Yield and postharvest of ‘BRS Platina’ banana not irrigated under different types of soil mulches

ABSTRACT

Banana (Musa spp.) is a crop with outstanding economic and social expression throughout the world. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of different mulches types in growth production and postharvest of banana ‘BRS Platina’ not irrigated. The experiment was conducted in the farm of the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA). Micropropagated banana plants of the cultivar BRS were planted in the field with a spacing of 2.5 × 3.0 m (1333 plants ·ha^-1), without irrigation. About 20 days after planting, different mulches were installed: black polyethylene films, double-sided polyethylene films (white and black), organic mulch (from the own crop) and control (bare soil). The experimental was set up in a randomized block design with four treatments, six blocks and six plants per treatment, totaling 144 plants. Among the six plants used in each treatment, two constituted the border, therefore four plants were evaluated. The analysis performed in the first and second crop were: growth analysis, postharvest quality, production and productivity. Both organic and inorganic (plastic film) mulch provide greater growth and yield of banana ‘BRS Platina’ not irrigated, in two years of production and can be used in the cultivation of this crop.

Key words
plastic film; polyethylene; Musa spp.

Introduction

Banana (Musa spp.) is a crop with outstanding economic and social expression throughout the world. It is an important source of food and one of the fruits with the highest production and consumption among tropical fruit trees.

Mulching is the process of covering the soil surface around the plants with an organic or synthetic material to create congenial condition for plant growth, development and efficient production (Bakshi et al. 2015). There are different types of mulches, such as inorganic (gravel, pebbles or polyethylene film) and organic (wood, bark or leaves, used individually or in mixtures) (Ni et al. 2016).

Plastic film mulching has become a globally applied agricultural practice (Steinmetz et al. 2016). In China, it is estimated that about 15 – 19% of its arable land is currently cultivated under plastic film mulch (Wang et al. 2016). Its use aims to improve the soil environment, thus making it more beneficial to plant growth and increasing water use efficiency in semiarid regions (Ekebafe et al. 2011), once it can conserve soil moisture, maintain soil temperature and reduce fertilizers leaching. Mulching can also promote early harvest of crop and improve yield and fruit quality (Aman et al. 2018). Therefore, the current global usage of plastic mulch films is enormous and has been increasing in recent years (Brodhagen et al. 2017).

Organic mulches are those natural origin materials which can decompose naturally. Leaves are beneficial for soil; they contribute with nutrients when used as mulch. (Ranjan et al. 2017). Organic mulch promotes restoration of degraded soils and improves soil fertility, leading to greater crop productivity (Fang et al. 2007; Kader et al. 2017). They also regulate soil temperature, improve nutrient availability and absorption by roots and encourage soil biological activity (Liang et al. 2002; Pervaiz et al. 2009; Pakdel et al. 2013).

Technologies that optimize water resources are of extreme importance, since agriculture success is totally dependent on this resource. Several old techniques have been rescued and optimized, as the use of mulches. Recent studies show the efficiency of the plastic film mulch on the growth and yield of different cultures, such as mango, banana, papaya and pineapple, according to the National Committee on Plasticulture Applications in Horticulture (Bhattacharya et al. 2018).

Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the effect of different mulches types in growth, production and postharvest of banana ‘BRS Platina’ not irrigated.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

The experiment was conducted at the farm of the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), located in the city of Lavras, southern Minas Gerais, from 2015 to 2017 The Köppen climate classification for this region is Cwa - subtropical climate (21°14’S, 45°00’W and 918 m of average altitude), i.e., a subtropical climate with cold and dry winters and warm and moist summers (Köppen and Geiger 1928). The average annual temperature in 2015, 2016 and 2017 was 21.4, 21.1 and 20.8 °C with minimum average temperature 16.6 °C in 2015, 16.2 °C in 2016 and 15.8 °C in 2017 and average maximum temperature 27.9 °C in 2015, 27.9 °C in 2016 and 27.6 °C in 2017 (Fig. 1). The sum of rainfall was 1246.00 mm in 2015, 1240.60 mm in 2016 and 1097.00 mm in 2017 (Table 1). The soil in the study area was classified as dystrophic Red Latosol clayey texture (Embrapa 2013), with 2.23 dag.kg^-1 of organic matter. Before implementing this experiment, the area was cultivated with physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.).

