Effect of FitoMas-E application on the production of Coffea canephora Pierre ex Froehner/Efecto de la aplicacion de FitoMas-E en la produccion de Coffea canephora Pierre ex Froehner

• Published in: Cultivos tropicales 2023-04, Vol.44 (2), p.1
• Main Author: Bustamante-Gonzalez, Carlos Alberto
• Format: Article
• Language: eng ; spa
• Subjects: Coffee industry; International economic relations; Restaurants
• ISSN: 0258-5936

During October 2013 to March 2017, in areas of the Agro-Forestry Research Institute at the Tercer Frente Experimental Station, Santiago de Cuba province, the biostimulatory effect of FitoMas-E was studied on the yield of Coffea canephora Pierre ex Froehner grown at 3 mx 1.5 m on brown soil under the shade of Samanea saman and Gliricidia sepium. The treatments were FitoMas-E (FM); FM + [N.sub.18.85] [P.sub.12.5] [K.sub.20] (25 % of the control); FM + [N.sub.37.5] [P.sub.25] [K.sub.40] (control 50 %); FM + [N.sub.56.3] [P.sub.37.5] [K.sub.60] (control 75 %) and [N.sub.75] [P.sub.50] [K.sub.80] - Control. The biostimulant was applied at a dose of 1.0 L [ha.sup.-1] and was fractionated in the phenological phases of flowering, fruit filling and harvest. 60 % of nitrogen and potassium as well as phosphorus 100 % was applied in the months of April-May while in the second application 40 % of the dose of nitrogen and potassium. The production of cherry coffee per plant was evaluated and it was extrapolated to a ton of coffee gold per hectare. FitoMas-E application stimulated the yield of the coffee tree. Significant differences were found between treatments in all the experimental years and in the accumulated harvest. The FitoMas-E application to Coffea canephora in the first three years after low pruning in a Brown soil provided high and stable productions of this species with yield accumulated higher than inorganic fertilization and the best benefit/cost ratio, which constitutes an alternative to mineral fertilization with national inputs. Key words: biostimulant, coffee, yield. Durante octubre 2013 a marzo 2017, en areas del Instituto de Investigaciones Agro-Forestales de la Estacion Experimental Tercer Frente, provincia Santiago de Cuba, se estudio el efecto bioestimulador del FitoMas-E en el rendimiento de Coffea canephora Pierre ex Froehner, cultivado a 3 m x 1,5 m, en suelo Pardo mullido, bajo sombra de Samanea saman y Gliricidia sepium. Los tratamientos fueron: FitoMas-E (FM); FM+[N.sub.18.85] [P.sub.12.5] [K.sub.20] (25 % del testigo); FM+[N.sub.37.5] [P.sub.25] [K.sub.40] (50 % del testigo); FM+[N.sub.56.3] [P.sub.37,5] [K.sub.60] (75 % del testigo) y [N.sub.75] [P.sub.50] [K.sub.80]-Testigo. El bioestimulante se aplico en dosis de 1,0 L [ha.sup.-1] y se fracciono en las fases fenologicas de floracion, llenado del fruto y cosecha. El 60 % de nitrogeno y el potasio, asi como el 100 % del fosforo se aplico en los meses de abril-mayo; mientras que en la segu