ALMEIDA, A. M. B.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5044896982144936; ALMEIDA, Alany Moisa Bezerra de.
Résumé:
The plant consortium presents itself as one of the most appropriate methods to the
practice of horticulture, in agroecological molds with numerous advantages in the
environmental aspect, productive and economical. Two experiments were conducted at
the Experimental Farm Rafael Fernandes in Alagoinha district, a rural area of Mossoró-
RN, in order to assess the agricultural economic viability of mint consortium with
coriander fertilized with manure jitirana more beef. The first experiment was conducted
in the period from 08.11.2015 to 11.05.2015 and the second experiment in the period
from 11.27.2015 to 22.03.2016, in a randomized complete block with treatments
arranged in a 2x4 factorial design with three replications. The first factor consisted of
monocropping and intercropping mint and coriander, and the second factor was the
different doses of jitirana mixed with manure (0.0, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 kg m- 2 site). For
mint culture was used to cultivate "Mentha piperita". For the coriander was used to
cultivate "Verdão". The characteristics evaluated for the Mint culture were as follows:
height of biomass, fresh weight, number of sauces, dry mass, oil content and yield. For
the coriander crop the following characteristics were evaluated: plant height, number of
stems plant-1, productivity, number of sauces and dry mass. Also economic indicators
were used, such as land equivalent ratio (LER), cost of production, gross income, net
income, rate of return and profitability index. The use of more manure jitirana cattle
contributed to the increase of the productive characteristics of the consortium in the two
growing seasons, with number of mint sauces 17.6 and 5.8 in 3.0 doses and 2.2 kg m-2
respectively. For coriander crop, the values were 16.5 and 15.3 m2 sauces in 3.0 kg dose
m-2, respectively. The equivalent area obtained in the two experiments were 1.72 and
1.78, respectively. The greater economic efficiency of the consortium was observed in
the first growing season with the application of 3.0 kg m-2 of more manure jitirana cattle
in an area of 100 m2, with gross income of R $ 3,761.00; net income of R $ 2,727.50;
return rate of R $ 3.64 and 72.52% profitability index.