Figure 1
Climatic data from January 2015 to December 2017 in Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil. (INMET, 2020)

Soil preparation was carried out with a plowing and two harrowing, followed by the grooving in lines with a depth of 20 cm. Later, micropropagated banana plants cultivar ‘BRS Platina’ were planted in the field in November 5th of 2015 with a spacing of 2.5 × 3.0 m (1333 plants·ha^-1), 2.5 m between lines and 3.0 m between plants, totaling an area of 1,080 m², without irrigation. About 20 days after planting, different mulches were installed: black polyethylene films, double-sided polyethylene film (white and black), organic mulch and control (bare soil). For the organic mulch, cultural remains from another banana plantation near the experiment area were used, in the first and in the second crop. In the second crop cultural remains of the culture itself were also used. The organic mulch used in the two years of production totally covered the soil in the planting line in the same width as the plastic films. When the organic mulch was decomposed it was replaced so that there was total soil coverage in the planting line. The plastic films (1.60 m width) were stretched on the planting line, cuts were made in the position of each plant, then the planting line was covered by plastic and the edges of the plastic were fixed with the soil.

Table 1
α-amylase activity and other nutritional ingredients contents of normal seeds with no chalkiness and three grades of chalky seeds.

Year		Months		Precipitation (mm)		Year		Months		Precipitation (mm)
2015		November		273.80		2017		January		157.90
2015		December		232.90		2017		February		64.10
2016		January		400.60		2017		March		158.60
2016		February		114.90		2017		April		108.30
2016		March		122.80		2017		May		57.60
2016		April		22.20		2017		June		29.00
2016		May		4.30		2017		July		0.00
2016		June		84.20		2017		August		1.40
2016		July		0.00		2017		September		32.60
2016		August		22.60		2017		October		125.30
2016		September		8.60		2017		November		126.40
2016		October		125.20		2017		December		235.80
2016		November		190.20
2016		December		145.00

• Source: INMET, 2020.

The management practices carried out were a fertilization at planting and four cover fertilizations, two at the first crop, two months after planting and in the flowering of the plants. The other two were in the second crop at harvest and three months after harvesting the first crop. The defoliation and thinning happened in the field every 15 days and, if necessary, these procedures were performed, this management was adopted for the first and second crops. Thinning was carried out on the suckers 20 to 30 cm.

Regarding the banana plant climatic requirements, the optimum temperature for the normal development is around 28 °C. The range of 15 to 35 °C of temperature is considered the extreme limits for exploration of the culture. The largest banana production is associated with a total annual rainfall of 1,900 mm, well distributed throughout the year, that is, representing 160 mm/month and 5 mm/day, with annual average relative humidity above 80%. The photosynthetic activity accelerates rapidly when lighting is in the range of 2,000 to 10,000 lux (Borges and Souza 2004).

The experiment was set up in a randomized block design with four treatments, six blocks and six plants per treatment, totaling 144 plants. Among the six plants used in each treatment, two constituted the border, therefore four plants were evaluated. The data was submitted to analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the means compared by Tukey’s test at 5%of significance level using the statistical program SISVAR (Ferreira 2011).

The analysis performed in the first and second crop were:

Growth analysis

The plants were evaluated for leaf number (unit), plant height (cm), pseudostem diameter (cm) and suckers number (unit) over 5 monthly evaluations. The plants were evaluated from 60 days after planting to 180 days in the first crop. With regards to the second crop after 120 days planting, the first suckers emerged that would give succession to the banana plantation, from that the mother plant and the daughter plant were evaluated simultaneously, until the mother plant bloomed. Later, only the daughter plant was evaluated from 120 days after planting up to 240 days, also until the plant bloomed.

Postharvest quality

Samples were taken (one hand) from the total of bunches harvested from the experiment at the maturation stage six, according Von Loesecke’s (1950) scale. Physical analysis in the fruits were performed, the length and diameter (mm) were measured with a pachymeter and the following chemical parameters were analyzed on the fruit pulp: soluble solids (SS), in refractometer, with results expressed in °Brix; titratable acidity (TA), determined according to the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) expressed in % of citric acid per 50 mL of pulp, determined by titration with sodium hydroxide (0.1 N) using 1% phenolphthalein as indicator, the soluble solids/titratable acidity ratio (SS/TA).

Production and Productivity

The harvests were carried out in November 2016 and 2017. The number of hands (NH) was determined by the average number of hands obtained in the bunches collected in the plot. The number of fruits per hands (NFH) was determined by the average number of bananas obtained in each plot harvested in the plot. The production was obtained from the average of the weights of hands collected in the plot and the productivity (Kg·ha^-1) was obtained from the average weights of hands collected in the plot multiplied by the number of plants (1333 plants·ha^-1) (Lorena et al. 2016).

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Growth analysis

Most of the growth characteristics did not differ significantly for the interaction between mulches and evaluation period. Therefore, these factors were evaluated separately (Table 2 and 3).

