Mapping the potential beverage quality of coffee produced in the Zona da Mata, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

BACKGROUND: Detailed knowledge of coffee production systems enables optimization of crop management, harvesting and post-harvest techniques. In this study, coffee quality is mapped as a function of coffee variety, altitude and terrain aspect attributes. The work was performed in the Zona da Mata, Minas Gerais, Brazil. RESULTS: A large range of coffee quality grades was observed for the Red Catuai variety. For the Yellow Catuai variety, no quality grades lower than 70 were observed. Regarding the terrain aspect, samples from the southeast-facing slope (SEFS) and the northwest-facing slope (NWFS) exhibited distinct behaviors. The SEFS samples had a greater range of quality grades than did the NWFS samples. The highest grade was obtained from an NWFS point. The lowest quality values and the largest range of grades were observed at lower altitudes. The extracts from the highest-altitude samples did not produce any low-quality coffee. CONCLUSIONS: The production site's position and altitude are the primary variables that influenced the coffee quality. The study area has micro-regions with grades ranging from 80 to 94. These areas have the potential for producing specialty coffees. © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry.

Estiva de Ca E Mg foliares por meio de Ca E Mg do solo em bananeira 'Prata Anã' utilizando cokrigagem / Estimation of nutrients foliar of tree banana 'Prata Anã' using cokrigagem

O objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar a eficiência do método estatístico da cokrigagem na estimativa do Ca e Mg foliares da bananeira 'Prata Anã', utilizando os teores de Ca e Mg do solo como variáveis auxiliares. Foram coletadas em torno de cada planta quatro amostras de solo na camada de 0 ­ 0,2 m e em seguida homogeneizadas formando uma amostra composta. Para análise foliar foram coletadas de 10 a 25 cm da parte interna mediana do limbo foliar, na terceira folha a contar do ápice eliminando-se a nervura central, no período de inflorescência da planta, em uma malha regular, totalizando 100 pontos amostrais espaçados de 6 x 4 m. Obteve-se as margens de erros associadas à cokrigagem por comparação dos valores estimados com aqueles determinados em laboratório. Os resultados mostraram que a técnica foi capaz de estimar os nutrientes foliares com eficiência.

The objective of this study was to investigate the efficiency of the cokrigagem statistical method to estimate the Ca and Mg leaf of tree banana 'Prata Anã', using the Ca and Mg in the soil as auxiliary variables. Were collected around each plant four samples of soil layer from 0 - 0.2 m then homogenised to form a composite sample. For leaf analysis were collected from 10 to 25 cm from the inner leaf of the median, the third leaf from apex eliminating the midrib, from inflorescence of the plant in a regular grid, totaling 100 sampling points spaced 6 x 4 m. Obtained the margins of error associated with cokrigagem by comparing the estimated values with those determined in the laboratory. The results showed that the technique was able to estimate the nutrient content efficiently

Produção de mudas de essências florestais em diferentes substratos e acompanhamento do desenvolvimento em campo / Yield of seedling species forestry of four using different substrates and development in field

Objetivou-se neste trabalho avaliar o efeito de substratos com diferentes características físicas e químicas na formação de mudas e o desenvolvimento no campo das espécies Cedrela fissilis Vell. (cedro rosa), Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden (eucalipto), Acacia holocericea A. Cunn. ex G. Don (acácia) e Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (aroeirinha), produzidas em tubetes de 55 cm³. Os substratos no viveiro foram constituídos de diversas combinações dos seguintes materiais: húmus de minhoca, esterco bovino curtido, esterco de galinha, turfa, casca de amendoim processada, casca de arroz carbonizada e palha de café. Na primeira etapa foi utilizado o delineamento inteiramente casualizado (DIC). Foram avaliadas as variáveis morfológicas das mudas e suas relações. O delineamento estatístico no campo foi em blocos, em parcelas subdivididas e as covas foram preenchidas com dois diferentes tipos de adubações - esterco bovino e esterco bovino + condicionador de solo. Nessa etapa, foram avaliadas as variáveis altura e diâmetro das plantas. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de variância e ao teste de média (Newman-Keuls 5 por cento). Conforme os resultados obtidos na etapa de viveiro, os substratos que podem ser recomendados para produção de mudas das espécies estudadas foram os à base de Húmus de minhoca, casca de amendoim processada e turfa. Na etapa de campo, a adubação com esterco bovino + condicionador de solo proporcionou maiores valores das variáveis em todas as espécies, com exceção da altura das plantas para a acácia.

This experiment was installed with the aim of evaluating the substrates effect with different chemical and physical characteristics in the formation of seedling of Cedrela fissilis Vell. (cedro rosa), Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden (eucalipto), Acacia holocericea A. Cunn. ex G. Don (acacia) and Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (aroeirinha) produced in tubes of 55 cm³. The substrates had been constituted of several combinations of the following materials: húmus of earthworm, tanned cattle manure, fertilizer of hen, turf, rind of processed peanut, carbonized rind of rice, coffee straw. The experimental outline used was entirely randomized. The morphologic parameters of seedling and their relations were evaluated. The pits were filled with two types of fertilization: cattle manure and cattle manure + conditioning of soil in field. The data were submitted to the analysis of variance and the test of average (Newman-Keuls 5 percent). The results obtained in the nursery stage that can be recommended for production of seedlings of the studied essences were the base substrates of earthworm humus, peanut peel processed and peat. In the field stage, except for the species acacia, for the variable height of the plants, the fertilization with cattle manure + conditioning of soil was the best for all the appraised variables, providing better development of the seedlings in relation to the fertilization with cattle manure only.