Performance of banana cultivars under Ceres-GO edaphoclimatic conditions

Abstract

World banana production in 2017 was of 1136.92 million tons, and Brazil was the fourth largest producer in the world with 6.67 million tons. The objective of this work was to study the agronomic performance of five bananas cultivars under edaphoclimatic conditions in the region of Ceres, Goiás (GO). The seedlings used were from in vitro propagation transplanted to plastic bags and placed in a screened coop for a period of 90
days. After that, they were transplanted to the field at spacing of 3 m between rows and 2.5 m between plants. The experimental design was randomized blocks with five repetitions. The treatments were five bananas cultivars: BRS Conquista, Grand Naine, Maçã Tropical, PA 94 01, and Prata-Anã. Each plot consisted of four banana families. The evaluated characteristics were: number of fruits per hand, number of fruits per bunch, fruit diameter, fruit length, fruit mass, set mass, number of bunch, hand mass, bunch mass, productivity per cycle and total productivity. The data were submitted to analysis of variance and the means were compared by the Tukey test at 5%. Prata-Anã provided the smallest number of fruits per hand. Grand Naine cultivar was superior to the cultivation in the region due to its productivity. The other obtained similar productive performance among themselves and inferior to Grand Naine. All banana cultivars have production potential for Ceres-GO.