<b>Improvement of production and fruit quality of pitayas with potassium fertilization

  • Denison Ramalho Fernandes Instituto Federal do Norte de Minas
  • Rodrigo Amato Moreira Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
  • Maria do Céu Monteiro da Cruz Instituto Federal do Norte de Minas
  • Josimara Mendes Rabelo Instituto Federal do Norte de Minas
  • Jéssica de Oliveira Instituto Federal do Norte de Minas

Resumo

Pitaya is a fruit that is becoming promising for cultivation around the world due to the quality of its fruits in terms of taste and their peculiar external shape. Because it is a recenttly cultivated crop, information about fertilization is essential to enable its production. In this sense, this study was performed aiming to evaluate different doses of K2O for pitaya cultivation. Hylocereus undatus and Hylocereus polyrhizus were studied under field conditions. Pitayas were cultivated at a 3 × 3m spacing, and four doses of K2O were tested: 0, 50, 100, and 200 g plant-1, with a 2 × 4 factorial arrangement distributed in a randomized block design. The production per plant (kg and number of fruits) was evaluated in the production cycles of 2013/2014, 2014/2015, and 2015/2016. The fruit quality was also evaluated: longitudinal diameter, transverse diameter, mass, soluble solids content, titratable acidity and soluble solids/titratable acidity ratio. Potassium fertilization increased production and provided a better quality of pitaya fruits.K2O fertilization should be from 106.0 to 133.3 g K2O in the first year and 200 g K2O in the second and third years after planting.

 

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Biografia do Autor

Rodrigo Amato Moreira, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
Possui graduação em Agronomia (2008) pela Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), mestrado em Agronomia/Fitotecnia área de concentração Produção Vegetal (2010) e doutorado em Agronomia/Fitotecnia área de concentração Produção Vegetal (2012) pela mesma Instituição. Desenvolve pesquisas com as frutíferas pitaia, tangerineira 'Ponkan', oliveira, maracujazeiro, amoreira-preta e framboeseira. Atualmente é pós-doutorando na Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM), bolsista do Programa Mineiro de Pós-Doutorado (PMPD), acordo Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES).
Publicado
2018-03-01
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Fernandes, D. R., Moreira, R. A., Cruz, M. do C. M. da, Rabelo, J. M., & Oliveira, J. de. (2018). <b&gt;Improvement of production and fruit quality of pitayas with potassium fertilization. Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, 40(1), e35290. https://doi.org/10.4025/actasciagron.v40i1.35290
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Produção Vegetal

 

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2.0
2019CiteScore
 
 
60th percentile
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