scholarly journals SOIL MICROBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF MAIZE FODDER WITH LEGUMES AND MANURE DOSES

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 882-890
Author(s):  
Charlley de Freitas Silva ◽  
Erika Valente de Medeiros ◽  
Marthony Dornelas Santana ◽  
Maysa Bezerra de Araújo ◽  
Argemiro Pereira Martins Filho ◽  
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ABSTRACT Maize is an important cereal and it is widely consumed in the world, both as food for humans and animals. Nitrogen (N) is a nutrient required in large quantities by maize, but unfortunately, soils are limited in meeting this need. Nodulating legumes can serve as a source of Nitrogen, because they are symbiotically associated with bacteria capable of fixing atmospheric N. Another important source of this nutrient is cattle manure, which is widely used in agriculture. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of using legumes and cattle manure on the production as well as the microbial and biochemical quality of the soil used for maize cultivation. The experiment was conducted using a randomized complete block design, in a sub-subdivided plot scheme [(2x4) +2], two leguminous plants (pigeon pea and macassar bean), four doses of cattle manure (0, 20, 40 and 60 t ha-1) and two controls; one with mineral fertilization and the other cultivated without the use of fertilizers. Treatment using a manure dose of 60t ha-1 and pigeon pea legume, recorded higher dry mass production per plant. The increase in manure doses was directly proportional to the length and weight of the cobs for the two legumes. The enzymatic activities were affected by the different doses and legumes, with greater results being recorded at the 60 t ha-1 dose with the macassar legume. The use of legumes with manure improved maize production as well as the microbiological and biochemical quality of soils.

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fábio Henrique Krenchinski ◽  
Victor José Salomão Cesco ◽  
Danilo Morilha Rodrigues ◽  
Vinicius Gabriel Caneppele Pereira ◽  
Alfredo Junior Paiola Albrecht ◽  
...  

Abstract: Some desiccation techniques for harvesting wheat may affect seed quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different desiccant herbicides applied to the wheat crop and their effects on the production and seed quality. The experiment was conducted with cultivar COODETEC 150 (CD 150) in two sites in Palotina (Paraná state, Brazil) with a randomized block design consisting of 7 treatments (desiccation herbicides) and 4 replications. Desiccation was realized when 50% of the plants were in stage 80 with seeds in powdery or mass consistency. The variables analyzed were percentage of moisture content after harvest, Yield, hectoliter weight, mass of 100 seeds, vigor, germination, fresh mass of seedlings, dry mass of seedlings and root length. The herbicides carfentrazone-ethyl and clethodim were the ones that promoted greatest reduction in vigor. The herbicide paraquat caused reduction in seedling length. There was a reduction in the mass of 100 seeds for glufosinate-ammonium, clethodim, diquat and carfentrazone-ethyl. Glufosinate-ammonium, paraquat, glyphosate, clethodim and diquat caused reduction in yield. Desiccation of Cultivar CD 150 at stage 80 is not recommended, since plant Yield and physiological seed parameters were adversely affected by herbicides.


Agronomy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 636
Author(s):  
Robson da Costa Leite ◽  
José Geraldo Donizetti dos Santos ◽  
Rubson da Costa Leite ◽  
Luciano Fernandes Sousa ◽  
Guilherme Octávio de Sousa Soares ◽  
...  

This study aimed to evaluate the growth, production, and leaf contents of macronutrients, as well as the yield of forage sorghum cultivated on the alleys of Gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Walp.) and Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit) in the presence and absence of mineral fertilization. The experiment was conducted in two different periods: During the 2016/2017 double crop (cultivation carried out at the end of the crop cycle) and during the 2017/2018 crop (cultivation carried out at the beginning of the crop cycle). A randomized block design, in which the first factor refers to cultivation systems (single sorghum, sorghum cultivated in Gliricidia alleys, and sorghum cultivated in Leucaena alleys) and the second factor refers to mineral fertilization (presence and absence of fertilization), in a 3 × 2 factorial arrangement was used. The leguminous plants were cut, and the residues were deposited in the alleys. The cultivation in alleys without mineral fertilization increased total forage biomass when compared to the single crop cultivation. Cultivation in Leucaena alleys showed a higher leaf content of nitrogen (N) when compared to the single crop, both in the presence and absence of mineral fertilization. In the double crop, sorghum cultivated in Leucaena alleys without fertilization presented a higher forage yield (up to 67%) when compared to the single crop system. However, there was no difference in yield when mineral fertilization was applied to the treatments. Overall, the alley crops were able to increase the morphological (plant height (PH), stem diameter (SD), panicle diameter (PD), and panicle length (PL) and yield (leaf dry mass (LDM), stem dry mass (SDM), total green mass (TGM), and total dry mass TDM) variables of the crop, improving the productivity of forage sorghum.


