The new planting areas of cacao in the Amazon basin of Brazil were established on eutrophic soils, especially structured Purple Earth, and on Yellow Latosol or dystrophic podzolic soils. The nutrient requirements of cacao trees cultivated on these soils were still unknown. The effects of N, P and K on the productivity of cacao were determined in two experiments conducted in the counties of Medicilândia, along the Transamazonian Highway, and Benevides, Pará, Brazil. The cacao crop of the hybrid Sca […]