Resistance of arboreal species submitted to extreme frost in different agroforestry systems/Resistencia de especies arboreas submetidas a extremos climaticos de geada em diferentes sistemas agroflorestais

• Published in: Ciência rural 2011-06, Vol.41 (6), p.972
• Main Authors: de Souza, Velci Queiroz, Caron, Braulio Otomar, Schmidt, Denise, Behling, Alexandre, Bamberg, Rogerio, Vian, Andre Luis
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Subjects: Sugarcane
• ISSN: 0103-8478

The present research had the aim to evaluate the answers of the arboreal species Schizolobium parahyba (Vell.) Blake (guapuruvu), Mimosa scabrella Benth. (bracatinga), Peltophorum dubium (Spr.) Taubert (canafistula), Parapiptadenia rigida (Benth.) Brenan (angico-vermelho) and the hybrid Eucalyptus urophylla S.T. Blake x Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maiden (eucalipto) in consortium with sugar cane (Saccharum spp.) in two agroforestry arrangement systems (strip--3x3m + 12m and line--6x1,5m) submitted to climatic extreme frost conditions, in the Northwest of Rio Grande do Sul. The damages (resistance to frost) were appraised according to the system of notes used by HIGA et al. (2000) in which a note from 0 to 10 was attributed according to the intensity of the damage to the plant. For the resistance degrees to frost, it was adapted the methodology used by CARVALHO (1981), which is also in function of the intensity of the damage to the plant. Upon the frost condition studied, it was observed that the results demonstrated that different of agroforest system arrangements damaged the resistance of the guapuruvu specie, being sensitive in the agroforest system strip and moderatelly tolerant in the system line. In both systems, the species angicovermelho, bracatinga e eucalipto showed resistance, while the canafistula demonstrated to be tolerant.