Research Article

Fertilizing Lychee Plants with Phosphorus at Time of Planting in Brazil

Table 1

Correlation coefficients between lychee plants stem diameter and nutrients levels in leaves.

Diameter(1)Diameter(2)NPKCaMgSBCuFeMnZn

Diameter(1)0,7181**0,3961*0,3149**0,6141**0,0664ns−0,0095ns0,1362ns−0,0481ns0,2002ns0,0971ns0,1448ns−0,2033ns
Diameter(2)0,6463**0,5965**0,6811**0,1686 ns0,2028ns0,0858ns0,1055ns0,2775ns0,0036ns0,1657ns−0,3217***
N0,5998**0,4790*0,3309**0,5127*0,1152ns0,2371ns0,3613***−0,1516ns0,1269ns−0,2211ns
P0,5033*0,0997ns0,3789*0,0563ns0,0425ns0,0857ns−0,2809ns−0,1085ns−0,3708*
K0,1034ns0,1716ns−0,0189ns−0,0667ns0,3380***0,1317ns−0,1623ns−0,4073*
Ca0,6098*0,0940ns0,9164**0,8854**0,3755***0,7595**0,1502ns
Mg0,3644***0,5494**0,6368**0,3441***0,4853*0,1077ns
S0,0694ns0,1997ns0,3786*0,2268ns0,2036ns
B0,7985**0,2840ns0,8033**0,0831ns
Cu0,6084**0,7540**0,1591ns
Fe0,6009**0,5070*
Mn0,4388*
Zn

, and ns: results significant at the levels of probability of 1, 5, and 10% and not significant according to the test, respectively. (1), (2) Stem diameter of lychee plants of the first and second year, respectively.