Consortium of creole corn and beans in an agroecological based farming system and the incidence of arthropods

Abstract

The objective of this work was to evaluate the incidence of arthropods in Creole corn and
beans, as well as to evaluate the agronomic performance of the crops. The experiment consisted
in the planting of lines of corn and beans in the coffee line, in 12 replicates. Planting
fertilization was done with cattle manure (4kg / m²) and yoorin (250g / m²) and cover fertilization
with organic compost. The productivity and presence of arthropods in the bean and corn crops,
as well as the length and diameter of the corn cob were evaluated. Sixty plants of corn and 120
of bean were harvested per plot. Beat cloth was used for evaluation of arthropods in bean culture.
The caterpillar was evaluated in corn by observation of scraped leaves. There was a yield
of 963.7 kg / ha for beans and 6,762 kg / ha for maize, as well as the length of the cob of 13
cm and a diameter of 49.3 mm. It was observed an increase in the number of natural enemies
along the cycle. Arthropods did not cause damage to the production of any crop.