SYNERGY: COCOA MUCILAGE WITH ACETIC ACID IN THE CONTROL OF MOSS (RIGODIUM IMPLEXUM) ON CRIOLLO COCOA PLANTATIONS

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.9733122304087

• Palavras-chave: contamination, cocoa mucilage, fermentation, concentrations, organic herbicide

• Keywords: contamination, cocoa mucilage, fermentation, concentrations, organic herbicide

• Abstract:

  In agronomy, the use of organic herbicides allows the farmer to avoid all kinds of risks of environmental contamination, in addition to the reuse of a raw material that is not used economically, therefore, this research identifies new alternatives to eliminate mosses that are attached to stems and branches of criollo cocoa.
  It is proposed to take advantage of the Creole cocoa saliva that through a fermentation process that will act as a dispersant to control moss (Rigodium implexum), with the use of this organic solution an improvement will be made in the management of non-synthetic herbicides and avoid a environmental risk. The study area has a territorial approximation of 200 hectares of Creole cocoa crops, in addition, samples of Creole cocoa mucilage were obtained for the preparation of organic solutions and later to be applied within the study area.
  The experimental part consisted of 5 treatments with 3 repetitions, each treatment has concentrations in percentages of cocoa mucilage, acetic acid, distilled water T1(15:10:75), T2(40:10:50), T3(65:10 :25), T4(90:10:0), T5(100:0:0), considering the identification of the plants with more mosses, this process was experimented on 15 criollo cocoa plants in branches identified by a certain area to obtain the percentage of moss removed by the area of moss occupied.
  An ANOVA analysis was carried out in the SPSS statistical program, giving treatment 4 as effective, accepting the alternative hypothesis, however, due to its high concentration of organic herbicide mucilage, it is not considered optimal for inhibiting moss, because it destroys cocoa flowers. the low cocoa production becoming a disadvantage, which concluded that treatment 3 is more optimal for the control of moss (rigodium implexum), allowing to mitigate the use of this organic residue that is available to farmers.