Table 2
Plant height (PH), pseudostem diameter (PD), sucker number (SN) and leaf number (LN) of de Musa spp. of the first and second crop, under different mulches.

Mulches		PH (cm)		PD (cm)		SN (unit)
	First crop
Control (bare soil)		1.38b		44.12b		1.66b
Organic mulch		1.57a		52.12a		2.30a
Plastic film (white and black)		1.53a		49.81a		2.18a
Plastic film (black)		1.54a		51.45a		2.24a
CV (%)		10.19		12.46		30.64
Mulches		PH (cm)		PD (cm)		SN (unit)
	Second crop
Control (baresoil)		2.28c		69.81b		13.80b
Organic mulch		2.69a		80.99a		14.19b
Plastic film (white and black)		2.51b		79.15a		16.19a
Plastic film (black)		2.45b		77.38a		17.02a
CV (%)		8.05		6.96		13.86

• ^*
  Means followed by the same letter within columns are not significantly different by Tukey’s test (p ≤ 0.05).

Table 3
Plant height (PH), pseudostem diameter (PD), sucker number (SN) and leaf number (LN) of de Musa spp. of the first and second crop at the periods of evaluation.

Evaluations period (days)		PH (cm)		PD (cm)		SN (unit)
	First crop
60		0.85e		29.04d		0.00e
90		1.24d		40.57c		2.20c
120		1.60c		53.62b		3.58b
150		1.87b		60.48a		4.10a
180		1.97a		63.15a		0.61d
CV (%)		4.95		12.53		26.75
Evaluations period (days)		PH (cm)		PD (cm)		SN (unit)
	Second crop
120		1.84d		58.64b		13.18c
150		2.28c		72.52b		14.70b
180		2.70b		82.44a		16.14a
210		2.83a		85.45a		16.22a
240		2.83a		85.76a		16.36a
CV (%)		4.31		5.40		7.80

• *Means followed by the same letter within columns are not significantly different by Tukey’s test (p ≤ 0.05).

All the mulches increased plant height, pseudostem diameter and suckers number in relation to control in the first crop. In the second crop, the organic mulch provided higher plant height compared to the other treatments and both plastic films increased the plant height compared to control. Besides, all the mulches provided increase in the pseudostem diameter. The plastics films increased in leaf number in comparison to the other treatments (Table 2).

The plant growth is greatly influenced by the use of different organic and inorganic mulching materials. They maintain soil moisture in the root zone of fruit plant. Water plays an important role in the growth and development of plants. The presence of adequate moisture in the soil is vital for plant growth and physiological processes (Bakshi et al. 2015).

Haynes (1980) observed that mulching generally increased the growth and vigor of various fruit plants. This author found that different types of organic or inorganic mulch provided higher values in the growth characteristics in banana plants. Helaly et al. (2017) observed an increase in plant length, stem diameter and leaf area of husk tomato (Physalis pubescens L.) plants, using black plastic film and white and black compared to the bare soil.

Santosh et al. (2017) concluded that the treatment 80% of fertilizer requirement application through drip and plastic mulch performed well in respect of growth parameters, maximum plant height, pseudostem girth of banana ‘Grand Naine’. According to Chaurasia and Sachan (2020), the black plastic film and the organic mulch provided higher values for plant height and collar diameter than control of squash (Cucurbita pepo L.). Eid and El-Kholy (2018) observed higher values for the pseudostem diameter of the banana plants ‘Williams’ under black plastic film and organic mulch (banana leaves) compared to the control.

In the first and second crop, the mulches were efficient for banana growth. This technique can protect plants from adverse biotic and abiotic stresses and provide favorable environmental or growth conditions to the plants. Therefore, protected cultivation has significant plant multiplication enhancing vegetative and reproductive growth (Aman et al. 2018), once the mulches provide a more favorable environment for the plants to growth. Both organic or inorganic mulches conserve soil moisture.

In the second crop, higher values for plant height were observed for organic mulch, similar results were reported by other authors, such as Kwambe et al. (2015), who observed higher values of plant height for organic mulch (rice leftovers) and lower height for control in bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in plants grown under organic and inorganic mulch. Kavutu and Mwangi (2018) observed higher values for number of leaves, number of runners, number of buds and number of flowers of strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa) for organic mulch (grass) than plastic mulches (black and clear) and both provided higher value characteristics than control.

Organic mulch enhances soil health by improving soil fertility and moisture and optimizing soil temperature with corresponding reduction in surface evaporation and nutrient loss (Montenegro et al. 2013). Organic matter is considered as ultimate determinant of soil fertility in most soils, which can be improved by organic mulch leading to better soil physical, chemical and biological properties (Albiach et al. 2000; Thy and Buntha 2005).

