| ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of potassium doses on the production components of sunflower cultivars grown in the semiarid climate region. The experiment was carried out in two agricultural seasons, in 2016 and 2017, at the Rafael Fernandes Experimental Farm, Mossoró, RN, Brazil. The experimental design used was randomized blocks, in split plots, with four replicates. Five potassium doses were evaluated in the plots: 0, 30, 60, 90 and 120 kg ha-1 of K2O, and four sunflower cultivars were evaluated in the subplots: Aguará 6, Altis 99, Multissol and BRS 122. The evaluated characteristics were: K content in the diagnostic leaf (KDL), thousand-achene weight (TAW), achene yield (AY), oil content (OC) and oil yield (OY).... |
