Epagri software facilitates banana fertilization
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Epagri software facilitates banana fertilization
High productivity bananais require proper nutrition management, based on the monitoring of soil fertility and the nutritional status of plants. To help the Santa Catarina bananiculturist in this delicate mission Epagri offers the ADUBABANANA software 1.0, that can be downloaded for free from the technical folder, available here.
The program, developed by researchers from Epagri's experimental stations in Urussanga and Itajaí, It is a complementary tool to the tables and manuals to recommend and fertilize. Technology proposes to facilitate the management of banana, automating the interpretation of the results of soil and leaf tissue analyzes. This way, assists in the accurate recommendation of corrective and fertilizer doses, which reduces financial costs and raises the sustainability of the orchard.
Various features
Initially, The user should enter soil and production analysis data and opt for planting and formation or production and maintenance recommendation recommendation. From there you will navigate several features.
The Lining tab allows the recommendation of limestone by the SMP index method or the basis of bases by bases. The software also has the Fertilization tab, where the user can easily calculate the amounts of fertilizers to be used, define the installment payment and obtain the cost estimate of the action.
Fertilization calendar and interpretation of leaf analysis
The user will also find the fertilization calendar. After insertion of the planting date, The software presents the fertilizer times and the recommended amount of each fertilizer. The user can also store reports and issue personalized reports.
The program offers a screen for interpretation of leaf analysis, as well as the fertigogram to assist in identifying disabilities or nutritional excesses. Finally, brings auxiliary files with data from mineral and organic fertilizers. Such files can be easily updated by the user, changing cost values and adding or excluding fertilizers from the list.
To facilitate navigation and optimize the use of the program, Epagri researchers prepared a manual, Available for download here. Summary technology information is gathered in the folder, that can be downloaded here.
Information: Epagri
Photo: Aires Mariga | Epagri
