Quality index in seedlings of the Theobroma cacao L for foment forestry

Abstract

With the objective of evaluating the response of cacao seedlings to the application of CTA-Humus® and Glomus cubense in the edaphoclimatic and technological conditions of the technical nursery of the Agroforestry and coconut gerency in the municipality of Baracoa. A test was developed cacao seeds were used, and at the time of sowing they were sprayed with the CTA-Humus® soil conditioner a mycorrhizal. Four treatments were used that were replicated five times in a completely randomized design. Were evaluated variables morfo-fisiology and the slenderness index. It was obtained that the application combinated of CTA-Humus® and Glomus cubense was decisive in the growth and vigor of the cacao positions. The study also determined that the application of CTA-Humus® is more effective in obtaining high quality postures represented in the best values ​​for the physiological variables evaluated and the slenderness index, the ratio (stem/root) and the quality index of Dickson.