Author(s):  
Antônio C. dos Santos Júnior ◽  
Marco A. C. de Carvalho ◽  
Oscar M. Yamashita ◽  
Tauan R. Tavanti ◽  
Renan F. R. Tavanti

ABSTRACT The use of microorganisms in agriculture such as Azospirillum brasilense and the cultivation of cover crops in the off season, together with nitrogen fertilization, may be interesting alternatives to increase crop yield. The objective of this study was to evaluate the growth, production and nitrogen concentration of maize grown in succession to cover crops and their interactions with A. brasilense inoculation and topdressing mineral N fertilization. The experiment was conducted on Oxisol, in randomized block design in split-split-plot scheme with four repetitions. The plots consisted of four cover crops: jackbean (Canavalia ensiformis), dwarf pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan), crotalaria (Crotalaria spectabilis) and spontaneous vegetation. In the subplots, with or without inoculation of A. brasilense in maize seeds, and in the sub-subplots: with or without topdressing N fertilization. It was verified that jackbean can generate increments of up to 8.3% in grains per ear, 6.9% in length of ear and 15.2% in mass of one hundred grains. Consequently, the grain yield was higher in this treatment (18%). The inoculation with A. brasilense and topdressing N fertilization did not generate significant increments in maize production components, as observed for cover crops.


Author(s):  
Marina da C. Guerrero ◽  
Tiago R. de Sousa ◽  
Saulo A. de Oliveira ◽  
Rômulo R. Caldeira ◽  
Adilson Pelá

ABSTRACT The use of pig deep-litter (PDL) in pasture fertilization can be an important alternative from an environmental and economic point of view. This study was conducted to evaluate the fertilization with PDL exclusively or in association with mineral fertilizers on the quality and productivity of Panicum maximum cv. Mombasa. The experiment was carried out in Ipameri, GO, Brazil. The design was a randomized block design in a 2 x 5 factorial scheme with four repetitions, in plots of 24 m². The doses of PDL (0; 5; 10; 15 and 20 Mg ha-1) were tested, with or without fertilization with NPK (50 kg ha-1 of P2O5, 10 kg ha-1 of K2O and 10 kg ha-1 of N). The organic fertilizer was applied broadcast at the planting of the pasture, and the mineral fertilizers were split and applied at planting and as topdressing. Dry mass, crude protein, acid detergent fiber and neutral detergent fiber were evaluated. PDL doses associated with mineral fertilization led to linear increases from 52 to 282% in the analyzed variables and better bromatological composition. PDL application is beneficial to the production of pastures, and increasing applications up to the PDL dose of 20 Mg ha-1 associated with mineral fertilization promoted better quantitative and qualitative results. With exclusive fertilization with PDL, the gains in quality and productivity were more modest.


Author(s):  
Edna Maria Bonfim-Silva ◽  
Maria Débora Loiola Bezerra ◽  
Tonny José Araújo da Silva ◽  
William Fenner ◽  
Ana Paula Alves Barreto Damasceno

