Malhas de sombreamento fotoseletivas no crescimento e produção de alface hidropônico

Abstract

The quality of light can alter morphogenesis of plants through a series of processes mediated by light receptors, the use of nets with different spectral characteristics in the cultivation of certain vegetable crops has become very common in recent years. Against the great influence that the solar radiation on plants, accomplished this research with the objective of evaluating the effect of intensity and spectral quality of light transmitted through the netting photoselectives in the growth and development of curly lettuce plants, as well as in microclimatic elements in a protected environment. The experiment featured four microhabitats: control - without net, net-term Aluminet reflector; Chromatinet netting blue and red, all with 35% shading, fixed at 0.90 m above the bed cultivation. The study was conducted in two stages, the first assessing the effect of net in the development of lettuce seedlings cultivar 'Solaris' floating produced hydroponically in winter season, rated the characteristics: number of leaves, leaf area, and fresh biomass dried roots, stems and leaves, stem length, why shoot / root and specific leaf area, and the second step verifying the influence of nets in growth and development, as well as the anatomy and physiology of lettuce cultivars 'Vera' 'Vanda' and 'Solaris' hydroponically-type solution of laminar flow bench during final production. The growth evaluations were done every seven days in two cropping seasons, autumn and winter, and the parameters were evaluated: number of leaves, leaf area, stem length, fresh weight and dry leaf and root dry weight. At the end of the production cycle were evaluated the anatomical and physiological parameters, which were stomatal density and morphology as well as the pigment content in lettuce leaves. With these results it is evident that the different nets modify microclimatic elements, presenting differences spectral transmittance, absorbance and reflectance. In the seedling stage thermo-reflective and red mesh showed a higher accumulation of biomass in lettuce compared to the environment without net and blue net. At the stage of final production bench observed that the cultivation environment promotes anatomical and physiological changes in lettuce and the environment without shading net showed higher dry biomass. In both steps the experimental blue net showed lower development of lettuce compared to other environments.