Field development of physalis species produced in different shading levels

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The objective of this work was to verify the fixation and development in the field and later production of Physalis seedlings species produced in different levels of shading. The treatments were composed by Physalis seedlings formed in different environment with shading and four species. The conduction system adopted was “V”. The seedlings survival rate, number of internodes, flowers number, number of fruit per plant, average fruit biomass per plant, yield and titratable acidity of fruits were evaluated. At the end of the production period, the stem diameter was evaluated. The experimental design was a randomized blocks, 4 x 4 factorial scheme (cultivation environments x species), with four replications. Seedlings produced in an environment of 25% were the ones that presented the highest survival rate when transplanting the field, favoring a greater glue of the seedlings. It was observed an increase of the fruits fresh biomass and the biomass of fruit per plant, and a higher number of fruit per plant in an environment with 25% of shading, and consequently the environment that had the highest fruit yield.