African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6924

Short Communication

Potassium rates fertilizer effect on aerial part crambe nutrition

Juciléia Irian dos Santos1,3*, Flávia Rogério1, Tiago Roque Benetoli da Silva1, Antonio Nolla1, Rafaela Alenbrant Migliavacca1, Jaqueline Cazado Felix1, Juliana Parisotto1 and Antônio Saraiva Muniz2
1Departamento de Ciências Agronômicas – Campus Avançado de Umuarama, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - Av. Colombo, 5790, 87020-900, Maringá, PR, Brazil. 2Departamento de Agronomia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - Av. Colombo, 5790, 87020-900, Maringá, PR, Brazil.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 29 March 2012
  •  Published: 30 April 2012

Abstract

Crambe abyssinica is a winter brassica with high oil content showing great potential as a source of raw material for biodiesel production. As a winter crop with a short developmental cycle, 90 to 100 days, it is used as an off-season crop. This work was conducted in Umuarama County, Parana State, Oxisol Udic Dystrophic and aimed to evaluate the effect of potassium growing application (0, 15, 30, 60 and 90 kg ha-1) used at the sowing of the crop. The application of potassium rates fertilizer resulted in a significant increase of this nutrient in crambe leaf tissue observed using leaf analysis.

 

Key words: Crambe abyssinica Hoechst, biodiesel, fertilization, leaf analysis, potassium.

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