“…To determine the nutrient requirements of the plant, it is necessary to consider the recovery rate of the nutrient for the plant (RRNutPl) since the plant Prata (1999); (2,3,4,5,6) Silva Junior (2005); (2,3,4,5,6) Duarte (2002); (2,4) Temóteo (2006); (2,3,4) Damasceno (2011); (2,3,4,5,6) Gurgel et al (2010); (2,3,4,5) Gurgel et al (2008); (2,4) Paula (2007); (3,6,7) Kano (2002); (2) Belfort et al (1986); (3,4,5,6, 7) Lima (2001); (4) Mota (1999). does not take up 100 % of the nutrient applied via fertilizer, due to factors such as losses and reactions with the soil (Santos et al, 2008 where NACF and NACNF correspond to the nutrient absorbed by the crop fertilized and not fertilized, respectively, both in kg ha -1 , while ANA refers to the amount of nutrient applied in kg ha -1 .…”