Efeito de diferentes doses de esterco de aves no crescimento e florescimento de 'Lulo' (Solanum quitoense var. septentrionale).

The exotic fruit cultivation occupies an important place within the horticulture, among the many species with potential for exploitation, the hops culture stands out for presenting excellent nutritional characteristics, such as antioxidant properties, the presence of vitamin A and C, protein, pepsin and minerals. The hops plant belongs to the Solanaceae family and occurs naturally in the Andean regions. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of increasing doses of chicken manure in hops grown under organic production system. The experiment was installed in the experimental area FAFICH in Goiatuba-GO municipality in the period november 2014 to march 2015. The experimental design was a randomized complete block design with four treatments and five repetitions. The treatments were: 0.0; 0.72; 2.17 and 6.52 kg plant-1 of manure and each treatment was split into three equal doses. The plants were evaluated during the stages of growth, and the variables: plant height (cm); stem diameter (cm); length and width of sheet 3 (cm); early flowering (anthesis) and chlorophyll content. It was observed that the DAT 180 increased poultry manure doses provided significant growth in plants, obtaining the best results in dosage (6.09 kg pl-1) where the plant height reached variable 32.35 cm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]