64) were observed for the 240 days (40 Mg ha-1). Dry leaf mass was influenced by the increase in biofertilizer dose, with increments of 39.68%, 25.07% and 44.66% for the 240, 300 and 360 days, respectively, when compared to the control treatment. Mineral fertilization promoted lower mass of dead material and lower leaf area index but did not differ from biofertilizer for the other variables. The residual effect of swine biofertilizer was greater than that of mineral fertilization, with a minimum use of 20 Mg ha-1 a practical agronomic recommendation.

<p>The objective of this work was to evaluate the potential of conservation post-harvest starch-based edible film coatings manioc on ‘Tommy Atkins’ mangoes under refrigerated storage. We used fruit from a market in Natal / RN, respecting maturation stage “de vez”. After that the mangoes were taken to the Laboratory of Soils and Plants of the Agricultural School of Jundiaí - EAJ, where they were selected, aiming at the standardization of color, size and weight. The experimental design was completely randomized, in a factorial scheme of 5 x 6 type, corresponding to different treatments of the fruit (without coating application; edible film spraying based on cassava starch; fruit spraying with edible film based on manioc starch + calcium chloride, fruit spraying with edible film based on manioc starch + calcium propionate, fruit spraying with manioc starch + potassium permanganate) in six periods (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 days) in a refrigerated environment (12 ± 2, 85% RH ± 5), and four replicates. The results were submitted to analysis of variance, the means of comparison was done by the Tukey test (5% probability). It was verified that the treatments used were superior to the control from the 15th day of storage, to loss of mass, prolonging the shelf life of the fruit in 10 days, but with no effect for the associations with source of calcium and oxidizing agent.</p>