Seguimiento y análisis al comportamiento de la mancha de madurez en plantación de banano tipo Cavendishvalery en la Finca El Paso, Apartadó, Antioquia

Abstract

The behavior of the ripening stain was monitored and analyzed in banana plantations for export at Finca El Paso of the company PLANTÍOS S.A.S., located at km 2 via Carepa-Antioquia, municipality of Apartadó, in Urabá Antioqueño. The farm has established the Cavendish-Valery banana clone, in a production area of 217.5 ha, divided into three sections: El Paso with 75.14 hectares (lots 1-15), El Golpe Section with 67.53 hectares (lots 16 - 28), and finally the Lutina Section with 72.77 hectares (lots 29 - 43). In the period from February 19, 2019 to August 19, 2019, the activities carried out were: carrying out in-band waste analysis during the production process, determination of losses due to defects during the production process. All activities take place on time. The most common defects represented in productivity losses, corresponded to spots of maturity, malformation and management and field scars; Being the stain of maturity the defect as significant in the plantation generating a variable of high era in the farm and the loss of usable boxes due to this defect.