Morphological and yield responses of 'BRS Vitória' grapevines subjected to bio-fertigation with aquaculture wastewater

Abstract The objective of this work was to evaluate the agronomic responses of 'BRS Vitória' grapevines under bio-fertigation with and without conventional soil fertilizer. A completely randomized design was used, with three treatments and 18 replicates. The treatments were: CFI, conventional soil fertilizer and irrigation; BF+CF, bio-fertigation and conventional fertilizer; and BF, only bio-fertigation. The following variables were evaluated: graft and rootstock diameters; plant growth; number of lateral buds; root, leaf, petiole, and gem starch contents; bunch number per plant, length, circumference, and fresh weight; berry number per bunch, length, diameter, fresh weight, soluble solid contents, titratable acidity, and pH; yield; and leaf macro- and micronutrient contents. From 100 to 150 days after transplanting (DAT), rootstock and graft diameters were similar, increasing from 250 to 300 DAT in the CFI treatment. The highest root starch content was 7.19% in BF at 150 DAT and 37.35% in BF+CF at 300 DAT. The plants in BF+CF showed the best results for bunch number per plant and fresh weight, resulting in a fruit yield 22% higher than that obtained in the other treatments. 'BRS-Vitória' grapevines show a satisfactory agronomic performance when bio-fertigated.