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Coffee yield and quality response to synthetic fertilizers from different technology Producción y calidad física del café en respuesta a fertilizantes de síntesis de diferente tecnología

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González-Osorio, H., Sadeghian, S., Franco, G. H. ., & Ramírez-Builes, V. H. (2025). Coffee yield and quality response to synthetic fertilizers from different technology. Cenicafe Journal, 76(1), e76106. https://doi.org/10.38141/10778/76106
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Published: September 1, 2025

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https://doi.org/10.38141/10778/76106
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Bulk blend fertilizers

compound fertilizer

threshing performance factor

micronutrients

soil analysis

Fertilizantes en mezcla física

complejos granulados

rendimiento en trilla

micronutrientes

Fertilizantes misturados a granel

fertilizante composto

fator de desempenho de debulha

micronutrientes

análise do solo

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Vol. 76 No. 1 (2025): Cenicafé Journal
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Hernán González-Osorio
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5716-2172

Siavosh Sadeghian
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1266-0885

Guido Hernán Franco
Yara
Víctor Hugo Ramírez-Builes
Yara

Summary

Fertilization is a key practice to achieve an adequate yield and quality of coffee in Colombia. For this purpose, the local trade offers simple, bulk blends (BF), and compound fertilizers (CF) made of different technologies. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different types of fertilizers on the yield and physical quality of coffee beans. In four localities of Colombian coffee zone, seven treatments were evaluated, which consisted of supplying macro and micronutrients to coffee crops during its reproductive stage, applying the next sources of fertilizers: 1). CF of traditional use (CF1), 2). CF2 from different technology of CF1, 3). CF2 + BF (K+Ca-B nitrate), 4). CF2 + BF (Ca-B nitrate), 5). BF-NPKMgS (Urea-DAP-KCl-Kieserite) + Zn + Ca nitrate (without B), 6). BF-NPKMgS + B + Ca, and 7). BF based on Soil Analysis (Ca, Zn, B) using NPKMg. The treatments did not affect the annual and cumulative production of coffee. Variations on yield among localities were associated with environmental conditions. The ratio coffee cherry/ dry coffee parchment had values of reference associated with good coffee quality, while the threshing performance factor was below 89.5% across all the treatments and localities evaluated. The results demonstrate the possibility of fertilizing effectively the coffee at the reproductive stage, applying the required nutrients and recommended doses, through compound fertilizer from different technologies or its nutritional equivalent using bulk blend, preserving the yield and the physical quality of coffee.

Author biography (See)

Hernán González-Osorio, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café

Investigador Científico II,  Disciplina Suelos, Cenicafé.

Siavosh Sadeghian, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café

Investigador Científico III, Disciplina Suelos, Cenicafé.

Guido Hernán Franco, Yara

Yara, Crop Science.

Víctor Hugo Ramírez-Builes, Yara

Yara, Crop Science

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