YIELD OF TARO CLONES AS A FUNCTION OF PLANT POPULATION IN THE DRY SEASON OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL PANTANAL

Authors

  • Néstor Antonio Heredia Zárate
  • Maria do Carmo Vieira
  • Norton Hayd Rego

Keywords:

Colocasia esculenta, Araceae, cultivar, plant density

Abstract

Five clones (Macaquinho, Chinês, Branco, Cem/Um, and Japonês) and four populations (50,000; 65,000; 80,000, and 95,000 plants ha-1) were studied, in a 5 x 4 factorial scheme arranged in a experimental randomized block design with three replications. Comparing final populations with the average population in the beginning of the experiment (72,500 plants ha- 1), it was observed that there were losses between 34,584 plants ha-1 of 'Cem/Um' and 14,375 plants ha-1 of 'Chinês' clones. Total rhizome yield varied between 4.71 t ha-1 of 'Chinês' and 2.65 t ha- 1 of 'Cem/Um'. Cormel yield was the greatest for the 'Branco' clone (2.82 t ha-1) and the smallest for 'Japonês' (1.49 t ha-1), while yields of commercial cormels of 'Macaquinho' and 'Chinês' clones increased with larger populations.

KEY-WORDS: Colocasia esculenta; Araceae; cultivar; plant density.

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Author Biography

Néstor Antonio Heredia Zárate

Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Caixa Postal 533, CEP 79804-970,
Dourados-MS. E-mail: nheredia@ceud.ufms.br

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Published

2007-10-26

How to Cite

ZÁRATE, N. A. H.; VIEIRA, M. do C.; REGO, N. H. YIELD OF TARO CLONES AS A FUNCTION OF PLANT POPULATION IN THE DRY SEASON OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL PANTANAL. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 36, n. 2, p. 141–143, 2007. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/2159. Acesso em: 5 apr. 2025.

Issue

v. 36, n. 2, May/Aug. 2006

Section

Scientific Note

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