Supplemental irrigation and its effect on flowering and production of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) var. CATRENIC, Carazo, Nicaragua, 2013-2014

Abstract

Due to the importance of the coffee (Coffea arabica L.) in exports of Nicaragua, an experiment on the cultivation of coffee in the San Dionisio (11 ° 53 ‘80’ ‘LN, 86 ° 14’ 05 ‘was established LO and 552 m), San Marcos, Carazo, Nicaragua, in order to evaluate the growth, development and production of coffee under three sheets of supplementary drip irrigation (0, 10, 20 and 30 mm) applied from 14 April 2013 to the normal presence of rainfall in the area. The treatments were placed in a randomized complete block design (BCA) with four replicates. The variables fruit peel, leaf area index, bandolas growth, formation of knots and production potential analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey (α = 0.05) was applied. The irrigation depth of 20 mm favored vegetative growth, formation of productive structures and productivity.