Evaluación de tres métodos de aplicación de agroquímicos en el cultivo de aguacate (Persea americana)

Abstract

In Ecuador, the avocado crop is of great economic importance at the national level, for which the present study had the purpose of evaluating three methods of agrochemical application in the avocado crop to reduce production costs and to find another more effective method than conventional spraying commonly used by avocado producers in Ecuador, This study was carried out in the parish of Picaihua exactly in the Sigsipamba hamlet of the Ambato canton, province of Tungurahua, for which conventional spraying, endotherapy and thermonebulization were used as application methods for the agrochemical engordone. A randomized block experimental design was used with three treatments + a control in three replicates. The data collected were analyzed using ADEVA and the Tukey test at 5%, where the following results were observed. The most outstanding was treatment 2, which used endotherapy as a method of application, and treatment 2 was the least costly in this project, without leaving behind treatment 3 (thermonebulization), which also had a positive range according to the statistical tests. Key words: Conventional spraying, endotherapy, thermonebulization, fattening