TITLE:
Influence of Fertilizer Type on Beet Production and Post-Harvest Quality Characteristic
AUTHORS:
Carmen Rosa da Silva Curvêlo, Layane Hyasmin Bernardes Diniz, Alexandre Igor de Azevedo Pereira, Luiz Leonardo Ferreira
KEYWORDS:
Beta vulgaris L., Chicken Bed, Productivity
JOURNAL NAME:
Agricultural Sciences,
Vol.9 No.5,
May
28,
2018
ABSTRACT: The beet (Beta vulgaris L.) vegetable is of great importance in the Brazilian market, mainly by having high nutritional values in consumer diet. Thus, the objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of organic and mineral fertilization on the production and post-harvest quality of beet. The experiment was conducted in the field, in the municipality of Urutaí-GO. The experimental design was a randomized block (DCB), where treatments were applied to two types of fertilizer: organic (chicken manure) and conventional (mineral fertilizer) with six replicates (using six tubers per plot). The following evaluations were made: horizontal and vertical diameters of the tubers (cm) weight (kg) Protein (g) Lipid (%) Ash humidity (%), electrical conductivity (μS·cm-1), pH, Titratable Acidity and Brix. The organic surpassed conventional treatment for all variables, except for the ash content, wherein the organic treating poultry litter base, showed 1.40% of ash and pH (6.48).