ADAPTAÇÃO PRODUTIVA DE CULTIVARES DE MANDIOCA NO ESTADO DE GOIÁS

Abstract

Cassava cultivation has attracted the interest of farmers in the state of Goiás for decades. Currently, with the purchase of raw materials by industries like alcoholic beverages, this interest has increased. And this is due to the guaranteed purchase of tubers produced at fair prices. However, information on the production of the cassava crop as a function of existing genetics for the state of Goiás is still incipient. The objective was to analyze the competition behavior of cassava cultivars. The experimental design was in randomized blocks with four replications, with treatments consisting of cassava cultivars: Aipim Brasil (M), Amansa Burro (B), Caipira (B), Dourado (M), Formosa (B), Egg Yolk (M), Kiriris (M), Mani Branca (B), Butter (M), Poti Branca (B), Saracura (M), Tapioqueira (B) and Verdinha (B). The letters B and M in parentheses correspond to the bitter and sweet cultivars, respectively. Cassava cultivars showed variations in root length, total number of roots, total number of commercial roots, total and commercial production.