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The species Salix x rubens is being grown on the Southern Plateau of Santa Catarina since the 1940s, but so far the soil fertility requirements of the crop have not been assessed. This study is the first to evaluate the production profile of willow plantations in this region, based on the modified method of Summer & Farina (1986), for the recommendation of fertility levels for willow. By this method, based on the law of Minimum and of Maximum for willow production for the conditions on the Southern Plateau of Santa Catarina, the following ranges could be recommended: pH: 5.0-6.5; P: 12-89 mg dm-3; Mg: 3.2-7.5 mg; Zn: 5.0-8.3 mg dm-3; Cu: 0.8-4.6 mg dm-3; and Mn; 20-164 mg dm-3. The Ca/Mg ratio should be between 1.2 and 2.9. For K and Ca only the lower (sufficiency level), but not the upper threshold (excess) was established, with respectively 114 mg dm-3 and 5.3 cmol c dm-3. It was also possible to determine the upper threshold for Al and the Al/Ca ratio, i.e., 1.7 cmol c dm-3 and 0.28, respectively. For maximum yields, the clay in the soil surface layer should be below 320 g dm-3.

O café conilon (Coffea canephora) ocupa grande importância no cenário sócio-econômico no Espírito Santo, e o seu cultivo, principalmente, de forma orgânica é crescente e representativo; no entanto, faltam informações sobre valores de referência de teores da folha, bem como um diagnóstico nutricional. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estabelecer e comparar padrões de referência e propor valores de teores foliares considerados adequados, a partir de lavouras de alta produtividade de cafeeiros conilon cultivados de forma orgânica ou convencional na região norte do estado do Espírito Santo. Determinaram-se os teores foliares de N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, B, Cu, Fe, Mn e Zn em 40 lavouras sob cultivo convencional e 56 lavouras sob cultivo orgânico. Foram selecionadas para estabelecer as normas DRIS 23 lavouras sob cultivo convencional e 22 lavouras orgânicas. Para comparar as normas estabelecidas, utilizou-se o teste "t" de Student, a 1 %, e realizaram-se diagnósticos nas lavouras orgânicas e convencionais, por meio das normas DRIS, com a incorporação da matéria seca, verificando a freqüência do nutriente cujo índice foi mais negativo e mais positivo. Os nutrientes que mais vezes apresentaram índices DRIS mais negativos nas lavouras orgânicas foram Mn, Cu, N e P e, nas lavouras convencionais, foram Mn, Cu e P. Os resultados evidenciam que as normas DRIS são específicas a cada forma de cultivo.Conilon coffee (Coffea canephora) is very important for the economy of the state of Espírito Santo and its organic cultivation is increasing. However, there is a lack of information on leaf reference values for this form of management, as well as a nutritional diagnosis. The objective of this study was to establish and compare reference patterns and to propose adequate values of leaf nutrient concentrations obtained on high yielding conilon coffee plantations, cultivated under organic or conventional systems, in the northern area of Espírito Santo State. Leaf concentrations of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, B, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn were determined in plantations under conventional and 56 plantations under organic cultivation. To establish DRIS norms, the data of 23 plantations under conventional cultivation and 22 organic plantations were used. The established norms were compared by the Student "t" test at 1 % probability. Organic and conventional plantations were diagnosed through DRIS norms with the incorporation of dry matter data in the analysis. The frequency of the nutrients with the most negative or most positive index was verified. The most frequent nutrients with more negative DRIS index on the organic plantations were Mn, Cu, N, and P. In the conventional plantations, the most frequent nutrients with more negative index were Mn, Cu and P. The results suggested that each cultivation system should be diagnosed by specific DRIS norms.