Growth, yield and gas exchanges of ‘D’Angola’ plantain under different plant densities

ABSTRACT Information about production, crop systems and economic viability for technical grown of plantain are scarce in Brazil. Few technologies developed specifically for plantain are available; thus, there are many adaptations of information on banana crops extrapolated to plantain. The objective...

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Main Authors: Vagner A. Rodrigues Filho, Sérgio L. R. Donato, Alessandro M. Arantes, Mauricio A. Coelho Filho, Marcelo B. Lima
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Published: Universidade Federal de Campina Grande 2020-07-01
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Sérgio L. R. Donato
Alessandro M. Arantes
Mauricio A. Coelho Filho
Marcelo B. Lima
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description ABSTRACT Information about production, crop systems and economic viability for technical grown of plantain are scarce in Brazil. Few technologies developed specifically for plantain are available; thus, there are many adaptations of information on banana crops extrapolated to plantain. The objective of this study was to evaluate the growth, nutritional status, gas exchanges, water use efficiency and yield of ‘D’Angola’ plantain under different plant densities, in the first production cycle. The treatments consisted of six plant densities (1,111; 2,500; 2,777; 3,125; 3,571; and 4,166 plants ha-1), which were evaluated in a randomized block design with four repetitions. Vegetative growth, leaf nutrient concentrations at the flowering stage, gas exchanges (monthly) at two reading times, fruit yield and water use efficiency at harvest were evaluated. The nutritional status is not dependent on plant density. The vegetative growth varied, regardless of the plant density, whereas the leaf area index increased as the plant density was increased. The leaf temperature increased as the plant density was increased. The water use efficiency for fruit yield, as a function of plant density, fitted to a quadratic model, with the maximum value at 3,301 plants ha-1. The use of 3,333 plants ha-1 is recommended for plantain.
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spelling doaj-art-0265d73e6334471c8fd1e4dd9745fb632025-08-20T03:04:02ZengUniversidade Federal de Campina GrandeRevista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental1807-19292020-07-0124749049610.1590/1807-1929/agriambi.v24n7p490-496Growth, yield and gas exchanges of ‘D’Angola’ plantain under different plant densitiesVagner A. Rodrigues Filhohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7702-7445Sérgio L. R. Donatohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7719-4662Alessandro M. Aranteshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7520-9891Mauricio A. Coelho Filhohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4667-5535Marcelo B. Limahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9073-7246ABSTRACT Information about production, crop systems and economic viability for technical grown of plantain are scarce in Brazil. Few technologies developed specifically for plantain are available; thus, there are many adaptations of information on banana crops extrapolated to plantain. The objective of this study was to evaluate the growth, nutritional status, gas exchanges, water use efficiency and yield of ‘D’Angola’ plantain under different plant densities, in the first production cycle. The treatments consisted of six plant densities (1,111; 2,500; 2,777; 3,125; 3,571; and 4,166 plants ha-1), which were evaluated in a randomized block design with four repetitions. Vegetative growth, leaf nutrient concentrations at the flowering stage, gas exchanges (monthly) at two reading times, fruit yield and water use efficiency at harvest were evaluated. The nutritional status is not dependent on plant density. The vegetative growth varied, regardless of the plant density, whereas the leaf area index increased as the plant density was increased. The leaf temperature increased as the plant density was increased. The water use efficiency for fruit yield, as a function of plant density, fitted to a quadratic model, with the maximum value at 3,301 plants ha-1. The use of 3,333 plants ha-1 is recommended for plantain.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43662020000700490&tlng=enMusa spp.dense plantingleaf area indexphotosynthesismineral nutrition
spellingShingle Vagner A. Rodrigues Filho
Sérgio L. R. Donato
Alessandro M. Arantes
Mauricio A. Coelho Filho
Marcelo B. Lima
Growth, yield and gas exchanges of ‘D’Angola’ plantain under different plant densities
Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental
Musa spp.
dense planting
leaf area index
photosynthesis
mineral nutrition
title Growth, yield and gas exchanges of ‘D’Angola’ plantain under different plant densities
title_full Growth, yield and gas exchanges of ‘D’Angola’ plantain under different plant densities
title_fullStr Growth, yield and gas exchanges of ‘D’Angola’ plantain under different plant densities
title_full_unstemmed Growth, yield and gas exchanges of ‘D’Angola’ plantain under different plant densities
title_short Growth, yield and gas exchanges of ‘D’Angola’ plantain under different plant densities
title_sort growth yield and gas exchanges of d angola plantain under different plant densities
topic Musa spp.
dense planting
leaf area index
photosynthesis
mineral nutrition
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