Diagnose do estado nutricional de sete variedades de cana-de-açúcar (Saccharum SSP) segundo corte, no município de Coruripe, estado de Alagoas

Abstract

The study of the tissues analysis is characterized by the determination of the concentration of one element or of an extractable fraction of such element in a sample taken from a portion of a particular plant, at a certain moment or at a definite morphologic development stage. The nutritional efficiency optimization is fundamental to boost productivity and reduce production costs. The present research had as its main objective to evaluate the nutritional condition, production, nutrients accumulation and the nutritional efficiency of seven different types of sugar cane in two soils, under field condition. The experiment was conducted in Progresso Farm and in Santo Antônio B Farm both belonging to Coruripe Mill in the State of Alagoas, with the following varieties: SP79-1011, RB72454, RB855113, RB867515, RB92579, RB93509 and Co997, and the following soils: fragipanic Dystrophic Yellow Argillous PAdx1, argillous/light/medium texture and fragipanic orthic ferrocarbic Spodosoil ESox2, light/medium texture. Casualized block description was used with 7 treatments and 4 repetitions per local. The fragments were constituted of 6 ten-meter-long lines, with spaces of 1,0 m between lines. Leaves samples were collected for macro and micro nutrients analysis. The agricultural and industrial returns were analyzed at harvest time. The dry matter and nutrient accumulation in all the plant was obtained by means of the addition of dry matter and nutrients accumulated by the culms, edges and the leaves of the plants. The nutrients utilization efficiency in the plant was obtained by means of the relation between the extracted quantity of nutrients and the production of green mass of the culms, leaves and edges. The PAdx1 soil was the one which contributed mostly in the foliar contents of the nutrients and edges. The RB93509 variety presented the highest foliar nutrient content, as well as the green and dry mass production. It also presented higher accumulation of macronutrients in the culms, edges and in the total accumulated. The extraction order for the macronutrients was: K > N > Ca > Mg > S > P.