The plantain cv. D´Angola demands large amount of nutrients for its growth and production. It is important to know the amounts of nutrients which are extracted, exported and restituted to the soil by the plant for an adequate fertilizer recommendation. This study aimed to evaluate cumulative phytomass and macronutrients in cv. D´Angola plantain under five doses of nitrogen (N) applied by a drip fertigation system. The trial was carried in a randomized block design with four replications in an experimental field of Embrapa Cassava and Fruits, at Cruz das Almas, State of Bahia. Phytomass and nutrient accumulation were evaluated in five plant organs (pseudostem, leaves, fruits, peduncle and inflorescence) under application of five nitrogen levels (135, 180, 225, 270 and 315 kg ha-1) by irrigation water. The results indicated that the accumulation of phytomass and nutrients for plantain cv. D’Angola showed that, there are different levels of extraction, exportation and restitution to the soil of nutrients for plant organs depending on nitrogen doses; also, on average, pseudostem and leaves were the organs that accumulated more nutrients while the inflorescence was the one that accumulated less. The decreasing order of nutrient extraction by plant was potassium, followed by nitrogen and calcium.
dry phytomass; macronutrients; nutrient extraction
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