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was properly irrigated and went through absolutely no
difference in water supply.
During the trial three-year-old C. Canephora Conilon
plants were used, grown with a spacing of three meters
between rows and one meter between plants, with four
orthotropic stems per plant, while.
Training of the the plants were managed according
to recommended and generally used technical
recommendations for the crop.
Fertilization was performed through the irrigation system,
with 110 gram of simple superphosphate and 80 grams
of 20-00-20 formulate applied during November and
December, respectively, and 100 gram and 120 gram of
both materials applied during the month of March and May.
The treatments were composed of four genotypes (clones)
of coffee trees with different maturation cycles (early,
intermediate, late and very late).
A completely randomized experimental design was
XVHd FRnWDininJ ÀYH UHSOiFDWHV fiYe SOants . Initially, 70
plagiotropic branches with the same pattern per genotype
were picked out and marked at random.