Abstract
Plants easily cultivated at a low cost, for food production, could be an interesting way of offering quantitative and qualitatively food to people. However, the production chain sometimes does not proceed due to, among many factors, the lack of technical and scientific information on these plants. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of three conducting systems on Pereskia aculeata Mill. leaves yield. The experiment was carried out at the Universidade Estadual de Goias, in Mineiros, Goias State, Brazil. In August (2006), seedlings obtained by cutting propagation were planted in a 3 m x 3 m spacing, and three conducting systems (treatments) were used: no support - free growth; espalier in double string on the first thread; and espalier in double string on the second thread. The experimental design was completely randomized blocks, with seven replications and five plants per replication. It was possible to observe that the treatment with no support presented the most promising results.
Highlights
Plants cultivated at a low cost, for food production, could be an interesting way of offering quantitative and qualitatively food to people
O cultivo de plantas que seja de fácil execução e baixo custo, para produção de alimentos, pode ser uma forma interessante de se oferecer alimentação de qualidade e em quantidade à população
Número de ramos terciários por planta (NR), número de folhas colhidas por planta (NF), médias de comprimento e largura das folhas proximal, mediana e distal do ramo, média da massa da folha mediana (MFM) e massa total de folhas por planta (MTF) de Ora-pro-nobis cultivado sob diferentes sistemas de condução (Mineiros, GO, 2008)
Summary
Plants cultivated at a low cost, for food production, could be an interesting way of offering quantitative and qualitatively food to people. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito de três sistemas de condução sobre a produção de folhas, na cultura de Orapro-nobis (Pereskia aculeata Mill.).
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