An increase was observed during the evaluation days for plant height, pseudostem diameter and leaf number in the first and second crop. The suckers number was greater at 150 days in the first crop (Table 3). This shows the normal growth of plants in the course of the days, reflecting the increase in these characteristics. Nevertheless, as for the suckers number, there was a decrease in the course of the days, which can be explained due to the common management practices of the banana farming that is the thinning.

There was interaction between days and mulches evaluations, contributing to an increase in leaf number in the first crop at 180 days using the plastics films. The plastic film (black) provided higher in the leaf number than control and organic mulch at 150 days. All treatments provided an increase in this characteristic at 150 and 180 days (Table 4).

Table 4
Leaf number and suckers number of Musa spp. of the first and second crop, under different mulches and evaluations period.

Mulches	Evaluations period (days)
		60		90		120		150		180
	Leaf number (unit)
	First crop
Control (bare soil)		11.13aC		12.79aB		13.96aAB		14.67bA		15.14bA
Organic mulch		10.71aC		13.04aB		13.75aB		15.29bA		15.31bA
Plastic film (white and black)		10.46aD		13.92aC		14.13aC		15.79abB		17.50aA
Plastic film (black)		10.46aC		13.92aB		13.88aB		16.75aA		17.72aA
CV (%)	5.67
Mulches	Evaluations period (days)
		60		90		120		150		180
	Suckers number (unit)
	Second crop
Control (bare soil)		5.50aA		2.92abB		4.85bA		3.11bB		3.04bB
Organic mulch		5.61aA		2.76bB		5.67abA		2.49bB		2.49bB
Plastic film (white and black)		5.88aA		3.54abB		6.25aA		6.25aA		6.25aA
Plastic film (black)		6.61aA		4.13aB		6.31aA		6.31aA		6.31aA
CV (%)	18.95

• *Means followed by the same letter lower case in the columns (mulches) and upper case in the rows (evaluations days) are not significantly different by Tukey’s test (p ≤ 0.05).

Helaly et al. (2017) report an increase of the leaf area of husk tomato (P. pubescens L.) plants in plastic films, black and white and black, compared to control. The increments in vegetative growth parameters of banana, as a result of mulch treatments, may be due to plastic mulches directly affect on the microclimate around the plant by modifying the radiation budget of the surface and decreasing the soil water loss Liakatas et al. (1986).

The interaction between days and mulches evaluations were significant, contributing to an increase in suckers number in the second crop, at 210 and 240 days, using the plastics films. For the organic mulch and control, the greatest number of suckers was observed at 120 and 180 days, while for the plastic films the greatest suckers number was observed at 120, 180, 210 and 240 days (Table 4).

Postharvest quality

There was no significant difference between the treatments for the postharvest characteristics in the first and second crop (Table 5).

Table 5
Length, diameter, soluble solids (SS), titratable acidity (TA) and soluble solids/titratable acidity ratio (SS/TA) of fruits of Musa spp. of the first and second crops, under different mulches.

Mulches		Length (mm)		Diam (mm)		SS (°Brix)		TA (%)		SS/TA
	First crop
Control (bare soil)		113.31a		24.85a		17.94a		38.87a		0.48a
Organic mulch		114.76a		25.31a		16.82a		39.01a		0.51a
Plastic film (white and black)		117.00a		26.70a		18.86a		38.93a		0.46a
Plastic film (black)		117.99a		28.23a		19.63a		38.26a		0.43a
CV (%)		10.65		9.63		11.16		1.83		11.85
Mulches	Second crop
Control (bare soil)		130.11a		36.10a		20.75a		38.62a		0.55a
Organic mulch		125.74a		35.68a		21.39a		38.76a		0.54a
Plastic film (white and black)		130.52a		36.16a		20.87a		38.72a		0.54a
Plastic film (black)		141.62a		37.59a		21.19a		38.61a		0.55a
CV (%)		8.46		4.93		2.56		0.79		2.48

• *Means followed by the same letter within columns are not significantly different by Tukey’s test (p ≤ 0.05).

According to Aman et al. (2018), the plastic film mulch can promote early harvest of crop and improve yield and fruit quality. This was not observed in this work, but Helaly et al. (2017) observed increase in diameter, length, soluble solids and titratable acidity of husk tomato (P. pubescens L.) fruits, cultivated using black plastic film and white and black compared to the bare soil. Santosh et al. (2017) concluded that the treatment with 80% of fertilizer requirement application through drip and plastic mulch provided higher levels of soluble solids but a lower titratable acidity of fruits of banana ‘Grand Naine’.

