DESEMPENHO DA CULTURA DO QUIABEIRO EM CONSÓRCIO COM ADUBOS VERDES

Abstract

Green manure is a practice through which legume or grass plant species are cultivated in rotation or in consortium with other crops of interest, such as okra, an important vegetable produced by small farmers in several Brazilian regions. The experiment was implemented in blocks that were made up of an area of 12 m², evaluating three fertilization treatments (Guandu Beans, Crotalaria and control) and two plant arrangements, one row (Arrangement 1) and two rows (Arrangement 2) of green manures sown between the rows of okra crops and single crops (control). The production and growth data of okra plants were subjected to analysis of variance and compared using the Tukey test with 5% Probability. The results demonstrated that the use of green manures had beneficial effects on okra production, regardless of the fertilizer used. The arrangement of plants in the field also showed an effect on the development of the okra crop, which indicated a higher growth rate (TX growth 1) and production of plants developed in the arrangement with two lines of green manure pigeonpea and crotalaria.