Production of flowers under an agroecological-based farming system as an alternative to generate employment and income in family agriculture

Abstract

This work aimed to evaluate the effect of different doses of cattle manure on the development and
production of flowers of Queen Daisy flowers. The experiment was carried out at Fazenda Água
Limpa - UnB, from October 2014 to February 2015. The experimental design was randomized
blocks with five treatments in five replicates. The treatments were 0, 25% (1kg.m-2), 50% (2kg.m-2),
75% (3kg.m-2), 4kg.m-2 treatment with the mixture of cattle and chicken manure, applying 4 kg.m-2 of
the mixture of 2.5 kg.m-2 of cattle manure with 1.5 kg.m-2 of chicken manure. The length and diameter
of the stem, number of healthy and defective flowers and diameter of the flower were evaluated.
The highest mean for flower diameter was obtained on treatment with 100% cattle manure, 6.12
cm, which did not differ statistically from treatments with 50% and 75% doses of cattle manure and
of the mixture manure. The treatments with doses 0 and 25% of cattle manure provided the smallest
flower diameter and did not differ statistically between themselves. For the other parameters
evaluated, no statistical differences were observed. In case of using only cattle manure as a source
of organic fertilization, it is recommended to work with doses varying from 2 to 4 kg.m-2.