Características agronômicas de cultivares de mamona em função do ambiente de cultivo

Abstract

The sowing season definition is an important operation step in a crop. The sowing season can also play a great effect on the yield and castor bean seed quality (Ricinus communis L.). Thus the objective of this study was to evaluate the yield and the seed quality of four castor bean cultivars on two sowing season and in two cropping systems. The cultivars were used in this study, that are IAC 226, IAC 80, Al Guarany 2002 and BRS 188 Paraguaçu, where, the first sowing was November and the other was December, each season was settle in 12 experimental units in each crop system. The experimental design was randomized complete blocks with 3 replications. The following evaluations were done: emergence, insertion height of the central spike, plant height, number of spikes per plant, number of spikes per bloom, flowering period, harvest period, yield, hull percentage, weight of seed thousand, seed vigor, germination and dormancy degree. Based on the results, the following conclusions were taken: 1 - The sowing season played a role on castor cultivars behavior, but did not affect the seed yield. 2 - The BRS Paraguaçu 188, IAC 226 and Al Guarany 2002 cultivars produced seeds with higher quality in the first sowing season, while the IAC 80 cultivar produced seeds with higher quality in the second sowing season.