Methods of potassium contents evaluation in the substrate solution and gerbera leaves

AUTOR(ES)

Ludwig, Fernanda

FONTE

Ornam. Hortic.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

28/10/2019

RESUMO

RESUMO Vários autores relatam que o potássio (K) é o nutriente absorvido em maiores quantidades pelas plantas de gérbera. Assim, objetivou determinar a concentração de K na solução de substratos no cultivo de gérbera de vaso, quantificado pelo Cardy Horiba C-131 e espectrofotometria de absorção atômica e correlacioná-los entre si e com o teor foliar na planta. O experimento foi realizado em casa de vegetação. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o de blocos ao acaso em esquema fatorial 5×2 (5 substratos/2 cultivares) e quatro repetições. As mudas de gérbera cultivares Cherry e Red, com quatro folhas definitivas foram transplantadas em vasos preenchidos com os substratos e aclimatadas durante 30 dias. Após a aclimatação, avaliou-se quinzenalmente o teor de K na solução do substrato extraída pela metodologia do “PourThru”, e o teor foliar de potássio das plantas de gérbera, utilizando-se o medidor de íons portátil Cardy Horiba C-131 e o espectrofotômetro de absorção atômica. A solução do substrato comercial apresentou maiores concentrações de K em relação aos demais nas duas formas de medição, o que está relacionado diretamente com os elevados teores iniciais do nutriente nesse substrato. Valores maiores de K foram obtidos para a cultivar Red, tanto na solução quanto nas folhas. A concentração de K da solução do substrato cultivado com plantas de gérbera envasada quantificada pelo Cardy Horiba C-131 e pela espectrofotometria de absorção atômica correlacionaram-se significativamente entre si, e apresentaram baixa correlação com o teor desse nutriente nas folhas.Abstract Several authors report that potassium (K) is the nutrient absorbed in greater amounts by gerbera plants. Thus, objective of determining the concentration of Kin the solution of substrates for growing potted gerbera, quantified by the Cardy Horiba C-131 and an atomic absorption spectrophotometer, correlating them with each other and with the plant leaf content. The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse. The experimental design was in randomized complete blocks using a 5×2 factorial scheme (5 substrates/2 cultivars) and four replications. Cherry and Red gerbera cultivar seedlings with four final leaves were transplanted into pots, filled with the substrates and acclimated for 30 days. After acclimation, the K content in the substrate solution extracted by the “PourThru” methodology was evaluated every two weeks using the Cardy Horiba C-131 portable ion meter and an atomic absorption spectrophotometer, as well as the K content in the leaves of gerbera plants. The solution of the commercial substrate had higher concentrations of K in relation to the others in the two forms of measurement, which is directly related to the high initial contents of the nutrient in this substrate. This is directly related to the high initial K contents in the substrate. Greater values of K were obtained for the cultivar Red, both in the solution and in the leaves. The K concentration of the substrate solution cultured with gerbera plants quantified by the Cardy Horiba C-131 and atomic absorption spectrophotometry correlated significantly with each other and showed a low correlation with the content of this nutrient in the plant tissue.

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