Utilização de palmáceas produtoras de palmito, para sombreamento de café Conilon, no estado do Espírito Santo

Abstract

O trabalho teve como objetivo estudar o efeito do sombreamento do palmito pupunha sobre a produção de Café Conilon no sul do Espírito Santo. O experimento foi instalado na Fazenda Experimental de Bananal do Norte, em Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, em blocos casualizados, com quatro repetições e cinco tratamentos, constituídos pelo plantio de café em monocultivo, espaçado de 3,0 x 1,5 m (T1), e consorciado com pupunha, no espaçamentos de 6,0 x 2,0 m (T2), 6,0 x 1,0 m (T3), 3,0 x 2,0 m (T4) e 3,0 x 1,0 m (T5). O plantio de pupunha no espaçamento de 6,0 x 2,0 m aumentou em 14% a produção de café, além de possibilitar a produção adicional de 1708 kg/ha de palmito na área..The objective of this work was to verify the effect on production of Conilon coffe shaded by Pupunha palm in South Espírito Santo State, Brazil. The experiment was carried out in Bananal do Norte Experimental Farm, at Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, in randomized blocks design, with four replications and five treatments, constituted by coffe planted isolated, on 3,0 x 1,5 m spacing (T1), and consorciated with Pupunha palm, on 6,0 x 2,0 m (T2), 6,0 x 1,0 m (T3), 3,0 x 2,0 m (T4), and 3,0 x 1,0 m (T5) spacings. The planting of Pupunha palm, on 6,0 x 2,0 m spacing, increased coffe production by 14% and propitiated an aditional Pupunha palm production of 1708 kg/ha in the area.