ALVES, Samara Aparecida Araújo.
Abstract:
The palm is a plant of the Cactaceae family does not have as a low rainfall plant, it has the
pluviometric development, being important for the affected and non-arid zones. The palm is
important for feeding animals in herds, droughts around the world and in the world the northeast
is the largest region of Brazil in the regions of Brazil with the lack of rain and due to its
resistance to the lack of water, the one used as way of feeding the animals, as it is rustic and the
numbers of cladodes always tend to increase, therefore, very important for the sustainability of
regional livestock. The species researched in the study, were Opuntia cochenillife (Palma Doce)
demonstrate great resistance to the carmine cochineal pest and require more soil fertility, Palma
Orelha de Elefante is less demanding in relation to soil fertility, and much more resistant in
relation to drought and Palma Baiana, despite being resistant to carmine mealybug, it is
susceptible to scale mealybug. The study aimed to monitor the development of models
according to the number of cladodes and the type of cultivation used (conventional or on the
ground), comparing the amount of cladodes between the two systems and the occurrence of
pests. The variety analysis resources were developed according to the same periods of detection
of cultivation on the soil of conventional cultivation, being the same resources of analysis of
capacity of cultivation on the soil of conventional cultivation, being therefore, an innovative
system for having cheap labor and low implementation cost.
