Managment of row and interrows of Tahiti acid lime planting: sustainability of production

• Grant number: 14/21349-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: March 01, 2015
• End date: August 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Crop Science
• Principal Investigator: Fernando Alves de Azevedo
• Grantee: Fernando Alves de Azevedo
• Host Institution: Instituto Agronômico (IAC). Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios (APTA). Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento (São Paulo - Estado). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Anastacia Fontanetti ; Fernando Dini Andreote ; Patrícia Andrea Monquero ; Patrícia Marluci da Conceição ; Rodrigo Marcelli Boaretto

Abstract

The inter row of citrus orchards in Brazil are generally managmented with rotary mower, while the row are mainly used herbicide glyphosate. There is great predominance of Brachiaria decumbens in the orchards. As there are reports of allelopathy B. decumbens with citrus and damage by the continuous use of glyphosate in other cultures, it is intended with this project study two cover crops with different mowers, with and without herbicide, in the lines of Tahiti lime orchard. Therefore, trial was installed in 2010, using the split split-plot scheme in a randomized block design with six replications. In this experiment, the plots are composed of two types of cover crops: Brachiaria decumbens and B. ruziziensis; subplots of two types of rotary mower: conventional and ecological, and split split plots: the application and the absence of the herbicide glyphosate in the row. The cover crops were planted in January 2010 and the orchard Tahiti lime deployed in March of that year. The evaluations were initiated in November 2012 and continued until 2016. Will be measured: dry mass of shoots and roots of cover crops; rate of decomposition and mineralization of nutrients, chemical composition (macro and micronutrients), physical (compaction, porosity and moisture content) and microbiological soil line and leading the orchard, chemical analysis of leaves of Tahiti lime, weed control and finally, levels of shikimic acid and chlorophyll (leaves), root development, vegetative growth (height and diameter) and productive plants in Tahiti lime. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MARTINELLI, RODRIGO; MONQUERO, PATRICIA A.; FONTANETTI, ANASTACIA; CONCEICAO, PATRICIA M.; AZEVEDO, FERNANDO A.. Ecological Mowing: An Option for Sustainable Weed Management in Young Citrus Orchards. WEED TECHNOLOGY, v. 31, n. 2, p. 260-268, MAR-APR 2017. (14/21349-4)

COSTA ARANTES, ANA CAROLINA; COTTA, SIMONE RAPOSO; DA CONCEICAO, PATRICIA MARLUCI; MENEGHIN, SILVANA PERISSATTO; MARTINELLI, RODRIGO; PROSPERO, ALEXANDRE GONCALVES; BOARETTO, RODRIGO MARCELLI; ANDREOTE, FERNANDO DINI; MATTOS-JR, DIRCEU; DE AZEVEDO, FERNANDO ALVES. Implication of Urochloa spp. Intercropping and Conservation Agriculture on Soil Microbiological Quality and Yield of Tahiti Acid Lime in Long Term Orchard Experiment. AGRICULTURE-BASEL, v. 10, n. 11, NOV 2020. (14/50880-0, 14/21349-4)

DE AZEVEDO, FERNANDO ALVES; DE ALMEIDA, RODRIGO FERNANDES; MARTINELLI, RODRIGO; PROSPERO, ALEXANDRE GONCALVES; LICERRE, RAPHAEL; DA CONCEICAO, PATRICIA MARLUCI; COSTA ARANTES, ANA CAROLINA; DOVIS, VERONICA LORENA; BOARETTO, RODRIGO MARCELI; MATTOS JR, DIRCEU. No-Tillage and High-Density Planting for Tahiti Acid Lime Grafted Onto Flying Dragon Trifoliate Orange. FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS, v. 4, JUL 16 2020. (17/24411-0, 14/21349-4, 16/19726-0, 16/04944-1)