Sources and rates of potassium for sweet orange production

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Autor(a) principal: Quaggio,José Antonio
Data de Publicação: 2011
Outros Autores: Mattos Junior,Dirceu, Boaretto,Rodrigo Marcelli
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Scientia Agrícola (Online)
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Resumo: Fruit yield and quality of citrus trees (Citrus spp.) is markedly affected by potassium (K) fertilization. Potassium chloride is the major source of K, even though other sources are also available for agricultural use when crops are sensitive to chloride or where potential for accumulation of salts in soils exists. Only few studies addressed the effect of K sources on yield and quality of citrus fruits. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate K2SO4 and KCl fertilizer sources at 0, 100, 200, and 300 kg ha-1 per year K2O on fruit yield and quality of 'Pêra' and 'Valencia' sweet orange trees in the field. The experiments were carried out in a 4 × 2 factorial design under randomized complete blocks, with four replicates from 2001 to 2004. Fruit yield increased with increased K fertilization. Nutrient rate for maximum economic yield of 'Pêra' was 200 kg ha-1 of K2O and for 'Valencia', 270 kg ha-1 of K2O. Differences were attributed to higher production and K exportation by fruits of 'Valencia'. Fruit mass also increased with increased K fertilization what decreased total soluble solids in juice, and which correlated with leaf K concentrations for 'Valencia' (r = 0.76; p < 0.05). Leaf Ca, Mg and B concentrations decreased with K rates. Additionally, leaf Cl increased up to 440 mg kg-1 with KCl rates, even though no negative effects occurred either on fruit yield or quality of trees.
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spelling Sources and rates of potassium for sweet orange productionCitrus sinensis (L.) Osbeckchloridesulfatemineral nutritionnutrient managementFruit yield and quality of citrus trees (Citrus spp.) is markedly affected by potassium (K) fertilization. Potassium chloride is the major source of K, even though other sources are also available for agricultural use when crops are sensitive to chloride or where potential for accumulation of salts in soils exists. Only few studies addressed the effect of K sources on yield and quality of citrus fruits. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate K2SO4 and KCl fertilizer sources at 0, 100, 200, and 300 kg ha-1 per year K2O on fruit yield and quality of 'Pêra' and 'Valencia' sweet orange trees in the field. The experiments were carried out in a 4 × 2 factorial design under randomized complete blocks, with four replicates from 2001 to 2004. Fruit yield increased with increased K fertilization. Nutrient rate for maximum economic yield of 'Pêra' was 200 kg ha-1 of K2O and for 'Valencia', 270 kg ha-1 of K2O. Differences were attributed to higher production and K exportation by fruits of 'Valencia'. Fruit mass also increased with increased K fertilization what decreased total soluble solids in juice, and which correlated with leaf K concentrations for 'Valencia' (r = 0.76; p < 0.05). Leaf Ca, Mg and B concentrations decreased with K rates. Additionally, leaf Cl increased up to 440 mg kg-1 with KCl rates, even though no negative effects occurred either on fruit yield or quality of trees.Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"2011-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162011000300015Scientia Agricola v.68 n.3 2011reponame:Scientia Agrícola (Online)instname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USP10.1590/S0103-90162011000300015info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessQuaggio,José AntonioMattos Junior,DirceuBoaretto,Rodrigo Marcellieng2011-07-11T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0103-90162011000300015Revistahttp://revistas.usp.br/sa/indexPUBhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpscientia@usp.br||alleoni@usp.br1678-992X0103-9016opendoar:2011-07-11T00:00Scientia Agrícola (Online) - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sources and rates of potassium for sweet orange production
title Sources and rates of potassium for sweet orange production
spellingShingle Sources and rates of potassium for sweet orange production
Quaggio,José Antonio
Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck
chloride
sulfate
mineral nutrition
nutrient management
title_short Sources and rates of potassium for sweet orange production
title_full Sources and rates of potassium for sweet orange production
title_fullStr Sources and rates of potassium for sweet orange production
title_full_unstemmed Sources and rates of potassium for sweet orange production
title_sort Sources and rates of potassium for sweet orange production
author Quaggio,José Antonio
author_facet Quaggio,José Antonio
Mattos Junior,Dirceu
Boaretto,Rodrigo Marcelli
author_role author
author2 Mattos Junior,Dirceu
Boaretto,Rodrigo Marcelli
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Quaggio,José Antonio
Mattos Junior,Dirceu
Boaretto,Rodrigo Marcelli
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck
chloride
sulfate
mineral nutrition
nutrient management
topic Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck
chloride
sulfate
mineral nutrition
nutrient management
description Fruit yield and quality of citrus trees (Citrus spp.) is markedly affected by potassium (K) fertilization. Potassium chloride is the major source of K, even though other sources are also available for agricultural use when crops are sensitive to chloride or where potential for accumulation of salts in soils exists. Only few studies addressed the effect of K sources on yield and quality of citrus fruits. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate K2SO4 and KCl fertilizer sources at 0, 100, 200, and 300 kg ha-1 per year K2O on fruit yield and quality of 'Pêra' and 'Valencia' sweet orange trees in the field. The experiments were carried out in a 4 × 2 factorial design under randomized complete blocks, with four replicates from 2001 to 2004. Fruit yield increased with increased K fertilization. Nutrient rate for maximum economic yield of 'Pêra' was 200 kg ha-1 of K2O and for 'Valencia', 270 kg ha-1 of K2O. Differences were attributed to higher production and K exportation by fruits of 'Valencia'. Fruit mass also increased with increased K fertilization what decreased total soluble solids in juice, and which correlated with leaf K concentrations for 'Valencia' (r = 0.76; p < 0.05). Leaf Ca, Mg and B concentrations decreased with K rates. Additionally, leaf Cl increased up to 440 mg kg-1 with KCl rates, even though no negative effects occurred either on fruit yield or quality of trees.
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