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Submitted December 19, 2018
Published 2018-12-19

Artículos

Vol. 1 No. 1: Revista Investigaciones Agropecuarias

EVALUATION OF THREE HYBRIDS CABAGGE (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata) UNDER TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS


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Published: 2018-12-19

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Espinosa, W., & Polanco, R. (2018). EVALUATION OF THREE HYBRIDS CABAGGE (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata) UNDER TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS. Journal of Agricultural Research, 1(1), 31–44. Retrieved from https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/investigaciones_agropecuarias/article/view/275

Abstract

There are few studies in Panama that confirm the growing of cabbage crop in tropical climates, so the purpose of this essay is assess the adaptation to three cabbage hybrids to the warm climate. The trials were conducted at the University of Panama’s School of Agricultural Sciences, at 35 m.s.n.m. with an average temperature of 33 to 34°C during the study. The design used was Randomized Complete Blocks (RCBD) with six replicates and three treatments consisting of three cabbage hybrids. The control was the Izalco hybrid grown at the highlands, the other two hybrids were adapted to sea level, coming from Green Seed Company Inc. The factors evaluated were days to germination, days to transplant, plant height, head diameter at harvest, days to the beginning of the head formation, days to harvest, time to harvest, physiological damage, percentage of plants with insect and fungal damage, average weight per head, yield per plot and yield per hectare. Unlike the Izalco hybrid, tropical hybrids showed adaptation to warm environment areas; however, they did not show their full genetic potential according to information provided by the Green Seed Inc. The Asia Cross cabbage hybrid showed the highest average weight value per head of 453.33 g followed with non-significance difference by the hybrid BC-34, and the Izalco hybrid showed the lowest average of 250 g. The same trend was observed in the performance data per plot and yield per hectare.

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