Initial growth of melon submitted to different sources of organic fertilizers in the semi-arid Bahia

• Autor(a) principal: Melo, Raví Emanoel de
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Silva, Antonio Edson Brandão da, Oliveira, Leidiane de Jesus, Barbosa, Eline Dias
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Ciências Agrárias (Belém. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ajaes.ufra.edu.br/index.php/ajaes/article/view/3531
• topic: Cucumis melo L.; sustainability; agronomic characteristics; organic matter; Olericultura; adubação orgânica; meloeiro; potencial agronômico; características agronômicas

The present work aimed to evaluate the initial growth of melon submitted to different sources of organic fertilizers in semi-arid conditions in Bahia. The study was developed at the Universidade do Estado da Bahia – UNEB, using the cultivar Goldex®. The performance of the melon crop was evaluated in a randomized block design, consisting of 4 blocks of 5m2, in a split plot with 4 treatments and 32 replications, involving the following treatments: T1: control; T2: cattle manure; T3: goat manure; T4: poultry litter. The evaluations of plant characteristics were measured by determining the number of leaves, stem diameter, branch length and chlorophyll content. Data were submitted to analysis of variance and Tukey test at 5% significance level. Based on the main results, it was observed that the poultry litter provided a greater number of leaves (7.6), branch length (62.5 cm), stem diameter (8.7 mm) and chlorophyll content (39, 3 µg.cm-2) in relation to the other treatments. Poultry manure is indicated as a viable alternative for application in the melon crop due to the good results for the agronomic characteristics of the crop.