Influência do sistema de condução na produção e na qualidade dos frutos das videiras 'Folha de Figo' e 'Niagara Rosada' em Caldas, MG

Abstract

The present work was developed in the Station of Viticulture and Enology of Caldas EPAMIG, Caldas, MG, and it aimed to evaluate the influence of the conduction system in the production and in the quality of the fruits of the vines 'Folha de Figo' and 'Niagara Rosada' during the crops 2003, 2004 and 2005. As you cultivate cup it was used Rosy Niagara and Leaf of Fig, grafted in the door-graft ' 420-TO '. The experimental design was fully randomized, disposed in factorial scheme 4x2. The conduction systems adopted were: simple string, pergola, espaldeira and lira. The following variables were evaluated: mass and medium number of branches; shoot growth; shoot number; plant production; estimated yield; of total soluble solids levels (ºBrix), total titrable acidity (meq.L-1), and pH. It was verified that the systems espaldeira, lira and pergola promoted the highest mass averages and shoot number in both varieties. The conduction system Pergola and simple string triggered certain precocity in both varieties. The descending load promoted by the simple string induced a lower shoot growth. The conduction systems were similar for the variable production/plant for the cultivars 'Niagara Rosada,'while for 'Folha de Figo'the lira was higher. In the general, the systems of conduction lira and espaldeira showed vines with higher productivities for the analyzed cultivars. And the vines from the simple string and pergola systems produced fruits with better quality for both cultivars.