INCREASES IN CITRONELLA TOTAL BIOMASS PRODUCTION DUE TO SEVERE STRESS IN THE ROOT SYSTEM

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https://doi.org/10.5327/Z2176-947820190438

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Cymbopogon nardus L.; root pruning; Carbon assimilation and partitioning; growth; medicinal plant.

Abstract

In order to obtain the best therapeutic quality and productivity of medicinal plants, proper management of the crop is fundamental, since several factors can interfere. Thus, the growth of citronella plants submitted to different levels of cuts in the aerial part and in the roots were analyzed. Five different root roughing ratios (0, 25, 50, 75, 100%) after 145 days of planting of the seedlings and four cuts in the aerial part (leaves): uncut; a cut at 145 DAP (days after planting), along with the cut of the root; a cut at 228 DAP; and cuts at 145 and 228 DAP (two cuts). Four collections for dry matter accumulation and photoassimilate partitioning and treatment with 100% root cut, but without leaf cut, increased the accumulation of dry mass in relation to the other treatments, for the last period of analysis, demonstrating a recovery.

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2019-08-04

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Daflon, T. da M., Hüther, C. M., Santos, C. M. P. P. dos, Carvalho, L. F. de, Correa, N. P. da C., Correia, D. M., Pereira, C. R., & Machado, T. de B. (2019). INCREASES IN CITRONELLA TOTAL BIOMASS PRODUCTION DUE TO SEVERE STRESS IN THE ROOT SYSTEM. Revista Brasileira De Ciências Ambientais (RBCIAMB), (51), 95–111. https://doi.org/10.5327/Z2176-947820190438

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