Urochloa ruziziensis responses to sources and doses of urea /Respostas da Urochloa ruziziensis a fontes e doses de ureia

The use of products that promote reduction of nitrogen (N) losses from the urea fertilizer can contribute to increasing its use efficiency in forage grasses. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of N sources and doses on the growth of Urochloa ruziziensis. The experiment was carried out in the g...

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Published inRevista brasileira de engenharia agrícola e ambiental Vol. 20; no. 5; p. 401
Main Authors Lima, Joao E.S, Nascente, Adriano S, Leandro, Wilson M, da Silveira, Pedro M
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published ATECEL--Associacao Tecnico Cientifica Ernesto Luiz de Oliveira Junior 01.05.2016
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Summary:The use of products that promote reduction of nitrogen (N) losses from the urea fertilizer can contribute to increasing its use efficiency in forage grasses. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of N sources and doses on the growth of Urochloa ruziziensis. The experiment was carried out in the growing season of 2007/2008 in Santo Antonio de Goias-GO, in a Brazilian Oxisol. A completely randomized block was used, with four replicates in a factorial scheme, corresponding to two N sources (conventional urea and urea with urease inhibitor) and five N doses (0, 50, 100, 200 and 300 kg [ha.sup.-1]), divided into equal applications in five periods (Nov 14 to Dec 13, Dec 14 to Jan 12, Jan 13 to Feb 11--rainy season, Mar 24 to Apr 22 and Jul 10 to Aug 08--dry season). The effects of the treatments were evaluated for: shoot dry matter, tiller density, total N content in the leaves and relative chlorophyll content. N fertilizer sources did not affect the evaluated variables; however, N fertilization allowed linear increases in all variables with higher values during the rainy period. The relative chlorophyll content in U. ruziziensis had positive correlation with its dry matter productivity. Key words: chlorophyll content forage nitrogen stabilized urea O uso de produtos que proporcionam reducao das perdas de nitrogenio (N) da ureia fertilizante pode contribuir para aumentar a eficiencia de uso desse nutriente em pastagens. Este trabalho objetivou avaliar o efeito de fontes e doses de nitrogenio no crescimento da Urochloa ruziziensis. O experimento foi conduzido na safra 2006/2007 em Santo Antonio de Goias, GO, em Latossolo Vermelho acrico. Utilizaram-se o delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso, com quatro repeticoes em arranjo fatorial entre fontes (ureia comum e ureia com inibidor de urease) e cinco doses de N (0, 50, 100, 200 e 300 kg [ha.sup.-1]) aplicadas em parcelas iguais em cinco periodos (14/11 a 13/12, 14/12 a 12/01, 13/01 a 11/02--epoca chuvosa, 24/03 a 22/04 e 10/07 a 08/08--estacao seca). As variaveis avaliadas foram: massa de materia seca da parte aerea, densidade de perfilhos, teor de N total na folha e teor relativo de clorofila. As fontes de N nao afetaram as variaveis avaliadas mas a adubacao nitrogenada proporcionou incrementos lineares em todas as variaveis e com maiores valores no periodo chuvoso. O teor relativo de clorofila nas plantas de U. ruziziensis apresentou correlacao positiva com a produtividade de materia seca da forrageira. Palavras-chave: forrageira nitrogenio teor de clorofila ureia estabilizada
ISSN:1415-4366
1807-1929
DOI:10.1590/1807-1929/agriambi.v20n5p401-407