Nutrient uptake in sesame cultivars under cultivation in semiarid conditions / Acúmulo de nutrientes em cultivares de gergelim sob cultivo em condições semiáridas

Sesame is considered the oldest oleaginous seed in use by mankind. It is a culture of high morphophysiological complexity with great variability in growth habit. The accumulation of nutrients in the sesame crop is, in relative terms, proportional to its average productivity. It is a crop that requires the availability of sufficient amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to obtain a desired yield. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the uptake of nutrients for sesame cultivars in two growing seasons conditions semiarid. The experiments were performed in Horta Didatics of Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, in Brazil, from November 2014 to February 2015 (Growing Season I); and from April to July 2015 (Growing Season II). The experimental design was a randomized complete block design with four replications. Treatments were arranged in a split plot where cultivars (CNPA G2, CNPA G3, and CNPA G4) were placed on the following plots with harvesting dates 21, 35, 49, 63, 77, 91, and 105 days after sowing (DAS) of subplots. The vegetative part of the sesame crop had greater uptake of potassium in Growing Season I (the period from November 2014 to February 2015) and of nitrogen in Growing Season II (the period from April to July 2015) for all the cultivars, whereas in the fruits the greatest uptake was that of nitrogen, independent of growing season. As for the total uptake of nutrients at the end of the cycle, it followed the descending order N > K > P in both growing seasons. The period of greatest demand for nutrients occurred between 77 and 105 DAS. In relation to the cultivars, the CNPA G3 obtained larger uptakes in Growing Season I (the period from November 2014 to February 2015), while the CNPA G4 did so in Growing Season II (theperiod from November 2014 to February 2015).

O gergelim é considerado a semente oleaginosa mais antiga em uso pela humanidade. É uma cultura de alta complexidade morfofisiológica com grande variabilidade no hábito de crescimento. Oacúmulo de nutrientes na cultura do gergelim é, em termos relativos, proporcional a sua produtividade média. É uma cultura que necessita da disponibilidade de quantidades suficientes de nitrogênio, fósforo e potássio para obtenção de uma produtividade desejada. Dessa forma, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o acúmulo de nutrientes por cultivares de gergelim, em duas épocas de cultivo em condições semáridas. Os experimentos foram realizados na Horta Didática da Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, no período de novembro de 2014 a fevereiro de 2015 (Época de cultivo I) e de abril a julho de 2015 (Época de cultivo II). O delineamento experimental utilizado foi em blocos casualizados completos, com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos foram dispostos em parcelas subdivididas onde as cultivares (CNPA G2, CNPA G3 e CNPA G4) ocuparam as parcelas e as épocas de coletas (21, 35, 49, 63, 77, 91 e 105 dias após a semeadura) as subparcelas. A parte vegetativa da cultura do gergelim teve maior acúmulo de potássio na época de cultivo I (período de novembro de 2014 a fevereiro de 2015) e de nitrogênio na época de cultivo II (período de abril a julho de 2015) para todas as cultivares. Em relação aos frutos a maior acúmulo foi de nitrogênio, independente da época de cultivo. Quanto ao acúmulo total de nutrientes ao final do ciclo, seguiu a ordem decrescente N> K> P em ambas as épocas de cultivo. O período de maior demanda por nutrientes ocorreu entre 77 e 105 DAS. Em relação àscultivares, o CNPA G3 obteve maiores acúmulos na época de cultivo I (período de novembro de 2014 a fevereiro de 2015), enquanto o CNPA G4 o fez na época de cultivo II (período de novembro de 2014 a fevereiro de 2015).

Studies of Chinese Crude Drug "Ge-gen". (1). Herbological Study of Collection Season / 日本東洋医学雑誌

Ge-gen, a Chinese crude drug derived from the root of <i>Pueraria lobata</i> Ohwi of the family Leguminosae, is collected in the winter nowadays both in China and in Japan. However, in the old descriptions of materia medica written in ancient China, it was said that the proper collection season was May or in the early summer on Chinese calendar. Present herbological study resulted that the collection season had been changed in the Yuan or Ming dynasty in China, mainly because of the confusion with eating Ge-gen, which was collected in the winter. The Ge-gen collected in the early summer should be dispensed in the prescriptions written in the old medical books such as Shang-han-lun and Jin-kui-yao-lue.