Fertilization of arabic coffee seedlings with Agrobio biofertilizer
Coffea arabica, foliar fertilizer, biofertilizer.
Agrobio is a biofertilizer produced from the fermentation of fresh bovine manure, water, molasses and mineral salts. It has nutritional and phytosanitary effects in different crops. Aiming to promote and disseminate more sustainable inputs to the coffee farmer, especially the organic one. This work will evaluate the effects of different doses of the biofertilizer Agrobio in the development of arabic coffee seedlings.
The experiment will be conducted in a property at the municipality of Andradas-MG, in a nursery with the coffee seedlings. The experimental design used will be a randomized block with 4 treatments and 5 replicates, being the plots constituted by ten coffee seedlings. The treatments will consist of different concentrations of biofertilizer sprayed at the concentrations of 0%, 1%, 2%, 4%. This products will be applied from the moment of appearance of the first pair of true leaves, being reapplied weekly. The evaluated variables will be: average height, mean diameter of the stem, dry mass of the area and of the root part.