Production and quality of the melon in an organic production system in the semi-arid region of Bahia, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Rafael Alves dos
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Gomes, Fátima de Souza, Guariz, Hugo Roldi, Porto, Thiago Brito de Souza
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentavel
• Texto Completo: https://www.gvaa.com.br/revista/index.php/RVADS/article/view/6509
• topic: Agroecosystems; Organic fertilizer; Yellow melon; Agroecossistemas; Fertilizante orgânico; Melão amarelo

Melon has high expenses with mineral fertilizers, highlighting the possibility of using alternative products such as biofertilizers. In this context, the objective was to evaluate the productive response of yellow melon, analyzing its performance against the use of different concentrations of liquid biofertilizer in the Bahian semiarid. The experimental design was randomized blocks, with six treatments and four replications, with control and 5 concentrations of biofertilizer: 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10%, applied via leaf in the culture. Eight sprays were performed 30 days after planting. The longitudinal and transverse fruit length, longitudinal cavity length, pulp thickness, average fruit weight, yield, soluble solids, titratable acidity and SS/TA ratio were analyzed. The biofertilizer promoted increase of longitudinal length of fruits in increasing linear way, while the other variables were quadratically influenced, except for SS and SS/TA which presented cubic response. The use of liquid biofertilizer in the organic production system promotes improvements in the productivity and quality of melon.