DESEMPENHO DE BANANEIRAS CULTIVAR “NANICÃO” SOBRE COBERTURA VIVA DE SOLO NO SEMIÁRIDO

• Main Authors: MATEUS AUGUSTO LIMA QUARESMA, FÁBIO LUIZ DE OLIVEIRA, DIEGO MATHIAS NATAL DA SILVA, RUIMÁRIO INÁCIO COELHO, EDUARDO CÉSAR COSTA
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido 2015-01-01
• Series: Revista Caatinga
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=237142689012

This work aimed to evaluate the growth and yield of banana cv. "Nanicão", in intercropping with live coverage crops in the semi - arid region. The experiment was analysed as a randomized complete block with four replications. The experiment used a split - plot design, and some variables were sub - subdivided over time. In the plots, factor "A", made of three management strategies of soil cover - the leguminous, calopo and tropi- cal kudzu, and bare soil (hoed soil); Factor "B", on the sub - plots, banana plants in three morphophysiological ages (different cycles and sizes) and factor "C", dates of collections in the sub - plots. The cultivation of banana cv. Nanicão in soil under live coverage with calopo and tropical kudzu in the semi - arid region promotes an increase in the number of fruits, fruit weight and bunches.