Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
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Item Alternative sources of potassium in coffee plants for better soil fertility, productivity, and beverage quality(Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa, 2018-12) Dias, Kaio Gonçalves de Lima; Guimarães, Paulo Tácito Gontijo; Carmo, Davi Lopes do; Reis, Thiago Henrique Pereira; Lacerda, Julian Junio de JesusThe objective of this work was to evaluate alternative sources of potassium for improving soil fertility and coffee productivity and beverage quality. The experiment was conducted in a coffee (Coffea arabica) crop, planted in an Oxisol area, in the municipality of Patrocínio, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The treatments consisted of the K sources TK47 and Super Greensand (SG) – both based on glauconite silicate mineral –, at the following doses: 0 kg ha-1K2O (control); 42, 84, 168, and 336 kg ha-1K2O from TK47; 618 kg ha-1K2O from KCl; and 168 kg ha-1K2O from SG. A randomized complete block design was used, with four replicates in each treatment. The experimental units consisted of three rows with ten plants each, using the eight central plants as the useful plot. Potassium fertilization with TK47 increased soil fertility, correcting soil acidity and elevating K + , P, and Ca 2+ contents, effective cation exchange capacity, and Zn 2+ and Fe 2+ levels in the soil. Fertilization with 336 kg ha-1K2O from TK47, in a single dose, provides grain yield and polyphenol oxidase activity similar to those of fertilization with 618 kg ha-1K2O from KCl, in a split-dose, but a better sensory analysis of the resultant beverage.