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Article

Production and Quality of Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. Seedlings Under the Influence of Substrate and Chemical Fertilization

by
Ana Paula Braido Pinheiro
1,
Vinicius de Souza Oliveira
2,3,*,
João Vitor Garcia Silva
1,
Adriele dos Santos Jardim
1,
André Luiz Ribeiro Azeredo
1,
Verônica D’Addazio
4,
Fábio Ribeiro Pires
1,
Janyne Soares Braga Pires
1,2,
Edilson Romais Schmildt
1,
Luis Fernando Tavares de Menezes
1,
Adriano Alves Fernandes
1 and
Sara Dousseau-Arantes
1,2,3,*
1
Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Centro Universitário Norte do Espírito Santo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, São Mateus 29932-540, ES, Brazil
2
Centro de Ciências Humanas e Naturais, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
3
Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural—Centro Regional de Desenvolvimento Rural—Norte, Linhares 29901-443, ES, Brazil
4
Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória 29075-910, ES, Brazil
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Seeds 2026, 5(4), 39; https://doi.org/10.3390/seeds5040039
Submission received: 19 May 2026 / Revised: 8 July 2026 / Accepted: 10 July 2026 / Published: 16 July 2026
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Abstract

The success in the recovery of degraded areas is dependent on the acquisition of quality seedlings coupled. However, nursery activity is complex and involves significant operational and input costs. The present work had as its objective to evaluate the effects of the substrate and the chemical fertilization on the production and quality of Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. seedlings and their respective production costs. Ten treatments were tested, consisting of two substrates with sand: clay:coconut fiber (2:1:1 and 1:2:1) and five fertilizations (without fertilizer, with simple superphosphate, simple superphosphate + micronutrients, with NPK 04-14-08, and NPK 04-14-08 + micronutrients). The emergence speed index, emergence percentage, seedling height, stem diameter, leaf number, leaf area, shoot, root, and total dry mass, and Dickson quality index were evaluated. The 1:2:1 substrate and the fertilization levels with simple superphosphate, with simple superphosphate + micronutrients, with NPK 04-14-08, and with NPK 04-14-08 + micronutrients were higher than the control, with values 17% higher for seedling height, 5.4% for the number of leaves, and 18.9% for leaf area. Aiming at the low cost and the quality of the seedlings, it is recommended to use the substrate in the proportion 1:2:1, and fertilization with simple superphosphate.
Keywords: Atlantic forest; beach bean; initial growth; mineral nutrition; restinga Atlantic forest; beach bean; initial growth; mineral nutrition; restinga

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Pinheiro, A.P.B.; Oliveira, V.d.S.; Silva, J.V.G.; Jardim, A.d.S.; Azeredo, A.L.R.; D’Addazio, V.; Pires, F.R.; Pires, J.S.B.; Schmildt, E.R.; Menezes, L.F.T.d.; et al. Production and Quality of Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. Seedlings Under the Influence of Substrate and Chemical Fertilization. Seeds 2026, 5, 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/seeds5040039

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Pinheiro APB, Oliveira VdS, Silva JVG, Jardim AdS, Azeredo ALR, D’Addazio V, Pires FR, Pires JSB, Schmildt ER, Menezes LFTd, et al. Production and Quality of Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. Seedlings Under the Influence of Substrate and Chemical Fertilization. Seeds. 2026; 5(4):39. https://doi.org/10.3390/seeds5040039

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Pinheiro, Ana Paula Braido, Vinicius de Souza Oliveira, João Vitor Garcia Silva, Adriele dos Santos Jardim, André Luiz Ribeiro Azeredo, Verônica D’Addazio, Fábio Ribeiro Pires, Janyne Soares Braga Pires, Edilson Romais Schmildt, Luis Fernando Tavares de Menezes, and et al. 2026. "Production and Quality of Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. Seedlings Under the Influence of Substrate and Chemical Fertilization" Seeds 5, no. 4: 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/seeds5040039

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Pinheiro, A. P. B., Oliveira, V. d. S., Silva, J. V. G., Jardim, A. d. S., Azeredo, A. L. R., D’Addazio, V., Pires, F. R., Pires, J. S. B., Schmildt, E. R., Menezes, L. F. T. d., Fernandes, A. A., & Dousseau-Arantes, S. (2026). Production and Quality of Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. Seedlings Under the Influence of Substrate and Chemical Fertilization. Seeds, 5(4), 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/seeds5040039

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