Manejo da adubação nitrogenada paraa batata-doce: fontes e parcelamento de aplicação

Abstract

For the purpose of evaluating the yield of the sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.], variety "Rainha Branca", subjected to sources and parceling of nitrogen, an experiment was carried out in soil classified as typical "Inceptisol Regolítico Psamítico" at the Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia county, from April to August 2007. The experimental design used was one of randomized blocks, with a factorial scheme of 2 x 7, using two sources of nitrogen fertilizer (urea and ammonium sulfate) and eight application times (100% at planting; 100% at 30 days after planting (DAP); 100% at 60 DAP; 50% at planting and 50% at 30 DAP; 50% at planting and 50% at 60 DAP; 50% at 30 and 50% at 60 DAP; and 33% at planting, 33% at 30 and 33% at 60 DAP), with four replicates. The following variables were evaluated: average weight of the commercial roots plant-1, the total, commercial, and noncommercial productivities of sweet potato roots. The highest average weight of the commercial roots was obtained with urea in parceling 50% at planting and 50% at 30 DAP, (293.75 g).. Parceling 33% at planting, 33% at 30, and 33% at 60 DAP were responsible for the highest yield of commercial roots per plant. The lowest yield of commercial roots per plant was obtained in the same source with parceling 50% at 30 and 50% at 60 DAP (26.48 g). For the number of commercial roots, total and commercial productivities, ammonium sulfate parceled 33% at planting, 33% at 30, and 33% at 60 DAP provided the highest values (1.50 roots, 30. and 28.4 t ha-1, respectively.