ADUBAÇÃO VERDE COM JITIRANA NA PRODUÇÃO DE RÚCULA

Abstract

An experiment was carried out in the greenhouse of Plant Science Department at Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA), Mossoró-RN, during the period of may to june of 2007, with the evaluate the performance of rocket an green manuring. A completely randomized desings with seven treatments and four replications. The treatments consist of: (8,4; 16,8; 25,2; 33,6 e 42,0 g pot-1) plus two additional treatments (Control, 336g vaso-1 de bovine manure). The rocket cultivar grown was cv. Cultivada. The evaluated traits were: plant height, number of leaves per pot, dry mass and yield of grains. Increases in plant height, number of leaves yield mass and dry, per pot was the order of: 27,2%, 30,0%, 77,0 e 41,0%, respective. in function of amounts and scarlet starglory incorporated the soil.