Fenologia, exigência térmica, produção, custos e rentabilidade da amora-preta cv. “Tupy”

Abstract

Blackberry is an option for family agriculture due to low costs of implantation, orchard maintenance and, mainly, the use of little quantity of agricultural defensives. It has fast profitability because yield begins in the second year, which promotes “in natura” marketing for producers, as well to sell to industries of dairy and frozen products or prepare homemade jelly and candy. Besides, industry technology is simple and accessible. There is little information about this specie, especially on crop zoning because it depends on climate conditions. The concentration of informations about development and yield capacity of this crop occurs, nowadays, only in few regions, there is, therefore, the need of studies in other regions that make possible blackberry crop in new areas. Yield of blackberry, in average, in Brazil occurs from October to February and there is not offer to market out of this season, period that can promotes an opportunity to those that produce in it and a greater income than normal season. This work has as aim to analyze management system, pruning dates, phenology, thermal requirement, costs and profitability of blackberry (Rubus spp.), “Tupy” cv., that is cultivated under Dourados-MS climate conditions.