Revista de Agricultura Neotropical (Jun 2021)

PERFORMANCE OF LETTUCE UNDER INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT SOIL COVERS AND PLANTING SPACING

  • Eduardo Pradi Vendruscolo,
  • Luiz Fernandes Cardoso Campos,
  • Aliny Heloísa Alcântara Rodrigues,
  • Sávio Rosa Correia,
  • Paulo Ricardo Oliveira,
  • Murillo Ribeiro Freitas,
  • Alexsander Seleguini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.32404/rean.v8i2.5850
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 2
pp. e5850 – e5850

Abstract

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Lettuce cultivation is an activity of great economic importance; therefore, the use of techniques for better use of space and better-growing conditions should be evaluated. The objective of this study was to evaluate the development and yield of garden lettuce grown under different soil coverings and plant spacing. The study was conducted in an experimental area located at the School of Agronomy of the Federal University of Goiás, in the city of Goiânia, Goiás. The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design with subdivided plots in four replications. The plots consisted of three soil coverings (soil without cover, straw, and plastic cover) and the subplots in three planting spacing (PS1 = 25 x 20; PS2 = 25 x 25; PS3 = 25 x 30 cm), totaling nine treatments. The evaluations occurred when the plants presented their complete development, being evaluated: plant diameter, fresh head mass, stem mass, number of leaves, stem height; stem diameter; relative chlorophyll index; yield; and utilization, corresponding to the percentage of fresh marketable mass. It was found that the use of soil cover can favor the densification of lettuce cultivation. For cultivation on soil without cover or with the use of plastic as a cover, the cultivation spacing must be greater.