Aplicación de lixiviado a base de raquis de banano como abono foliar en el cultivo de banano en la Zona de Machala.

Abstract

The study was based on establishing the effect of the use of banana rachis leachate on the physiology of banana cultivation. The experiment was carried out in a banana plantation located in the El Retiro sector (km 20, via Santa Rosa), El Oro province, owned by Geovin Alejandro Loja Aguirre, which has 8 hectares in production. The study is experimental. The research method is quantitative. The scope of the study is correlative and descriptive, since different doses of leachate were evaluated to help improve macro and micronutrients in banana crops. A completely randomized block experimental design (DBCA) with 5 treatments and 4 repetitions was used (Table 3). The experiment consisted of four blocks with five treatments with ten plants each. The treatments were the following: T1 (Fertigation control), T2 (Banana rachis leachate (LB) 100 lt/ha), T3 (Banana rachis leachate 100 lt/ha + All Organic 25 Kg/ha) T4 (All Organic 25 kg/Ha), T5 (Ozonated Oil 1 lt/Ha). The variables that were studied were total leaves, stem circumference. Statistical analysis was performed with: analysis of variance (ANDEVA) and then Duncan's test, both at 5%. The results determined that the T2 treatment, which is made up of leachate based on banana rachis, can have the same results as commercial fertilizers, in addition to reducing production costs without reducing productivity and obtaining a chemical-free product.