The aim of this study was to quantify the content of photosynthetic pigments in ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) susceptible and resistant to glyphosate, by two different methods, as well as the correlation between chlorophyll content obtained by portable and classical methodology (chlorophyll extractable). An experiment was conducted in a greenhouse and laboratory of the Federal University of Santa Maria, Frederico Westphalen Campus - RS in a 2X4 factorial scheme, where factor A was equivalent to ryegrass (resistant and susceptible to glyphosate) and factor B to the developmental stages of plant (tillering, vegetative I and II and reproductive stage). The susceptible ryegrass biotype showed higher contents of chlorophyll a, b, and total carotenoids, inferring a superior competitive potential to the herbicide-resistant biotype. The determination of chlorophyll by portable determinato showed high correlation with the classical method of determination of photosynthetic pigments, and can thus be used to assess this accurately, saving time, as well as the use of reagents.
Lolium multiflorum; chlorophyll; carotenoids; chlorophyll meter.