This study evaluated the production of Paiaguás grass (Urochloa brizantha) as a function of wood-ash doses and water availability in the Cerrado Oxisol. The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse with a randomized block design in a fractioned 5x5 factorial scheme, corresponding to five wood-ash doses (0; 8; 16; 24 and 32 g dm-3) and five soil water-availability scenarios (4; 8; 16; 32; 64 kPa) with four repetitions. The experimental design was based on the modified central compound and consisted of 13 treatments of wood-ash doses (g dm-3) and soil water-availability scenarios (kPa): 0-4; 0-16; 0-64; 8-8; 8-32; 16-4; 16-16; 16-64; 24-8; 24-32; 32-4; 32-16; 32-64. Soil volumetric moisture was monitored daily by means of the Diviner 2000 Capacitance Probe® for soil water replenishment according to the treatments. In 30-day intervals, three cuts were performed in the aerial part of the plants evaluating dry mass of leaves, stems, aerial part, number of leaves and of tillers. Data were subjected to analysis of variance and when significant to regression analysis, both up to 5% of error probability, through the statistical program SISVAR and response surface study using SAS. The combinations of wood ash doses with water soil tensions influence the productive characteristics of Paiaguás grass. Fertilization with wood ash reduces the effect of water stress on Paiaguás grass and this residue may be a viable alternative to partial replacement of mineral fertilization and safe disposal in the environment.


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-72
Author(s):  
José Carlos Lopes ◽  
Allan R Freitas ◽  
Amarilson O Candido ◽  
Luan P Venancio ◽  
Nathália Aparecida B Fávaris

ABSTRACT Industrial and organic residues cause environmental impacts at various levels. However, these residues present potential to correct soil acidity and fertility. Considering the possibility of using these alternative sources, the objective of this study was to analyze the quality of scarlet eggplant seeds produced with the use of industrial waste. The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse. We used scarlet eggplant seeds (Solanum gilo), cv. ‘Verde-Claro’, and the soil was Typic Hapludox. The experimental design was randomized blocks, in a factorial distribution (3x4x5), being three soil variations [(pure soil (S), soil + cattle manure (SE) and, soil + sewage sludge (SL)], four corrective treatments [without correction (C1), limestone (C2), steel slag (C3) and marble powder (C4)], and five periods of seed storage (0, 100, 120, 140 and 160 days). The use of steel slag and marble powder associated with the addition of sewage sludge and cattle manure increased fresh mass of plants, at 40%, and dry mass of plants, at 48%, when compared with the pure soil. After 140 day of storage, negatives effects on the vigor of scarlet eggplant seeds could be noticed.


2019 ◽  
pp. 1566-1571
Author(s):  
Hellen Cristina da Silva ◽  
Luara Cristina de Lima ◽  
Reginaldo de Camargo ◽  
Regina Maria Quintão Lana ◽  
Ernane Miranda Lemes ◽  
...  

The objective of this research was to evaluate the efficiency of different sources of residues in the composition of organomineral fertilizers on common bean yield. The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse at the Federal University of Uberlândia. A randomized complete block design was used in the 2 x 4 + 2 factorial scheme corresponding to two organic sources (biosolids and filter cake) and four doses of pelletized organomineral fertilizer (50, 75, 100 and 125% of the recommendation for common bean, plus two additional treatments without fertilization and fertilization with mineral fertilizer). The plant height and stem diameter were evaluated at 30 days after sowing (DAS), and an average number of pods plant-1 and grains pod-1, yield (g plant-1), dry mass (g), and mass of 1000 grains (g) at 84 DAS. The organomineral fertilizer based on biosolids fertilizer provides the largest growth with the use of 100% of the recommended dose, the largest volume of dry mass up to 75% and the highest yield at 50%. The organomineral fertilizer based on filter cake increased dry mass volume. The organomineral fertilizers evaluated have the potential to substitute exclusively mineral fertilization in the common bean crop.


Author(s):  
José A. M. do Nascimento ◽  
Jacob S. Souto ◽  
Walter E. Pereira ◽  
Sherly A. da S. Medeiros ◽  
Lourival F. Cavalcante

ABSTRACT Potassium is the nutrient required in greatest quantity by watermelon, especially during the production phase. Therefore, the aim of this experiment was to evaluate the effect of potassium and cattle manure doses on the nutritional composition of ‘Crimson Sweet’ watermelon plants. The treatments were arranged in a randomized block design with three replicates and 21 plants per plot using a 3 × 5 + 1 factorial scheme, referring to three manure doses (0; 1,100 and 2,520 g hole-1), in order to increment the level of soil organic matter from 0.67 present in the soil to 3.0 and 6.0%, five potassium doses (0, 7.5, 15, 22.5 and 30 kg ha-1) in the form of potassium chloride and one additional treatment (without organic and mineral fertilization). At the beginning of fruiting, leaves were collected to evaluate the nutritional status of the plants in macronutrients. According to the results, cattle manure stimulates the absorption of macronutrients by watermelon; in soil with 3.0% of organic matter, the best results corresponded to the K2O dose of 15 kg ha-1 and, for 6.0%, between 11 and 13 kg ha-1.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Lanes B. A. Jaques ◽  
Ivan R. Carvalho ◽  
Vinícius J. Szareski ◽  
Henrique E. Rodrigues ◽  
Ítala T. P. Dubal ◽  
...  

