Abstract

TICONA QUISPE, Celso; CHOQUE TARQUI, Carlos Eduardo  and  MAMANI, Esmeralda. Agronomic evaluation of four varieties of plantain (Musa paradisiaca) at the Sapecho Experimental Station. Apthapi [online]. 2023, vol.9, n.1, pp. 88-94. ISSN 0102-0304.

ABSTRACT:                    To know the agronomic behavior of each variety of plantain is vitally important to determine its goodness and productivity. In this sense, the purpose of this research is to describe the plantain varieties "Dominico, Guayana, Señorita, and Turco", produced under an organic production system according to their agronomic characteristics in order to identify the best productive characteristics considering variables such as: bunch weight, central finger weight, number of fingers, and number of hands. The results obtainedfor each variable were: the length of fingers of the Guayana variety was greater (26.55 cm) than the others with a magnitude variation of ± 2 cm; regarding the diameter or thickness of the fruits, the Guayana and Dominico varieties had greater diameters (4.43 and 4.39 cm) compared to the Turco (4. 20 cm); nevertheless, the weight of the Turco plantain was greater (220 g/u) than the Guayana, Dominico and Señorita varieties with a margin of variation with a mean ratio between ±20 g to ±40 g. As for the number of hands, the Dominico and Señorita varieties had more hands (8), followed by the Guayana and Turco varieties (7 and 6, respectively); likewise, the number of fruits in the Dominico and Señorita varieties (97 and 96 units) were greater than the Guayana and Turco (55-27 units). In conclusion, by rating the values obtained based on the study variables, it was determined that theadaptability and productivity of the Dominico variety was very good, followed by Guayana, Señorita and Turco.

Keywords : Variety; productivity; adaptability; organic production; cluster; agronomic traits.