COMPORTAMENTO DOS PARÂMETROS INDICATIVOS DE PRODUÇÃO DA BANANEIRA PACOVAN SUBMETIDA A DIFERENTES LÂMINAS DE IRRIGAÇÃO E DOSES DE POTÁSSIO NA CHAPADA DO APODI - LIMOEIRO DO NORTE-CE

Abstract

The study was to evaluate the effect of the combination of different irrigation levels and rates of potassium applied drip on parameters indicative of the banana production Pacovan Apodi (var. SH3640). The experimental design was a randomized complete block with split plot and 3 replications. The treatments consisted of a combination of five layers of irrigation and drainage lysimeter by means for four doses of potassium applied by fertirrigation. The variables were the weight of the bunch without stalk, the number of hands in the bunch, the weight of the hand of the central cluster and the number of fruits of the central cluster of the bunch. The data were obtained from the harvest of the first two cycles of the experiment, from March 2006 to September 2007. The treatments with irrigation levels influenced in all tested parameters of production, while the doses of potassium only influenced the weight of the bunch without stalk.