Avaliação do efeito de adubação verde com gliricidia sepium no rendimento de tomate tengeru-97

Abstract

The study entitled “Assessment of the Effect of Green Fertilization with Gliricidia sepium on the yield of Tomate Tengeru 97”, was carried out in Maputo, at the Centro Mundial Agroflorestal (ICRAF), Bairro de Mavalane, Avenida das FPLM, at the Instituto de Investigacao Agrária de Mozambique (IIAM). The aim of this work was to evaluate the Agro-forestry biomass transfer technology in the yield of Tengeru 97 tomato. Four treatments with two replications were established, which consisted of control treatment (TO), treatment with biomass transfer with Gliricidia sepium (Tl), treatment with cow manure (T2) and treatment with urea (T3). Data were collected according to the treatment, the average number and weight of fruits for each treatment was calculated. The data were analyzed using the SAS statistical package, with an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for the number and weight of fruits in each treatment. For each treatment, a qualitative analysis of the fruits was made based on their appearance. According to the results, it was possible to notice that there are no significant differences between the number and weight of fruits, probably due to the low number of repetitions. It was also possible to note that Gliricidia sepium has potential as a green manure as it presented greater quantity and better quality of fruit compared to other treatments. There were no significant differences between treatments, which in a way may have been affected by thefts verified in treatments that showed good results during the study. It is advisable to use this species as fertilizer, as it presented greater quantity and better quality of fruit, and mainly because it is resistant to drought and is easy to regenerate and multiple use.