Boundary Line Model to Estimate the Nutrient Sufficiency Range in Muskmelon Leaves

AUTOR(ES)

Maia, Celsemy Eleutério, Morais, Elis Regina Costa de

FONTE

Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Solo

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

15/12/2016

RESUMO

ABSTRACT: The boundary line is a method frequently used to assess the nutritional status of plants when the relationship between the variables under analysis is influenced by other interacting factors. The objective of this study was to propose and test the boundary line model to estimate the nutrient sufficiency range and nutritional status of irrigated muskmelon. The lower and upper limits of the sufficiency range were calculated as a basis for assessment of the nutritional status of muskmelon. Leaf material was collected from 70 muskmelon crop areas in northern Brazil. The nutrient (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Fe, Zn, Mn, B, and Cu) concentrations in the leaf tissue and the respective fruit yield of each area were measured. The proposed model to estimate the boundary line allowed estimation of the sufficiency range of nutrients for irrigated muskmelon. The main growth-limiting factors of muskmelon due to nutritional deficiency were P > N = K, and those caused by nutrient excess were N > Zn = Cu.

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