%0 Journal Article %T Nitrog¨ºnio e boro na produ£¿£¿o e incid¨ºncia de haste oca em couve-flor 'Sharon' %A Mello %A Simone da Costa %A Camargo %A M£¿nica Sartori de %A Vivian %A Rafael %A Nascimento %A Thaisa Sampaio %A Oliveira %A ¨¦rica Santos de %A Bertanha %A Raphael %J Bragantia %D 2009 %I Instituto Agron?mico de Campinas %R 10.1590/S0006-87052009000300024 %X the objective was evaluate nitrogen (100, 150, 200 and 250 kg ha-1) and boron rates (0; 1.5 kg ha-1 at planting and 1.5 kg ha-1 after 45 transplanting days and 3.0 kg ha-1 at planting) on yield and hollow stem disorder of cauliflower 'sharon' in blocks randomized in factorial design with four replications. the experiment was carried out in field conditions, in piracicaba, s£¿o paulo state, at nitossolo vermelho eutr¨®fico soil during november/2005 until march/2006. the nitrogen and boron did not effect on commercial and total yield, inflorescence mass, n and b levels of leaves and inflorescences. hollow stem incidence was reduced by b application. %K brassica oleracea var. botrytis %K fertilization %K deficiency %K nutrition. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0006-87052009000300024&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en