Production of pre-sprouted sugarcane seedlings using carnauba bagana as substrate

Authors

  • Marcos Renan Lima Leite
  • Romário Martins Costa
  • Sâmia dos Santos Matos
  • Hosana Aguiar Freitas de Andrade
  • Raissa Rachel Salustriano da Silva-Matos

Abstract

Sugarcane seedling quality is strongly influenced by the substrate used. Currently, alternative substrate sources from the sugarcane industry itself have been used; however, there is no specific substrate to produce pre-sprouted seedlings. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of pre-sprouted sugarcane using substrates with different proportions of carnauba bagana (0, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 %) plus soil. The experimental design was completely randomized, with six treatments and five replicates. Pre-sprouted seedlings cultivated using substrate composed by 80 % of carnauba bagana showed the best response for number of leaves, diameter, shoot length, shoot, root and total dry mass, and Dickson Quality Index, owing to the improvement in the substrate physical and chemical characteristics.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Saccharum spp., Copernicia prunifera (Mill.) H. E. Moore, alternative substrate.

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Published

2023-01-13

How to Cite

LEITE, M. R. L.; COSTA, R. M.; MATOS, S. dos S.; ANDRADE, H. A. F. de; SILVA-MATOS, R. R. S. da. Production of pre-sprouted sugarcane seedlings using carnauba bagana as substrate. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 53, p. e74082, 2023. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/74082. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 53 (2023)

Section

Research Article

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