Resumo -O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar as correlações do índice de área do cladódio com características morfogênicas e produtivas da palma forrageira (Nopalea sp. e Opuntia sp.). Foram avaliados três clones de palma forrageira, em condições de sequeiro: IPA Sertânia, Miúda e Orelha de Elefante Mexicana. Dados morfológicos dos cladódios e da planta, índice de área do cladódio e biomassa acumulada foram obtidos na ocasião da colheita. A relação entre os dados coletados foi avaliada por meio da análise de trilha, após a aplicação da matriz de correlação de Pearson e do teste de multicolinearidade. Foram observadas maiores correlações das características morfogênicas com o rendimento da cultura do que com o índice de área do cladódio, com R 2 entre 0,5930 e 0,9502. As variáveis altura x largura e número total de cladódios foram as que melhor explicaram a variação do índice de área do cladódio. O número total de cladódios, o índice de área do cladódio e a morfologia dos cladódios de quarta ordem são as variáveis que melhor explicam a variabilidade do rendimento dos clones de palma forrageira avaliados em ambiente semiárido.Termos para indexação: Nopalea, Opuntia, análise de trilha, biomassa, rendimento clonal, semiárido. Correlations of the cladode area index with morphogenetic and yield traits of cactus forageAbstract -The objective of this work was to evaluate the correlations of the cladode area index with morphogenetic and yield traits of the cactus forage (Nopalea sp. and Opuntia sp.). Three clones of cactus forage were evaluated in dry land conditions: IPA Sertânia, Miúda, and Orelha de Elefante Mexicana. Morphological data from cladode and plant, cladode area index, and accumulated dry biomass were obtained at harvest.The relationship between the collected data was analyzed by path analysis, after the application of Pearson's correlation matrix and the multicollinearity test. Higher correlations of morphogenetic traits were observed with crop yield than with the cladode area index, with R 2 between 0.5930 and 0.9502. The variables height x width and total number of cladodes were the ones that best explained the variation of the cladode area index. The total number of cladodes, the cladode area index, and the morphology of fourth-order cladodes are the variables that best explain the yield variability of the cactus forage clones evaluated in semiarid environment.Index terms: Nopalea, Opuntia, path analysis, biomass, clonal yield, semiarid. IntroduçãoA palma forrageira (Nopalea sp. e Opuntia sp.) tem sido bastante cultivada no semiárido brasileiro, para alimentação animal. A planta é tolerante a períodos de longas estiagens, apresenta metabolismo fisiológico diferenciado -conhecido como metabolismo ácido das Crassuláceas -e pode tolerar altas temperaturas e deficit hídrico, bem como acumular fitomassa (Lopes et al., 2007). Por sua capacidade de suportar essas condições, destaca-se como reserva forrageira que contribui para a sustentabilidade da pecuária, segmento que, na região, é atingido pela escassez d...
Methods for determining leaf area index have been applied to various agricultural crops. However, their uses are limited to broadleaf plants, with no record for forage cactus, whose radiation interception is performed by the cladode. This study aimed to evaluate the use of different indirect methods to estimate the area index of forage cactus cladode. Cladodes from clones of Nopalea cochenillifera Salm Dyck, Nopalea cochenillifera Salm Dyck and Opuntia stricta (Haw) Haw were used, being sampled sixty plants per clone, distributed in five sub-areas with 12 plants. Light interception methods with different measurement techniques were evaluated, as well as the planimetric, leaf discs and modeling methods. The estimate of area index of the forage cactus cladode by the modeling method was considered the most accurate one, for presenting precision coefficient values and accuracy above 0.90, as well as a performance varying from very good to excellent. However, its applicability depends on the use of estimated parameters or adjusted value equations. The methods of light interception and its derivations, leaf discs of medium cladodes and planimetry of medium cladodes are not recommended, due to their low precision and accuracy.
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