DESENVOLVIMENTO DE MUDAS DE Moringa oleifera SUBMETIDAS A DIFERENTES SUBSTRATOS

Moringa oleifera is an arboreal species that has been used as an alternative in several regions as a source of human and animal food, water treatment, biodiesel production, cosmetic industry, traditional medicine and the pharmaceutical industry.The objective was to evaluate the development of Moringa oleifera seedlings in different substrates. The substrates were tested: campus soil (T1), earthworm humus + bovine manure (T2), bovine manure + chicken manure (T3) and vegetal straw + sand + arisco (T4) with five replicates per treatment. Were evaluated weekly the number of leaves, neck diameter and height of the plant, and at the end of the experiment, the root length and dry weight of shoot and root were measured, as well as the Dickson Index. All variables were significantly affected as a function of the different substrates, being the highest values obtained in the T3 and T4 substrate. The substrates that promoted the best development of the Moringa oleifera seedlings was bovine manure + chicken manure and vegetal straw + sand + arisco.