COMPORTAMENTO DE CULTIVARES DE ALFACE AMERICANA SOBCLIMA TROPICAL

Abstract

The crisphead lettuce is a greenery adapted to grow in regions with mild temperatures and lack of rain. The objective of this work was to evaluate the performance of crispheadlettuce cultivars (Del ícia, Teresa, Lucy Brown, Raider Plus, Mauren, Angelin), under tropical climate in city Cáceres-MT, in two h arvest times.The experiment followed the randomized comple te block , with four replications, were arranged in 6 x 2 factorial, being, six cultivars in the crisphead le ttuce and two harvest time. Was evaluated the total and com- mercial production, commercial dry matter mass, com pactness, plant diameter, “head” diameter, health a nd was estimated the proportion of stem in the “head”. The cultivars Teresa and Delícia exhibit the total pro duction upper in relationship the other cultivars evaluated in the experiment, with productions of 631.1 and 5 89.3 g plant -1 , respectively. The second harvest, at large, has w as upper in relationship first, with 607 g plant -1 . The cultivar Teresa, in the second harvest, exhibit the upper result from the commercial production with 4 79.6 and 483.6 g plant -1 , in the first and second harvest, respectively. Th e cultivar Teresa, in the second harvest, exhibit the upper evaluate from compactness. The cultivars Teresa and Delícia were the most suitable for culti vation from weather of Cáceres - MT, and the harvested mus t be performed at 67 days after sowing