Deficiência de macronutrientes e de boro em abacaxizeiro 'Imperial': composição mineral Macronutrients and boron deficiency in 'Imperial' pineapple: mineral composition

Avaliaram-se, neste trabalho, os efeitos das deficiências dos macronutrientes e do boro em abacaxizeiro 'Imperial' sobre os teores foliares desses nutrientes. Os tratamentos Completo, - N; - P;- K; - Ca; - Mg; - S e - B foram aplicados como soluções nutritivas, em vasos plásticos com 14 kg de areia de praia purificada e uma muda de abacaxi como unidade experimental. O delineamento foi em blocos casualizados completos, com seis repetições. Determinaram-se os teores de N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S e B na folha "D" inteira aos cinco, sete, nove e 12 meses após o plantio. A deficiência de N reduziu a absorção de S, mas aumentou os teores de P, K, Mg e B; a de P reduziu os teores de N, Ca, Mg, S e B, mas aumentou os de K; a de K aumentou os teores de N, P, Ca, Mg, S e B; a de Ca aumentou os teores de K e Mg e reduziu os de S; as de Mg e de B aumentaram os teores de Ca, e a de S aumentou os teores de K e B. Os teores foliares das plantas normais e deficientes, no início da formação dos frutos, foram, respectivamente: N= 14,8 e 9,7; P= 1,23 e 0,67; K= 20,0 e 11,6; Ca: 4,37 e 0,91; Mg= 2,26 e 0,73; S= 1,45 e 0,45 g kg-1 e B= 18,4 e 5,8 mg kg-1.The objective of this research was to evaluate the effects of the deficiencies of the macronutrients and of boron in 'Imperial' pineapple on the leaf concentrations of those nutrients. The treatments Complete, - N, - P; - K, - Ca, - Mg, - S and - B were applied as nutrient solutions, to plastic pots filled with 14 kg of purified beach sand and one pineapple seedling, as the experimental unit, in a randomized complete block design with six replicates. The "D" leaf concentrations of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S and B were determined at five, seven, nine and 12 months after the planting. The deficiency of N reduced the absorption of S, but it increased the concentrations of P, K, Mg and B; that of P reduced N, Ca, Mg, S and B concentrations, but it increased that of K; that of K increased N, P, Ca, Mg, S and B concentrations; that of Ca increased K and Mg concentrations and reduced the one of S; that of Mg and of B increased Ca concentration and that of S increased K and B concentrations. The leaf concentrations of the normal and deficient plants at the beginning of fruit growth were, respectively: N = 14,8 and 9,7; P = 1,23 and 0,67; K = 20,0 and 11,6; Ca: 4,37 and 0,91; Mg = 2,26 and 0,73; S = 1,45 and 0,45 g kg-1 and B = 18,4 and 5,8 mg kg-1.