Organic and conventional coffee cultivation conilon in the Zona da Mata, MG

Abstract

There is increasing appreciation of productive systems that do not harm the environment, in
this context the organic cultivation coffee is considered environmentally more sustainable than
conventional cultivation. This work aimed to evaluate and compare the organic and conventional
cultivation of conilon coffee clones. It was evaluated vegetative vigor, leaf rust severity,
brown eye spot severity, stem dieback intensity and productivity in these cropping systems.
The overall mean of each evaluated characteristic was used to make histograms to compare
the production systems. Crop systems presented similar behaviors in relation to the variables
vegetative vigor and brown eye spot severity. The organic cultivation of conilon coffee was
more productive than conventional cultivation. Based on the initial evaluations, the system of
organic cultivation of conilon coffee presents potential to be used in the Zona da Mata.