Yield and fruit quality of papaya as function of types and levels of Biofertilizers

Authors

  • Evandro Franklin de Mesquita Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Lourival Ferreira Cavalcante Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Saulo Cabral Gondim Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Ítalo Herbert Lucena Cavalcante Universidade Federal do Piauí
  • Fernanda Aspazia Rodrigues de Araújo Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Márkilla Zunete Beckmann-Cavalcante Universidade Estadual Paulista

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2007v28n4p589

Keywords:

Organic fertilization, Carica papaya, Alternative fertilizer.

Abstract

Biofertilizers are organic products usually obtained from an anaerobic process, evaluated mainly as phytoprotectors for agriculture, although they can improve fruit production. By this way, a field experiment was carried out in Remígio County, Paraiba State, Brazil, to evaluate the effects of two bovine biofertilizers on yield, medium mass and quality of papaya fruits (Carica papaya L.), ‘Baixinho de Santa Amália’ cultivar. Treatments were distributed in a randomized complete blocks design with three replications and 15 plants in each parcel, in a 2 x 5 factorial arrangement, with two biofertilizers: simple (water and fresh bovine manure) and supermagro (water, fresh bovine manure, macro and micronutrients and a protein mix), applied in soil under liquid form at five volumes, as follows: 0.0; 0.5; 1.0; 1.5; e 2.0 L cave-1. There was no statistical difference between biofertilizers for fruit mass, yield and external and internal fruit quality variables, while between volumes differences were registered for both biofertilizers. The results, except for fruit firmness, registered positive effects of the biofertilizers on ‘Baixinho de Santa Amália’ papaya cultivar in relation to yield and physical and chemical fruit quality.

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Author Biographies

Evandro Franklin de Mesquita, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Mestre em Manejo de Solo e Água, CCA/UFPB.

Lourival Ferreira Cavalcante, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Profs. Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). Bolsista produtividade científica CNPq. Doutor em Agronomia, Professor da Universidade Federal da Paraíba e pesquisador nível 2 do CNPq.

Saulo Cabral Gondim, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Profs. Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB).

Ítalo Herbert Lucena Cavalcante, Universidade Federal do Piauí

Prof. Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI). Doutorando em Produção Vegetal/FCAV/UNESP, Jaboticabal-SP.

Fernanda Aspazia Rodrigues de Araújo, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Mestranda em Agronomia, CCA/UFPB.

Márkilla Zunete Beckmann-Cavalcante, Universidade Estadual Paulista

Doutorando em Produção Vegetal/FCAV/ UNESP, Jaboticabal-SP.

Published

2007-08-30

How to Cite

Mesquita, E. F. de, Cavalcante, L. F., Gondim, S. C., Cavalcante, Ítalo H. L., Araújo, F. A. R. de, & Beckmann-Cavalcante, M. Z. (2007). Yield and fruit quality of papaya as function of types and levels of Biofertilizers. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 28(4), 589–596. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2007v28n4p589

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