Produção de batata-doce (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) sob cultivo agroflorestal em unidade experimental em Santarém, Pará

Abstract

Agroforestry systems (SAFs) can provide recovery of degraded areas or the reestablishment of fragmented landscapes, with emphasis on the diversification of species that can be produced simultaneously. The introduction of short-cycle crops in agroforestry systems, such as sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam), is an affordable income option, since it requires low production costs and has a relatively short cycle time. Sweet potato is a vegetable, belongs to the Convolvulaceae family and is suitable for warm climates with average temperatures of 24℃. In this sense, the present work aimed to evaluate the production of sweet potato in different arrangements in an experimental unit, in Santarém, Pará. The experiment was conducted in the experimental farm of the Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará -UFOPA. The design used was entirely randomized composed of three plots in each treatment, one in the middle of agroforestry systems and one in full sun as a control treatment. The area used has a history of cattle ranching, and presents an argissolic dystrophic yellow latosol type soil. After the analysis of the production data in the three treatments, full sun, African Mahogany and Teak. It was concluded that, under the conditions exposed by the research, sweet potato was not a species adapted to shaded areas, compared to the production data in full sun cultivation.