Does organic hop cultivation in subtropical conditions promote physiological and productive changes?

Autor: Caio Scardini Neves, Eduardo Santana Aires, Laura Matos Ribera, Olivia Pak Campos, Gabriel Cássia Fortuna, Jordany Aparecida de Oliveira Gomes, Elizabeth Orika Ono, João Domingos Rodrigues, Filipe Pereira Giardini Bonfim
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Ciência Rural, Vol 54, Iss 9 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-4596
0103-8478
DOI: 10.1590/0103-8478cr20230323
Popis: ABSTRACT: Hops are grown mainly for the brewing market due to the rich chemical composition that gives beer aroma and bitterness. Brazil is one of the largest beer producers and consumers in the world and one of the largest hop importers. There is growing demand and interest in producing hops for domestic supply; however, as this crop originates from a temperate climate and the Northern Hemisphere, it is important to carry out research that describes the development of hops in a tropical climate to provide information on its cultivation in Brazil, as well as to determine its behavior in organic cultivation. A randomized block design was adopted, the treatments consisted of two cropping systems, conventional and organic, for Hallertau Mittelfrueh variety cultivation, with four blocks and three plants per plot. Gas exchange analyzes of plants under both cultivation systems were performed to obtain measurements of A, g s , Ci, E, WUE and A/Ci, morphometric and yield analyzes were also carried out. In comparison with the plants of the organic system, the plants of the conventional cultivation had greater photosynthetic efficiency; however, the practices adopted in the organic cultivation system provided the plants with greater productive capacity.
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