Liming in Growing Mango Cultivar Keitt in Production

• Published in: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 430 - 438
• Main Authors: Almeida, Eliozéas Vicente de, Fernandes, Francisco Maximino, Caione, Gustavo, de Mello Prado, Renato, Boliani, Aparecida Conceição, Corrêa, Luiz de Souza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Taylor & Francis 21.02.2015; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: aluminum; base saturation; calcium; cultivars; fruit quality; Fruits; Haplustox; hydrogen; limestone; liming; magnesium; Mangifera indica L; mangoes; nutritional status; plant nutrition; potassium; productivity; protons; soil acidity; soil fertility; soil pH; tropical soils; Brazil; Brazil, Mato Grosso
• ISSN: 1532-2416; 0010-3624; 1532-2416; 1532-4133
• DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2014.983242

The tropical soil acidity is one of the main limiting factors for crop productivity. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of application of limestone dose to soil fertility, nutritional status of the crop, and productivity and quality of the fruits of mango, cultivar Keitt. The study was carried out at Selvíria, state of Mato Grosso Sul, Brazil, in a Typic Haplustox (pH in CaCl ₂ = 4.7), cultivated with mango cultivar Keitt grafted on Coquinho pattern in the production phase (13 years old). Treatments were composed of limestone doses (0, 1.55, 3.10, 4.65, and 6.20 t ha ⁻¹), arranged in blocks at random with three repetitions. The limestone was applied and incorporated in the surface layer of 0 to 5 cm deep in the total area. We evaluated the chemical attributes of the soil [pH, hydrogen (H+) aluminum (Al), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), and sum of bases and base saturation] at 16 and 28 months after liming (layer 0 to 20 cm deep), the nutrition of plants at 12 months after liming, and quality of the fruit in two crop years. Liming promoted improvements in soil chemical attributes, reflected in the nutritional status, productivity, and quality of mango fruit. Also, there was a linear effect with the application of lime dose on the productivity of the fruit, but after the second year of evaluation.