Alface e jateikaá em cultivo solteiro e consorciado: produção e atividade antioxidante

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the production of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) e jateikaá (Achyrocline alata (Kunth) DC.) as a single culture and intercropped. The treatments in study were three and four rows of lettuce and two rows of jateikaá spaced 35 cm or 50 cm, four rows of lettuce alternated with two rows of jateikaá (A25J50) and three alternated rows of lettuce with two rows of jateikaá (A35J35). The experiment design was randomized blocks, with four replications. Fresh and dry masses, diameter and height of the lettuce heads and height, fresh and dry masses of inflorescence and aerial parts without inflorescence of jateikaá were evaluated. The antioxidant activity of jateikaá's inflorescence was studied. The culture type and spacing between rows did not influence the characteristics evaluated for lettuce and for jateikaá, with exception of the fresh and dry masses of inflorescences, with production was superior in the 50 cm spacing of plants with height average of 1.12 m for the jateikaá plants. The land equivalent ratio, for intercropping A25J50 was 1.88 and for the A35J35 was 2.05. Intercropping A35J35 might be recommended. Antioxidant activity was observed in all samples. The inhibition standard was similar for both single culture and intercropping, demonstrating that the chemical constituent of jateikaá had presented a high antioxidant potential.