The demand for vegetables was reinforced by the search for healthier foods, favoring increased sales of fresh products. Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) are the most cultivated vegetables in Brazil, thus being economically important. This study evaluates the allelopathic effect of aqueous extract of nutgrass (Cyperus rotundus) on lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants, aiming to analyze its influence on species development. Two trials were conducted in the premises of the Taquaritinguense Institute of Higher Education (ITES) in Taquaritinga city, São Paulo State, under temperatures ranging from 14 ºC to 28 ºC, in a greenhouse. The variables analyzed were: fresh shoot and root weight (g), using a semianalytical scale; and root length (cm), using a ruler. Cyperus rotundus leaf extract at higher concentrations positively affected the early growth of vegetables. Studies on allelopathic effects between plants are extremely important because the use of this extract can contribute to seedling growth. The 200% concentration of Cyperus rotundus extract increased root and shoot development in tomato crop.
The objective of this study was to determine the most efficient sample size required to estimate the mean of postharvest quality traits of ‘Palmer’ mangoes harvested in two growing seasons. A total of 50 mangoes were harvested at maturity stage 2, in winter (June 2020) and spring (October 2020), and evaluated for weight, length, ventral and transverse diameter, skin and pulp L*, C* and hº, dry matter, firmness, soluble solids (SS), titratable acidity (TA) and the SS/TA ratio. According to the results, the coefficient of variation (CV) of fruit quality traits ranged from 2.1% to 18.1%. The highest CV in both harvests was observed for the SS/TA ratio, while the lowest was reported for pulp hº. In order to estimate the mean of physicochemical traits of ‘Palmer’ mangoes, 12 fruits are needed in the winter and 14 in the spring, considering an estimation error of 10% and a confidence interval of 95%. TA and the SS/TA ratio required the highest sample size, while L* and hº required the lowest sample size. In conclusion, the variability was different among physicochemical traits and seasons, implying that different sample sizes are required to estimate the mean of different quality traits in different growing seasons.
RESUMO:Um dos principais solos cultivados com melão no Brasil são os Cambissolos de origem calcária, que apresenta em sua grande maioria reação alcalina e tem baixo teor de fósforo. Assim, estudou-se o efeito do controle da reação do solo e de doses de fosforo em um solo calcário do Nordeste brasileiro, onde está concentrada a maior área cultivada com melão no país, na produção de melões. O experimento foi conduzido em delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso, em parcelas subdivididas 3 x 4, sendo três formas de acidificação (enxofre, ácido sulfúrico e sem acidificante) e nas subparcelas quatro doses de fósforo (0, 50, 100 e 150 kg P2O5 ha -1 ) com quatro repetições. Foi utilizado o melão Cantaloupe Happer "Florentino". O enxofre e a adubação fosfatada foram aplicados no sulco de plantio e o ácido em fertirrigação.A produção e os componentes de produção cresceram de forma linear com a dose de fósforo aplicada. Não houve efeito dos produtos acidificantes aplicados na produção de melão, mas as doses de fósforo aplicadas na adubação aumentaram o rendimento de frutos comerciais e totais, pelo aumento da massa média dos frutos comerciais e totais e pelo número de frutos comerciais por planta. PALAVRAS-CHAVES:Cucumis melo L, alcalinidade, adubação fosfata. PRODUCTION OF MELON UNDER CONTROL OF ACIDITY AND PHOSPHORUS DOSES ABSTRACT:One of the main soils cultivated with melon in Brazil are Cambisols of limestone origin, which presents in its great majority alkaline reaction and has low content of phosphorus.Thus, the effect of control of soil reaction and phosphorous doses in a limestone soil in the Brazilian Northeast was studied, where the largest cultivated area with melon in the country is 1 Graduando em Agronomia, Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido.
RESUMO:O melão (Cucumis melo L.) é uma das olerícolas de maior expressão econômica e social para a região Nordeste do Brasil, que é cultivada sob irrigação utilizando água subterrânea de origem calcária como principal fonte, o que aumenta o pH do solo e diminui a disponibilidade de fósforo para a planta. Assim, realizou um estudo no município de Upanema PALAVRAS-CHAVE:Cucumis melo L., alcalinidade, qualidade.
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