Yield and postharvest of ‘BRS Platina’ banana not irrigated under different types of soil mulches

Bárbara Nogueira Souza Costa,Moacir Pasqual,Leila Aparecida Salles Pio,Deniete Soares Magalhães,Evaldo Tadeu Melo,Irton De Jesus Silva Costa,Rafael Azevedo Arruda De Abreu

doi:10.1590/1678-4499.20200251

Bárbara Nogueira Souza Costa, Moacir Pasqual + Show 5 more

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https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4499.20200251

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Abstract

Banana (Musa spp.) is a crop with outstanding economic and social expression throughout the world. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of different mulches types in growth production and postharvest of banana ‘BRS Platina’ not irrigated. The experiment was conducted in the farm of the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA). Micropropagated banana plants of the cultivar BRS were planted in the field with a spacing of 2.5 × 3.0 m (1333 plants ·ha-1), without irrigation. About 20 days after planting, different mulches were installed: black polyethylene films, double-sided polyethylene films (white and black), organic mulch (from the own crop) and control (bare soil). The experimental was set up in a randomized block design with four treatments, six blocks and six plants per treatment, totaling 144 plants. Among the six plants used in each treatment, two constituted the border, therefore four plants were evaluated. The analysis performed in the first and second crop were: growth analysis, postharvest quality, production and productivity. Both organic and inorganic (plastic film) mulch provide greater growth and yield of banana ‘BRS Platina’ not irrigated, in two years of production and can be used in the cultivation of this crop.

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Banana (Musa spp.) is a crop with outstanding economic and social expression throughout the world
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of different mulches types in growth production and postharvest of banana ‘BRS Platina’ not irrigated
The experiment was conducted in the farm of the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA)

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Banana (Musa spp.) is a crop with outstanding economic and social expression throughout the world. It is an important source of food and one of the fruits with the highest production and consumption among tropical fruit trees. Mulching is the process of covering the soil surface around the plants with an organic or synthetic material to create congenial condition for plant growth, development and efficient production (Bakshi et al 2015). Plastic film mulching has become a globally applied agricultural practice (Steinmetz et al 2016). The current global usage of plastic mulch films is enormous and has been increasing in recent years (Brodhagen et al 2017)

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