Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Microclimate and development of black pepper intercropped with rubber tree

  • Published:
Agroforestry Systems Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Pepper producers are searching for more sustainable production systems. Shaded cultivation is presented as a management option to attenuate black pepper environmental stresses. This work aims to evaluate the microclimate and Piper nigrum L. cv. Bragantina (black pepper) plants development under different shading levels promoted by the intercropping with Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A. Juss.) Müll. Arg. (clone FX 3864) (rubber tree) plants or under unshaded conditions. Black pepper plants were intercropped with rubber tree plants, with the same age, planted in rows with 16 × 4 × 2 m spacing, resulting in five rows of black pepper followed by two rows of rubber trees. Climatic variables (temperature, irradiance, and relative humidity) and leaf areas were evaluated over four seasons. Shading black pepper with rubber tree resulted in both decreased irradiance and temperature and an increase in the relative humidity at all times under shaded cultivation. This shading led to higher leaf expansion and greater levels of chlorophyll, demonstrating adaptation to low light. Shading black pepper Hevea brasiliensis under the conditions studied here showed intercropping potential, and it simultaneously allows for wood production.

RESUMO

Os produtores de pimenta-do-reino estão buscando sistemas de produção mais sustentáveis. O cultivo sombreado é apresentado como uma opção de manejo para atenuar os estresses ambientais em pimenta-do-reino. Este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar o microclima e o desenvolvimento de plantas de Piper nigrum L. cv. Bragantina (pimenta-do-reino) sob diferentes níveis de sombreamento promovidas pelo consórcio com Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. Ex A. Juss.) Müll. Arg. (clone FX 3864) (seringueira) ou sob condições não sombreadas. Plantas de pimenta-do-reino foram consorciadas com plantas de seringueira, com a mesma idade, plantadas em fileiras com espaçamento de 16 x 4 x 2 m, resultando em cinco fileiras de pimenta preta seguida por duas fileiras de seringueiras. Variáveis climáticas (temperatura, irradiância e umidade relativa) e áreas foliares foram avaliadas ao longo de quatro estações do ano. O sombreamento da pimenta-do-reino com a seringueira resultou na diminuição da irradiância e da temperatura e no aumento da umidade relativa em todas as épocas avaliadas sob cultivo sombreado. O sombreamento promoveu maior expansão foliar e maiores níveis de clorofila, demonstrando adaptação à baixa luminosidade. O sombreamento entre pimenta-do-reino e Hevea brasiliensis, nas condições aqui estudadas, demostrou potencial de consórcio e simultaneamente permite que ocorra a produção de madeira.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Albuquerque FC, Veloso CAC, Duarte MLR, Kato OR (1989) Pimenta-do-reino: recomendações básicas para o cultivo. EMBRAPA-UEPAE, Belém

  • Alvares CA, Stape JL, Sentelhas J, Gonçalves LM, Sparovek G (2014) Köppen’s climate classification map for Brazil. Metereologische Z 22:711–728

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Araújo AV, Partelli FL, Oliosi G, Pezzopane JRM (2016) Microclimate, development and productivity of robusta coffee shaded by rubber trees and at full sun. Rev Ciência Agron 47:700–709

    Google Scholar 

  • Bagheri H, Manap MYBA, Solati Z (2014) Antioxidant activity of Piper nigrum L. essential oil extracted by supercritical CO2 extraction and hydro-distillation. Talanta 121:220–228

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Batista-Santos P, Duro N, Rodrigues AP, Semedo JN, Alves PCM, Graça I, Pais IP, Scotti-Campos P, Lidon FC, Leitão AE, Pawlowski K, Ribeiro-Barros AI, Ramalho JC (2015) Is Salt Stress tolerance in Casuarina glauca Sieb. ex Spreng. associated with its nitrogen-fixing root-nodule symbiosis? An analysis at the photosynthetic level. Plant Physiol Biochem 96:97–109

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • DaMatta FM (2004) Ecophysiological constraints on the production of shaded and unshaded coffee: a review. Field Crops Res 86:99–114

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • DaMatta FM, Ramalho JDC (2006) Impacts of drought and temperature stress on coffee physiology and production: a review. Braz J Plant Physiol 18:55–81

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • FAO. Food and Agriculture of the United Nations (2017) Statistical Databases. Disponível em: http://faostat3.fao.org/browse/Q/QS/S. Accessed on 6th May 2017

  • Gutierrez YV, Yamaguchi LF, Moraes MM, Jeffrey CS, Kato MJ (2016) Natural products from Peperomia: occurrence, biogenesis and bioactivity. Phytochem Rev 15:1009–1033

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • IPCC. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2014) Working group III. Mitigation of Climate Change. 99 p. Available in: <hhttp://report.mitigation2014.org/drafts/final-draft-postplenary/ipcc_wg3_ar5_final-draft_postplenary_technical-summary.pdf>. Accessed on 07th December 2017

  • IPC. International Pepper Community (2016). Pepper statistical yearbook. Available in:<http://www.ipcnet.org/n/psy2016/index.php?path=psy2016&page=psy2016>. Accessed on 16th May 2018

  • Li H, Jiang D, Wollenweber B, Dai T, Cao C (2010) Effects of shading on morphology, physiology and grain yield of winter wheat. Eur J Agron 33:267–275