Eid and El-Kholy (2018) observed an increase in length and diameter of banana fruits ‘Williams’, cultivated using black plastic film and organic mulch (banana leaves) under irrigation. The same authors report values of 19.33 and 18.50 cm of length and 3.58 and 3.48 cm of diameter for banana fruits grown on black plastic film and organic mulch, respectively. These values are close to those found in this experiment.

The values of the postharvest characteristics found in this study are within the values reported in the literature by researchers who worked with the postharvest characterization of banana fruits ‘BRS Platina’, such as Castricini et al. (2015), who observed this irrigated cultivar presents fruits of 22.23 cm of length, 39.42 mm of diameter and 23.18 °Brix of soluble solids. According to Castricini et al. (2017), this cultivar irrigated in organic system showed fruits of 21.88 cm of length and 46.87 mm of diameter, both studies were carried out in the north of Minas Gerais. Lédo et al. (2018) observed values of 14.06 cm of length, 3.15 cm of diameter and 22.05 °Brix of soluble solids for banana fruits ‘BRS Platina’ irrigated in the state of Sergipe.

Production and Productivity

In the first crop, all the mulches provided an increase in the fruits number and number of hands than bare soil. For the production and productivity of the hands weight, the plastic films provided higher value for this characteristic than the control. However, the organic mulch provided an increase in the number of fruits, number of hands, production and productivity of hands weight than the other treatments in the second crop (Table 6).

Table 6
Number of fruits (NF) and number of hands (NH), production of hands weight (HW) and productivity of hands weight (HW) of Musa spp. of the first and second crops, under different mulches.

Mulches		NF (unit)		NH (unit)		HW (kg)		HW (kg·ha-1)
	First crop
Control (bare soil)		63.70b		5.65b		4.55b		6083.81b
Organic mulch		85.50a		6.95a		5.57ab		7424.68ab
Plastic film (white and black)		80.75a		6.55a		6.75a		8994.27a
Plastic film (black)		78.75a		6.40a		6.40a		8534.27a
CV (%)		8.82		6.43		17.41		17.42
Mulches	Second crop
Control (bare soil)		121.70b		8.46b		16.11b		21480.80b
Organic mulch		140.67a		9.25a		20.47a		27283.74a
Plastic film (white and black)		120.08b		8.33b		15.87b		21150.38b
Plastic film (black)		120.13b		8.08b		16.13b		21501.29b
CV (%)		5.59		5.49		10.31		10.30

• *Means followed by the same letter within columns are not significantly different by Tukey’s test (p ≤ 0.05).

Mulching is the process of covering the soil surface around the plants with an organic or synthetic material to create congenial condition for the plant growth, development and efficient production (Bakshi et al. 2015). This was proven in this study, since the mulches provided an increase in the yield parameters of banana. Other authors also observed an increase in the yield parameters of several crops grown under different types of plastic films than to the control, such as blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L) grown in reflective plastic film (Muneer et al. 2019), watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.)] grown in white and black plastic film (Lambert et al. 2017) and husk tomato (P. pubescens L.) in plastic film black and plastic film white and black (Helaly et al. 2017).

The mulching provides a favorable environment for growth resulting in more vigorous and healthier plants, which may be more resistant to pest injury. Mulching prevents evaporation of water from the soil surface and also reduces the weed growth (Aman et al. 2018). This causes the plants to grow in more favorable environments due to the high humidity of the soil and less competition between the crop and weed, thus increasing crop yields.

The results of this study show that the organic mulch provided higher yields of the banana plants. This may have occurred because the organic mulches add nutrients and humus to the soil as they decompose, improving its moisture holding capacity, while inorganic mulches are inert materials originated from nonliving material, not adding nutrients and humus to the soil (Bakshi et al. 2014).

Another explanation for the different results from the first and second crops is that the plastic mulch had already been somewhat deteriorated, leaving the soil a bit uncovered, so this may have influenced the results of the second crop.

CONCLUSION

Both organic and inorganic (plastic film) mulch provide greater growth and yield of banana ‘BRS Platina’ not irrigated and can be used in the cultivation of this crop.

• DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

  All dataset were generated or analyzed in the current study.

• FUNDING

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• How to cite: Costa, B. N. S., Costa, I. J. S., Abreu R. A. A, Melo E. T., Magalhães D. S., Pio L. A. S. and Pasqual, M. (2021). Yield and postharvest of ‘BRS Platina’ banana not irrigated under different types of soil mulches. Bragantia, 80, e0821. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4499.20200251

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Section Editor: Osvaldo Guedes Filho

Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  29 Jan 2021
• Date of issue
  2021

History

• Received
  20 May 2020
• Accepted
  07 Dec 2020