With the aim of evaluating the influence of the substrate and fertilizer type on the acclimatization of plantlets of 'Prata-Anã' banana obtained from micropropagation, a complete randomized block design was installed, in a 5 x 3 factorial structure, with four replications. The substrates used were: S1 - subsoil dirt + carbonized rice hull + Rendimax Floreira® commercial substrate; S2 - subsoil dirt + carbonized rice hull + Organifol® organic mixture; S3 - subsoil dirt + carbonized rice hull + Organifol® 9% SiO organic mixture; S4 - Technes Vivatto® commercial substrate; S5 - thick sand + carbonized rice hull + Rendimax Floreira® commercial substrate, all in proportion 1:1:1 (v:v:v). The fertilizers used were: WF- without fertilizer; FSR - slow-release fertilizer, 14-14-14 (5.0 kg m-3) mixed to the substrate; and FNR - normal-release fertilizer, 14-14-14 (5.0 kg m-3) applied as top dressing 30 days after the planting. The seedlings were planted in polyethylene bags when they presented four to five leaves, being kept at a nursery with 50% shading. Height, stem base diameter, and number of leaves were measured and the dry mass of the plantlets was determined. The chemical differences of the mixtures used as substrate, together with the fertilizer type used, resulted in differentiated growth of the plantlets. The S4 substrate may be used without fertilization. The substrate S2 and S3 may be used with fertilizer of normal or slow release of nutrients, and S1 and S5, being poor in nutrients, with fertilizer of slow release.
Musa spp.; growth; plantlet production
