“…E-mail: vinicius.agro2008.1@gmail.com. Tel: 55-81-995723906. first leaf of the stem, to assess plant nutritional status (Ferreira et al, 2015;Garcia et al, 2018). However, several authors recommend the use of leaf +3 collected during the stage of maximum growth of the crop to assess the nutritional status of sugarcane (Orlando Filho, 1983;Malavolta et al, 1997;Raij, 2011;Benett et al, 2016;Oliveira et al, 2018;Rhodes et al, 2018).…”