Amostragem foliar para avaliação nutricional do guaranazeiro

Abstract

The guarana culture in the Amazon region has great economic and social importance, but there is a lack of information regarding the sampling of foliage and nutritional evaluation of the plants. In this sense, this research aimed to standardize the time, leaves positions in the branch and leaflet position on the composite sheet for leaf sampling and evaluate the correlation between nutrients in the soil, leaves and fruit and the nutrient accumulation in the fruit. The experiment was conducted in AmBev's facilities on the farm St. Helens in Maues, AM. The experimental design was a randomized block with four replications. The leaves for the samples were taken in early position, middle and end in guarana branch, five positions of the leaflets 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th at four different times: August and November 2013; February and May 2014. The evaluation of guarana productivity, was the fruiting period and quantified the macro and micronutrients from soil, leaves and grains. The epochs did not affect the content in N sampling, Ca, S, Cu, Zn, with the exception of P, K, Mg indicated in February 2014 (vegetative period), B in May 2014 (vegetative period) and Fe and Mn in November 2013 (fructification period). The leaves of mineral levels in the final position in the business, with the exception of N from the home position and the position of the leaflets 4th and 5th reflected better the nutritional status of guaranazeiro. Os levels of nutrients in the leaves and grains correlated well. The concentration of most nutrients extracted by the plant fruits obeyed the following order: N> K> Ca> Mg> P> S> Fe> Zn> Mn> Cu> B.