Technique increases citrus productivity by one-third and reduces floral rot by 30%

Fertigation consists of applying fertilizers with irrigation water. Research developed over four years at the Agronomic Institute of Campinas (IAC) in partnership with Yara Brasil has achieved promising results in citrus farming. According to preliminary study data, which aims to evaluate the benefits of applying calcium nitrate alone or combined with ammonium nitrate in fertirrigated orchards, the technique generates increased productivity, reduced fungicide use, and helps decrease floral rot in the crop. The company's senior agronomy manager, Leandro Soares, states that the technique can be done even daily, nurturing the plant throughout the entire productive process. "With calcium nitrate in citrus, we saw a productivity increase of one-third in this study. Remembering that fertirrigated cultivation is already at a high productive level, so achieving an increase in this proportion is even more significant. We also saw a reduction in diseases of the same order of magnitude." The ...