Abstract
Abstract The rejuvenation pruning or plant prune is a practice used in fruits species such mango tree, whose plants can exceed ten meters heigh, compromising the implementation of practices such as spraying and harvesting. This study aimed to evaluate the resumption of production of adult ‘Ubá’ mango trees, previously pruned and subjected to fertilization with increasing levels of nitrogen over five seasons. The experiment was conducted in Visconde do Rio Branco, MG. Nineteen years old mango trees were pruned and reduced to the primary branches, about 1.5 m above the ground. Excess shoots were removed, remaining five to six branches per tree. In the year in which the plants were pruned, the nitrogen fertilization was initiated with different doses, divided into three equal fractions, between October of one year and February of the following year. Annually were applied per plant, 160 g of P2O5 in the form of simple superphosphate, 350 g of K2O in the form of potassium chloride, according to the results of the soil analysis, and 0, 175, 350, 525 and 700 g of N in the form of urea. Two years after pruning the plants returned to production, and in the first five crops, we quantified the production in kg per plant and the number of fruits per plant. The production of the mango trees was already stable in the fifth crop or seven years after pruning. The dose of nitrogen resulting in the maximum yield was 238.9 g/plant.
Highlights
The objective of this study was to evaluate the production, over five crops, of ‘Ubá’ adult mango trees, previously pruned and submitted to fertilization with increasing doses of nitrogen
The Mango tree (Mangifera indica L.) is a species of tropical climate originating in South Asia and cultivated in more than one hundred countries of tropical and subtropical climate in the world
In mango, according to literature review presented by Bally (2009), nitrogen combined with potassium stimulates the production of terminal floriferous branches
Summary
The objective of this study was to evaluate the production, over five crops, of ‘Ubá’ adult mango trees, previously pruned and submitted to fertilization with increasing doses of nitrogen. In the years prior to the pruning, mango trees were fertilized according to the recommendations by Soil Fertility Commission of Minas Gerais (1978), they were not irrigated, nor pruned, fruit thinning or any type of sanitary control.
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