Efecto de los programas de nutrición en la producción de banano en la Hacienda Carolina, provincia de Los Ríos.

Abstract

The research was developed in Hacienda Carolina, province of los Ríos. The main objective was to evaluate the different fertilization programs used in the period 2017 – 2021. The use of fertilization programs has increased in recent years in banana cultivation, generating unknowns regarding their effectiveness. It is important to highlight that nutrition in banana cultivation is essential to have optimal yields. In this crop different types of edaphic fertilizers and amendments are applied, their main sources being, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. From there, in this investigation the treatments (T2017, T2018, T2019, T2020, T2021) and the production parameters were evaluated, the variables were processed ratio, processed shrinkage and processed boxes. For statistical analysis, the analysis of variance (ANOVA) and multiple range contrast were used for each variables.