Phosphate fertilization in cauliflower seed yield and quality

• Grant number: 09/15150-2
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: March 01, 2010
• End date: August 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Crop Science
• Principal Investigator: Antônio Ismael Inácio Cardoso
• Grantee: Antônio Ismael Inácio Cardoso
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas (FCA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Due to lack of information about the vegetables nutrition with the objective to produce seeds, it notices the necessity to study the influence of nutrient rates that offer increase in yield of seeds with high quality. This work will be set up at São Manuel Experimental Farm - UNESP/FCA, São Manuel/SP, with the objective to evaluate the influence of phosphorus rates in cauliflower seed yield and quality. Experimental design will be randomized blocks, with five treatments (phosphorus rates) and four replicates. Vegetative characteristics at different plant stages, nutrient content in leaves and seeds, seed yield and quality will be evaluated. The data will be submitted to variance and regression analysis. (AU)