Abstract
Phosphate fertilization improves banana yields, but due to the physiological effects of phosphorus on plants, it can also be used to improve the physical and chemical characteristics of the fruits, which can contribute to increasing the processing of green bananas and reducing losses in the production chain. Herein, the productivity of bunches and fruit, the biometric analysis of the fruit, dry matter content, and the chemical composition of immature fruit were evaluated when the cultivar BRS SCS Belluna (AAA) was grown under different levels of phosphate fertilization for two harvest cycles. The results showed that phosphate fertilizer levels interfered with bunch yield and fruit mass in both cycles, leading to yield gains of 44.3% (1st cycle) and 84.0% (2nd cycle) in bunches and 51.8% (1st cycle) and 81.9% (2nd cycle) in fruits. Fertilization promoted gains of up to 33.5% in fruit mass and enhanced the resistant starch content in the pulp, leading to an increase of 15.1%. The phosphorus, potassium, and calcium contents in green fruits increased with fertilizer levels in the first cycle, improving nutritional quality. These results have useful applications because they indicate that adequate management of phosphate fertilization can increase the potential of the cultivar for industrial processing of green fruits and the nutritional quality of the derived products.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Phosphate fertilizer levels gave a bunch yield gain of 44.3% in the first harvest cycle.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Material
- BRS SCS Bellunat0
- Treatment
- phosphate fertilizer levelse0
- Outcome
- bunch yielde0
- Direction
- gainse0
- Value
- 44.3%e0
- Qualifier
- 1st cyclee0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
t0“banana ‘BRS SCS Belluna’”
e0“phosphate fertilizer levels interfered with bunch yield and fruit mass in both cycles, leading to yield gains of 44.3% (1st cycle) and 84.0% (2nd cycle) in bunches and 51.8% (1st cycle) and 81.9% (2nd cycle) in fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Phosphate fertilizer levels gave a bunch yield gain of 84.0% in the second harvest cycle.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Material
- BRS SCS Bellunat0
- Treatment
- phosphate fertilizer levelse0
- Outcome
- bunch yielde0
- Direction
- gainse0
- Value
- 84.0%e0
- Qualifier
- 2nd cyclee0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
t0“banana ‘BRS SCS Belluna’”
e0“phosphate fertilizer levels interfered with bunch yield and fruit mass in both cycles, leading to yield gains of 44.3% (1st cycle) and 84.0% (2nd cycle) in bunches and 51.8% (1st cycle) and 81.9% (2nd cycle) in fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Phosphate fertilizer levels gave a fruit yield gain of 51.8% in the first harvest cycle.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Material
- BRS SCS Bellunat0
- Treatment
- phosphate fertilizer levelse0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- gainse0
- Value
- 51.8%e0
- Qualifier
- 1st cyclee0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
t0“banana ‘BRS SCS Belluna’”
e0“phosphate fertilizer levels interfered with bunch yield and fruit mass in both cycles, leading to yield gains of 44.3% (1st cycle) and 84.0% (2nd cycle) in bunches and 51.8% (1st cycle) and 81.9% (2nd cycle) in fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Phosphate fertilizer levels gave a fruit yield gain of 81.9% in the second harvest cycle.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Material
- BRS SCS Bellunat0
- Treatment
- phosphate fertilizer levelse0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- gainse0
- Value
- 81.9%e0
- Qualifier
- 2nd cyclee0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
t0“banana ‘BRS SCS Belluna’”
e0“phosphate fertilizer levels interfered with bunch yield and fruit mass in both cycles, leading to yield gains of 44.3% (1st cycle) and 84.0% (2nd cycle) in bunches and 51.8% (1st cycle) and 81.9% (2nd cycle) in fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Phosphate fertilization increased fruit mass by up to 33.5%.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Material
- BRS SCS Bellunat0
- Treatment
- Fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- fruit masse0
- Direction
- gainse0
- Value
- 33.5%e0
- Qualifier
- up toe0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
t0“banana ‘BRS SCS Belluna’”
e0“Fertilization promoted gains of up to 33.5% in fruit mass and enhanced the resistant starch content in the pulp, leading to an increase of 15.1%”
Claim · model-written summary
Phosphate fertilization enhanced the resistant starch content in the pulp, an increase of 15.1%.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Material
- BRS SCS Bellunat0
- Organ / stage
- pulpe0
- Treatment
- Fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- resistant starch contente0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 15.1%e0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
t0“banana ‘BRS SCS Belluna’”
e0“Fertilization promoted gains of up to 33.5% in fruit mass and enhanced the resistant starch content in the pulp, leading to an increase of 15.1%”
Claim · model-written summary
Phosphorus, potassium and calcium contents in green banana fruits increased with fertilizer levels in the first cycle.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Material
- BRS SCS Bellunat0
- Organ / stage
- green fruitse0
- Treatment
- fertilizer levelse0
- Outcome
- phosphorus, potassium, and calcium contentse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- first cyclee0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
t0“banana ‘BRS SCS Belluna’”
e0“The phosphorus, potassium, and calcium contents in green fruits increased with fertilizer levels in the first cycle”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that adequate management of phosphate fertilization can increase the potential of the cultivar for industrial processing of green fruits.
Verbatim
t0“banana ‘BRS SCS Belluna’”
e0“adequate management of phosphate fertilization can increase the potential of the cultivar for industrial processing of green fruits”
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