Abstract
Abstract Climate change has increased the occurrence of water deficit in regions where sugarcane and energy cane are cultivated, jeopardizing dry matter production of stems. It was hypothesized that the reasons behind this fact relate to C:N:P stoichiometric modifications in these species that impair the conversion rates of accumulated nutrients in the stems, which could be attenuated by supplying silicon (Si) to the crops. Thus, the aims of this study were to evaluate the effects of water deficit in sugarcane and energy cane ratoons in the presence and absence of Si, in the C:N:P stoichiometry of stems, in the use efficiency of these nutrients and in the accumulation of dry matter in stems. Two experiments were carried out, using sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum ) and energy cane ( S. spontaneum ), cultivated in pots filled with a Typic Quartzipisamment. The treatments for both experiments were arranged in a factorial scheme 2 × 2, without (70% of the soil’s water retention capacity) and with (30% of the capacity) water deficit, without and with the application of Si via fertirrigation, associated with foliar pulverization, both at a concentration of 2.5 mmol L −1 , arranged in randomized blocks. The reduction in dry matter production of stems in both species caused by water deficit was due to modifications of the C, N and P stoichiometric homeostasis, but the benefit of Si in these plants when increasing dry matter production was not a reflection of the change in homeostasis, thus it may be involved in other mechanisms that remain unknown and should be further studied.
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Claim · model-written summary
Water deficit reduced stem dry matter production in both sugarcane and energy cane.
Verbatim
e0“sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum ) and energy cane ( S. spontaneum ), cultivated in pots filled with a Typic Quartzipisamment”
e1“The treatments for both experiments were arranged in a factorial scheme 2 × 2, without (70% of the soil’s water retention capacity) and with (30% of the capacity) water deficit”
e2“The reduction in dry matter production of stems in both species caused by water deficit was due to modifications of the C, N and P stoichiometric homeostasis”
Claim · model-written summary
The stem dry matter reduction under water deficit was attributed to changes in C, N and P stoichiometric homeostasis.
Verbatim
e0“sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum ) and energy cane ( S. spontaneum ), cultivated in pots filled with a Typic Quartzipisamment”
e2“The reduction in dry matter production of stems in both species caused by water deficit was due to modifications of the C, N and P stoichiometric homeostasis”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon supply via fertirrigation increased stem dry matter production in sugarcane and energy cane.
- Taxon
- sugarcanee0
- Treatment
- application of Si via fertirrigatione4
- Outcome
- dry matter productione3
- Direction
- increasinge3
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Verbatim
e0“sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum ) and energy cane ( S. spontaneum ), cultivated in pots filled with a Typic Quartzipisamment”
e3“the benefit of Si in these plants when increasing dry matter production was not a reflection of the change in homeostasis”
e4“without and with the application of Si via fertirrigation”
Claim · model-written summary
The silicon benefit to dry matter was not a reflection of a change in C:N:P homeostasis.
Verbatim
e0“sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum ) and energy cane ( S. spontaneum ), cultivated in pots filled with a Typic Quartzipisamment”
e3“the benefit of Si in these plants when increasing dry matter production was not a reflection of the change in homeostasis”
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