With the objective to study the relationship between limestone doses and star fruit production, a field experiment was conducted on Oxisol soil in Bebedouro, São Paulo state, Brazil, from 1999 to 2006. The experimental design was a randomized blocks with four replications. The limestone was used only once in 1999, at doses from 0, 1.85; 3.71; 5.56 and 7.41 ton ha-1. The guava production increased in response to the acidity corrective application. The accumulated production of fruits in successive years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 was associated with economical doses of limestone of 4.5; 4.8; 5.3 and 5.3 ton ha-1 respectively.
Averrhoa carambola; soil acidity; limestone; economic dose
