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Increased planting density, different types of thinning management, and the use of beneficial microorganisms have been adopted as strategic tools in the effort to increase crop yields in a sustainable manner. This investigation evaluated the growth and production of 'Prata Ana Gorutuba' banana (Musa spp., MB) under different plant densities during two production cycles in the semiarid region of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Micropropagated plantlets were also inoculated with endophytic bacteria and cultivated as part of two mat management strategies. Planting density varied between 1,680 and 3,920 plant ha(-1). During the experiment, water was less than optimal because of rationing due to drought in the region. Under field conditions, there was no difference between bacterially inoculated and non-inoculated plants. The dense planting system increased the crop cycle. The highest-density planting treatment (3,920 plant ha(-1)) resulted in the highest yield in the first cycle, but no net income was observed. However, the high-density planting treatments resulted in the highest yields and gross incomes in the second production cycle. Management with thinning of plants up to 10-months-old and thinning up to harvest associated with high planting density increased the length of the production cycles. Although the water restriction experienced in the first and second crop cycles, the vegetative and productive traits of 'Prata Ana Gorutuba' banana did not compromise the objectives of this study.

High biomass sorghum (HBS) (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is an emerging biofuel feedstock that can produce high yields in the Midwestern U.S. and is known for high nitrogen (N) use efficiency at low N fertilizer input. This two-year study examined the effect of five N fertilization treatments (0, 56, 112, 168, 224 kg N ha(-1)) on the uptake of 11 macro- and micronutrients by photoperiod sensitive HBS. Leaf, stem, and shoot nutrient concentrations and contents were determined and nutrient relationships examined. Few consistent relationships existed across all nutrients, but concentrations were generally greater in the drier and shorter growing season with less dry matter (DM) accumulation, and, when present, N treatment response often resulted in decreased concentrations with increasing N. Inversely, the amount of nutrients present in the shoot generally were associated with greater DM production in the wetter year with longer growing season. Content of nutrients in the shoot did not increase beyond the 56 kg N ha(-1) treatment in the wetter year, but there was a nutrient uptake response to higher N rates in the drier crop year. This suggests more so than other nutrients that N was more of a limitation that year. Even though shoot mineral nutrient removal is often similar at higher N treatments, applying a minimal N fertilizer rate results in minimized tissue mineral concentrations, thereby creating an optimal crop management balance of targeting high crop yield, low concentrations to optimize conversion efficiency, and sustainable agronomic management.