African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6091

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Nutritional status of three sugarcane varieties grown in the northeast region of Brazil

Daniele Costa de Oliveira
  • Daniele Costa de Oliveira
  • Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, BR 104, Km 85, s/n, 57100-000. Rio Largo, Alagoas, Brazil.
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Mauro Wagner de Oliveira
  • Mauro Wagner de Oliveira
  • Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, BR 104, Km 85, s/n, 57100-000. Rio Largo, Alagoas, Brazil.
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Vinicius Santos Gomes da Silva
  • Vinicius Santos Gomes da Silva
  • Instituto Federal de Pernambuco, Campus Vitoria de Santo Antão, Propriedade Terra Preta, S/N, 55602-970, Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernanbuco, Brazil.
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Terezinha Bezerra Albino Oliveira
  • Terezinha Bezerra Albino Oliveira
  • Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, BR 104, Km 85, s/n, 57100-000. Rio Largo, Alagoas, Brazil.
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Hugo Henrique Costa do Nascimento
  • Hugo Henrique Costa do Nascimento
  • Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, BR 104, Km 85, s/n, 57100-000. Rio Largo, Alagoas, Brazil.
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Siglea Sanna de Freitas Chaves
  • Siglea Sanna de Freitas Chaves
  • Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Centenário, 303 - São Dimas CEP: 13416-000 - Piracicaba (SP), Brazil.
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  •  Received: 02 January 2019
  •  Accepted: 11 February 2019
  •  Published: 28 March 2019

Abstract

The diagnosis of plant nutritional status was a tool to improve crop fertilization and thus ensure better productivity. This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status of three sugarcane varieties (RB92579, RB98710 and RB961552) in the plant-cane and first regrowth cycles in the sub-humid region of the state of Alagoas, located in the Northeast of Brazil. The experiment consisted of a randomized complete block design with five replicates. Plant nutritional status was determined by chemical analysis of leaf +3 at the maximum growth phase of the crop. There was a varietal effect for macronutrient and micronutrient contents in both crop cycles, but no variety stood out in regards to leaf contents. However, all three varieties were deficient in Cu and Mn.

Key words: Macronutrients, micronutrients, RB92579, RB961552, RB98710, Saccharum species.

 

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