SUBSTRATES FOR PRODUCTION OF JENIPAPO (Genipa americana L.)

Authors

  • Mauro Corrêa da Costa
  • Maria Cristina de Figueiredo e Albuquerque
  • Joana Maria Ferreira Albrecht
  • Maria de Fátima Barbosa Coelho

Keywords:

Tropical fruit, plant propagation, Rubiaceae, medicinal plants

Abstract

This study had the aim of evaluating substrates to growing of jenipapo seedlings in nursery conditions. The substrates were: garden soil; garden soil and carbonized rice husks in the proportions 1:1, 1:2 and 2:1; garden soil and cattle manure in the proportions 1:1 and 2:1; garden soil, carbonized rice husks, and cattle manure in the proportions 1:1:1 and 1:2:1; garden soil, carbonized rice husks, and sand in proportion 1:1:1:1. All substrates were fertilized with single superphosphate, in a dosage of 3.0 kg.m-3 substrate. The experimental design was completely randomized with ten treatments, and three replications of ten seedlings each. The evaluated variables were height of seedlings, number of leaves, stem base diameter, top and root dry matter, and the relation top dry matter/root dry matter. The substrates based on garden soil and cattle manure, in the proportion 1:1, and garden soil, carbonized rice husks and cattle manure, in the proportion 1:1:1, provided better growing rates to the jenipapo seedlings

KEY-WORDS: Tropical fruit; plant propagation; Rubiaceae; medicinal plants.

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Author Biography

Mauro Corrêa da Costa

Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso. Cuiabá – MT, Brasil. E-mail: costa-mc@cpd.ufmt.br;

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Published

2007-11-06

How to Cite

COSTA, M. C. da; ALBUQUERQUE, M. C. de F. e; ALBRECHT, J. M. F.; COELHO, M. de F. B. SUBSTRATES FOR PRODUCTION OF JENIPAPO (Genipa americana L.). Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 35, n. 1, p. 19–24, 2007. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/2280. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

Issue

v. 35, n. 1, Jan./Apr. 2005

Section

Research Article

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