Potencialidad de Vicia faba L. como Fertilizante Nitrogenado Natural en Planteos de Producción Vegetal Orgánico en la Comarca Andina del Paralelo 42

Abstract

Horticulture is an intensive activity that requires proper management, taking care of all the needs of crops to ensure their development under optimal conditions. Fertilization plays a central role in the functioning of the system. Organic agriculture seeks to close the production cycles as much as possible to reduce the need for imports of external inputs to the establishment. An alternative to the use of commercial fertilizers, manures and manures is the production of its own fertilizer in a part of the land area dedicated to this purpose. The The objective of this work was to evaluate the application to the soil of dry seeds of broad beans (Vicia faba L.) in ground form as nitrogen fertilizer in a lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) crop. I know performance was evaluated and compared with those obtained with equivalent nitrogen doses of the Bioorganutsa commercial fertilizer. The lettuce yield was superior with a mean value of 252.29 gr ± 52.41 gr in the treatment fertilized with Bioorganutsa resulting statistically significant (p <0.05) compared to the treatment fertilized with beans with a value of 130.00 gr ± 36.50 gr and both with the control (value 63 gr ± 2.86 gr). However, the observed results with the application of the fertilizer derived from broad beans, they show good potential to be incorporated in an organic fertilization system, partially contributing to the needs of crops, increasing the quality of the soils and achieving greater independence from inputs external.