Avaliou-se, no Núcleo de Agronomia da Alta Paulista, no período de 1991 a 1993, a produção de café Apoatã IAC 2258 (Coffea canephora Pierre) submetido ao plantio intercalar dos adubos verdes: crotalária júncea (Crotalaria juncea L.), crotalária espectabilis (Crotalaria spectabilis Roth.), mucuna-anã (Stizolobium deeringeanum Bort.), soja IAC 9 [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] e guandu [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.], incorporados no seu florescimento. As leguminosas foram plantadas a 50 cm da projeção da copa das plantas de café. Adotou-se o delineamento estatístico de blocos ao acaso com cinco repetições. Os resultados mostraram que o guandu e a crotalária júncea reduziram a produção de café, e o guandu, a altura e o diâmetro do caule do cafeeiro, o que não ocorreu com as demais leguminosas. As maiores quantidades de fitomassa seca foram produzidas por guandu e crotalária júncea respectivamente. A produção de café correlacionou-se inversamente com a fitomassa seca das leguminosas e, positivamente, com a altura e o diâmetro do caule do cafeeiro.
Coffee (Coffea canephora Pierre) productivity was evaluated during three years of intercropping with five leguminous species: sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.), Crotalaria spectabilis Roth., dwarf velvet bean (Stizolobium deeringeanum Bort.), soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merryl] and pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] in the western region of São Paulo State, from 1991 to 1993. Leguminous species were seeded 50 cm far from coffee shoot and incorporated at flowering stage. The treatments were arranged in a randomized complete block design with five replicates. Coffee yield was not affected when Crotalaria spectabilis, dwarf velvet bean and soya bean IAC 9 were used as interrow crop, but it was significantly decreased for pigeon pea and sunn hemp treatments. Linear correlation analysis showed that coffee yield was inversely correlated with leguminous dry biomass and positively correlated with coffee shoot height and stem diameter at the harvest year.
