Efecto de la aplicación de correctores edáficos y fertilización al cultivo de Theobroma Cacao L. variedad nacional fino en aromas.

Abstract

This research focuses on the importance of applying soil amendments for the production of fine or aroma cocoa. Proper soil selection is essential to ensure its agronomic suitability, especially with regard to cocoa cultivation. Optimal plant development can be negatively affected by low quality soils, resulting in poor productive performance due to an imbalance in the internal distribution of photosynthates produced during the photosynthesis process. The main objective of this study is to determine how the application of edaphic correctors influences the improvement of fertility and soil structure in Theobroma cacao L. To this end, field research was used with a quantitative-experimental approach, in which Land division techniques were applied to establish the experimental units in the crop. The results obtained show that the application of correctors, such as calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate, has had a positive impact on increasing the pH in acidic soils, as observed in plots 2 and 5. This finding suggests that the amendments used contribute to improving the availability of essential nutrients, which corroborates the results reported in previous studies on the correction of acidic soils.