Adubacao fosfatada e potassica em cultura de soja no Estado do Parana.

No periodo de 1974 a 1977, foram conduzidos varios experimentos de adubacao com a cultura da soja [Glycine max (L.) Merrill], no Estado do Parana, visando: a) estudar o efeito de niveis de adubacao fosfatada e potassica aplicadas no sulco de semeadura; b) determinar classes de resposta da soja em funcao dos teores de fosforo e potassio do solo, indicados pelo metodo de Mehlich. Os resultados evidenciaram: a) melhor resposta a adubacao fosfatada em solos de cultivo recente do que nos de cultivo antigo com a sucesso trigo-soja; comprova-se, assim, a capacidade da soja em aproveitar o fosforo residual de culturas anteriores; b) a adubacao potassica nao promoveu aumentos expressivos na producao de soja. Para os solos com baixos teores de P residual foram estabele-cidas as seguintes faixas de disponibilidade do nutriente, indicadas pelo metodo de Mehlich: muito baixo (inferior a 1,5 ppm), baixo (1,5 - 3,0 ppm), medio (3,0 - 6,5 ppm) e alto (superior 6,5 ppm); o metodo de analise empregado foi ineficiente para a avaliacao da disponibilidade de P residual

Promising high-yielding tetraploid plantain-bred hybrids in west Africa

Open Access Journal; Published online: 21 April 2019The devastating threat of black leaf streak disease caused by Pseudocercospora fijiensis on plantain production in West Africa spurred the development of resistant hybrids. The goal of this research and development (R&D) undertaken was assessing the development and dissemination of two plantain hybrids PITA 3 and FHIA 21 bred in the 1980s by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, Nigeria) and the Fundación Hondureña de Investigación Agrícola (FHIA, Honduras), respectively. In Côte d’Ivoire, plantain growers selected PITA 3 and FHIA 21 based on their improved agronomic characteristics and, between 2012 and 2016, they were massively propagated and distributed to farmers in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Togo under the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAAP) coordinated by the West and Central Africa Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF). In 2016, the Centre National de Recherche Agronomique in Côte d’Ivoire included the hybrids in the improved cultivar directory. This R&D activity illustrates how three decades of crossbreeding, selection, and distribution led to local acceptance. It also highlights how a CORAF-led partnership harnessed CGIAR research for development. The dissemination and acceptance of these plantain hybrids will enhance the sustainable intensification in plantain-based farming systems across the humid lowlands of West and Central Africa