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Martins SCV, Detmann KC, Reis JV, Pereira LF, Sanglard LMVP, Rogalski M, DaMatta FM (2013) Photosynthetic induction and activity of enzymes related to carbon metabolism: insights into the varying net photosynthesis rates of coffee sun and shade leaves. Theor Exp Plant Physiol 25:63–70

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Martins MQ, Rodrigues WP, Fortunato AS, Leitão AE, Rodrigues AP, Pais I, Martins LD, Silva MJ, Reboredo FH, Partelli FL, Campostrini E, Tomaz MA, Scotti-Campos P, Ribeiro-Barros AI, Lidon FC, Damatta FM, Ramalho JC (2016) Protective response mechanisms to heat stress in interaction with high [CO2] conditions in coffea spp. Front Plant Sci 7:1–18

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Monroe PHM, Gama-Rodrigues EF, Gama-Rodrigues AC (2016) Soil carbon stocks and origin under different cacao agroforestry systems in Southern Bahia, Brasil. Agric Ecosyst Environ 221:99–108

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Morais H, Caramori PH, Koguishi MS, Gomes JC, Ribeiro AMA (2009) Shading of coffee plants during floral buds development and its effects on fructification and production. Ciência Rural 39:400–406

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Oliosi G, Giles JAD, Rodrigues WP, Ramalho JC, Partelli FL (2016) Microclimate and development of Coffea canephora cv. Conilon under different shading levels promoted by Australian cedar (Toona ciliata M. Roem. var. Australis). Aust J Crop Sci 10:528–538

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Partelli FL, Vieira HD, Viana AP (2007) Estimative of Black Pepper leaf area with basis on the leaf blade linear dimension. Ciência Rural 37:1458–1461

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Partelli FL, Araújo AV, Vieira HD, Dias JRM, Menezes LFT, Ramalho JC (2014) Microclimate and development of “Conilon” coffee intercropped with rubber trees. Pesqui Agropecu Bras 49:872–881

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pezzopane JRM, Marsetti MMS, Souza JM, Pezzopane JEM (2010) Microclimatic alterations in a conilon coffee crop grown shaded by macadamia nut tree. Ciência Rural 40:1257–1263

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rodrigues WP, Martins MQ, Fortunato AS, Rodrigues AP, Semedo JN, Simões-Costa MC, Pais IP, Leitão AE, Colwell F, Goulao L, Máguas C, Maia R, Partelli FL, Campostrini E, Scotti-Campos P, Ribeiro-Barros AI, Lidon FC, DaMatta FM, Ramalho JC (2016) Long-term elevated air [CO2] strengthens photosynthetic functioning and mitigates the impact of supra-optimal temperatures in tropical Coffea arabica and C. canephora species. Glob Change Biol 22:415–431

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rubio-De-Casas R, Pérez-Corona E, Manrique E, Quintana JR, García-Verdugo C, Balaguer L (2007) Field patterns of leaf plasticity in adults of the long-lived evergreen Quercus coccifera. Ann Bot-Lond 100:325–334

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Schock AA, Ramm A, Martinazzo EG, Silva DM, Bacarin MA (2014) Growth and photosynthesis of Physic nut grown under different light conditions. Rev Bras De Eng Agrícola e Ambiental 18:3–9

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Siles P, Harmand JM, Vaast P (2010) Effects of Inga densiflora on the microclimate of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) and overall biomass under optimal growing conditions in Costa Rica. Agrofor Syst 78:269–286

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Soares AB, Sartor LR, Adami PF, Varella AC, Fonseca L, Mezzalira JC (2009) Influência da luminosidade no comportamento de onze espécies forrageiras perenes de verão. Rev Bras De Zootec 38:443–451

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Uthup TK, Ravindran M, Bini K, Thakurdas S (2011) Divergent DNA methylation patterns associated with abiotic stress in Hevea brasiliensis. Mol Plant 4:996–1013

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Valladares F, Sanches-Gomes D, Zavala MA (2006) Quantitative estimation of phenotypic plasticity: birdging the gap between the evolutionary concept and its ecological applications. J Ecol 94:1103–1116

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wu M, McIntosh J, Liu J (2016) Current prevalence rate of latex allergy: why it remains a problem? J Occup Health 58:138–144

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zhu JJ, Qiang P, Liang YL, Xing WU, Wang-lin HAO (2012) Leaf gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence, and fruit yield in hot pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) grown under different shade and soil moisture during the fruit growth stage. J Integr Agric 11:927–937

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zhu F, Mojel R, Li G (2018) Physicochemical properties of black pepper (Piper nigrum) starch. Carbohydr Polym 181:986–993

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank to Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Capes - Código de Financiamento 001), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), for partial financial support and to Mário Elias Medice, for allowing the use of the experimental area.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Universidade Federal Do Espirito Santo, São Mateus, Brazil

    Gleison Oliosi, Marcos Góes Oliveira & Fabio Luiz Partelli

Authors
  1. Gleison Oliosi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Marcos Góes Oliveira
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Fabio Luiz Partelli
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Marcos Góes Oliveira.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Oliosi, G., Oliveira, M.G. & Partelli, F.L. Microclimate and development of black pepper intercropped with rubber tree. Agroforest Syst 95, 1635–1645 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-021-00674-y

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-021-00674-y

Keywords

Termos para indexação

Search

Navigation