Photosynthetic activity of cultivated plants in soil contaminated with sulfentrazone

Abstract

The goal of this work was to evaluate the sulfentrazone effects on the characteristics associated with photosynthetic activity of Helianthus annus, Canavalia ensiformis, Dolichos lab lab and Arachis hypogaea regarded species with potential of remediation of contaminated soil with this herbicide. The experiment was conducted in factorial 4 x 3, completely randomized design, with four replications. The first factor consisted by cultivation of species H. annus, C. ensiformis, D. lab lab and A. hypogaea; the second factor by three sulfentrazone doses (0, 250 and 500 g ha^-1) applied in pre-emergence. After filling the pots with 6.0 kg of soil, classified with red-yellow Hapludalf, it was done the irrigation and it was done the herbicide application herbicide in soil surface. One day after this application, proceeded the sowing of vegetal species. At 40 days after the emergency of the vegetal species, were evaluated the stomatal conductance (gs - mol m^-1 s^-1), transpiration rate (E - mol H₂O m^-2 s^-1), sub-stomatal CO₂ concentration (Ci - µmol mol^-1), CO₂ gradient (ΔC - µmol mol^-1) and the photosynthetic rate (A - µmol m^-2 s^-1). These evaluations were performed using an infrared gas analyzer (IRGA). At 100 days after the plants emergency was collected the shoot for determination of shoot dry matter. Sulfentrazone residues in soil can affect the physiological variables studied, however, the shoot dry matter wasn’t influenced by the herbicide action, independently of the doses applied, indicating tolerance of the species to the sulfentrazone.