Response Of the Cocoa Crop to The Application of Foliar Biostimulants for Fruit Set and Setting, City of Vinces

Abstract

The present research work was carried out during the rainy season in the province of Los Ríos, Vinces canton in the Anchoveta area. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the flowering of the CCN51 cocoa crop (Theobroma cacaco L.), in addition to evaluating the number of fruit set and fruit set with the use of the following foliar biostimulant: biostimulant based on humic acid, biostimulant a amino acid base and foliar fertilizer based on copper oxide. A DBCA experimental design (completely randomized block design) was used with seven treatments and three repetitions. The statistical analysis indicated a significant difference in the number of flowers and fruit set and fruit set between the treatments in the studies. The treatment with the highest number of flowers was T7 with the use of Ferticacao edaphic fertilizer, while the treatment with the highest number of fruit set and fruit set was treatment T6 with the use of the amino acid-based biostimulant accompanied with the foliar fertilizer. copper oxide base.