The Southern part of Minas Gerais State is an important coffee producer region in Brazil. Though coffee yields are still quite low. Plant tissue analysis based on sufficiency ranges as well as the Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System (DRIS) are important tools for the correct use of fertilizers. However, as local standards are not yet obtained for Coffea arabica in that region, recognition as well as calibration of reference values used elsewhere are called for. Objectives of this study were: […]

The present study was conducted to evaluate the nutritional status of sugarcane in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by means of sufficiency range and Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System (DRIS). Foliar samples were collected in commercial sugarcane fields to evaluate the N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Cu, Mn and Zn concentrations. These foliar contents were compared to: (a) sufficiency range described in the literature, (b) average foliar concentration from a high-yielding group cultivated in Campos dos Goytacazes […]