Answer of bean (Vigna unguiculata L.) var. Lina to different forms of Pectimorf® application

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Sucleidis Nápoles Vinent

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The research was carried out in the organoponic The Ketty belonging to the Agricultural enterprise of Santiago de Cuba, in the period between December 2013 - March 2014. The Ketty is a center of national excellence, located in the El Caney town; in this place the productions of bean variety Lina historically have been lower than reported yield of this variety. The Pectimorf® has been proven with success in diverse cultivations to increase the yields that is why the study carried out with this commercial product was with the objective of evaluating the more appropriate form of application of it, in the increment of the yield of the cultivation in study under organoponic conditions. For the assembly of the experiment the product was applied to a concentration of 10 mg L-1 in three different forms: imbibition , Imbibition + to foliate at the beginning at the flowering and to foliate to the beginning of the flowering they were carried out 4 treatments at random in a block design, with 4 replies. As variable answer they were measured height of the plants, number of leaves, sheaths, longitude and fresh weight of the sheaths as well as agricultural yield. The results showed that the Pectimorf® is an ecological and economically viable alternative to increase the yield of the bean var. Lina in the study area, standing out the form, imbibition + application to foliate to the beginning of the flowering reaching 4,7 kg m2, a significantly superior increment regarding the control for 95 % of trust.

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Nápoles Vinent, S. (2016). Answer of bean (Vigna unguiculata L.) var. Lina to different forms of Pectimorf® application. Cultivos Tropicales, 37(3), 172–177. Retrieved from https://ediciones.inca.edu.cu/index.php/ediciones/article/view/1267
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