Dispensing with the bagging stage of seedlings from the laboratory and the use of Mulching in banana productionMusa spp; BRS Pacoua; BRS Princesa; FHIA-01; Maravilha.
The banana tree is possibly present in all family properties that practice the organic production system. Banana,
in many cases, is the main support of these small properties, being the ‘Silver type cultivars the most produced
and demanded by school lunches. However, it is observed that these cultivars, when considering the productivity;
tolerance to pests and diseases; adequate size; competition with spontaneous plants, have considerable agronomic
deficiencies. Thus, the present work will aim to evaluate, under organic management, the development of new
banana cultivars of the 'Silver' type, in the edaphoclimatic conditions of Vale do Paraíba Sul Fluminense – Rio
de Janeiro – Brazil. Still as an object of study, before planting, it will be evaluated the exemption of the 'bagging'
stage of seedlings from the laboratory and, also, the effect of plastic mulching in the cultivation. The following
cultivars will be introduced: ‘BRS Pacoua’, ‘BRS Princesa’ and ‘FHIA-01’ or ‘Maravilha’. Until the first production
cycle is completed, vegetative and reproductive descriptors of these cultivars will be evaluated. Three
experiments will be implemented, one for each cultivar. The design adopted will be a 2x2 factorial in randomized
blocks, with subdivided plots for each banana cultivar. The presence and absence of mulching will be the main
plots. The treatments will be: (1) Plastic mulching plus seedlings developed in the construction site; (2) Mute
plastic mulching developed in the tube; (3) No plastic mulching plus sapling developed on a bed; and, (4)
Plastic mulching more saplings developed on site. Each experiment will have six replications with two plants
per subplot. This work has the hypothesis to evaluate if the use of mulching will be able to dispense with the
'bagging' operation of the seedlings newly arrived from the biofactory, further favoring the productive behavior
of the banana
cultivars.