Produção e qualidade de cultivares bananeira manejadas em sistema agroflorestal

Abstract

Banana cultivaton in Brazil is one of the main componentes of SAFs. In this way, it now acts as the main crop of the agricultural activity, sometimes as a secondary component, witth specific purpose as shanding of main crops such as cupuaçu, cocoa and / or coffee for example and now with mixed purpose, with its production integrated to the income of the property. In the agroforestry sistem, studies show that there are many beneficial factors that can be implemented: ecological balance, reduction of environmental pressures, improvement of soil and climatic conditions, nutrient cycling, diversifiend, sustainable and salable production, improved performance of local fauna and flora, as well as the products and services offerend by the environment. The objective of this Works was to evaluate the productive and chamical quality of six banana cultivars (Pata, Mysore,Prata-Anã, FHIA 18, Caipira and Pacovan ken) conducted under agroforestry sistem management. The experimente was carriend out in an experimental area at the State University of Maranhão, in São Luís (MA), conducted in a completely randomized design with six treatments and four replications. The evaluated characteristics were: mass of the bunch, productivity, mass and length of the stump, use of the bunch, lenght and diameter of the fruits, number of fruits per bunch, number of bunch per bunch, mass of the fruits, solutes total solids, titratable acidity and solid soutes ratio / titratable acidity (TSS/ATT). Data were submitted to analysis of variance and mears were compared by the Scott-Knott testa at 5%. The results obtained qualify the cultivar Prata-Anã as the most promising to compose the agroforestry management sistem