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is considered one of the most important cereals, such as maize, rice and wheat, due to its multiplicity of usage, as much for human consumption as for feed. The Nitrogen is one of the main nutrients that influences the quality and productivity of barley seeds because it participates in numerous metabolic routes. It is a limiting factor of the production, the lack or the excess can bring consequence to the culture. In this manner, the present study aims to evaluate the influence of different nitrogen doses on the physiologic quality and biochemical characters of brewing barley seeds produced in two growing environments. The experiment was conducted in the 2017 crop season, in a randomized block design, organized in a factorial scheme, being 2 cultivation environment × 2 brewing barley cultivars × 4 nitrogen doses, disposed in four replicates. The physiological quality of the seeds was evaluated by germination, first counting of germination, accelerated aging, field emergence, shoot and root length, dry mass of shoot and root of seedlings, electrical conductivity (3, 6 and 24 hours) and isoenzymes. The growing environment promotes differences in the barley seeds physiologic quality. The nitrogen fertilizing, at dose of 120 kg ha-1, results in superiority in the physiologic quality of seeds. The cultivar BRS Cauê in both environments presented higher vigor. The nitrogen fertilizing alters the isoenzymatic expression of barley seedlings, creating variation in the bands intensity, at different nitrogen doses.


Irriga ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 779-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherly Aparecida da Silva Medeiros ◽  
Lourival Ferreira Cavalcante ◽  
Marlene Alexandrina Ferreira Bezerra ◽  
José Adeilson Medeiros do Nascimento ◽  
Francisco Thiago Coelho Bezerra ◽  
...  

ÁGUA SALINA E BIOFERTILIZANTE DE ESTERCO BOVINO NA FORMAÇÃO E QUALIDADE DE MUDAS DE MARACUJAZEIRO AMARELO SHERLY APARECIDA DA SILVA MEDEIROS1; LOURIVAL FERREIRA CAVALCANTE2; MARLENE ALEXANDRINA FERREIRA BEZERRA1; JOSÉ ADEILSON MEDEIROS DO NASCIMENTO3; FRANCISCO THIAGO COELHO BEZERRA4 E STELLA DA SILVA PRAZERES5 1Doutoranda PPGA/CCA/UFPB, email: [email protected][email protected] do PPGA/CCA/UFPB e Pesquisador do INCTSal, Fortaleza, CE. E-mail: [email protected] Professor Dr. IFCE/ Tianguá - CE. Email: [email protected] do PPGA/CCA/UFPB, Areia-PB. Email: bezerra­‑[email protected] Doutoranda do PPGCS/CCA/UFPB, Areia-PB. Email: stella­[email protected]  1 RESUMO No período de janeiro a março de 2013, um experimento foi conduzido, em estufa telada do Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia-PB, Brasil, para avaliar os efeitos da salinidade da água de irrigação e esterco líquido fermentado de bovino na formação e qualidade de mudas de maracujazeiro amarelo. O delineamento experimental foi em blocos casualizados, adotando o esquema fatorial 2 x 5 x 2, referente a dois genótipos de maracujazeiro amarelo (genótipo local tradicionalmente cultivado na cidade de Nova Floresta Paraíba, conhecido por Guinezinho e o genótipo BRS Gigante Amarelo), cinco níveis de salinidade da água de irrigação de 0,3; 1,0; 2,0; 3,0 e 4,0 dS m-1, no solo sem e com esterco líquido fermentado de bovino. As variáveis analisadas foram índice de velocidade de emergência, emergência, altura, diâmetro caulinar, área foliar, massa seca da raiz e da parte aérea das mudas e índice de qualidade de Dickson. O biofertilizante líquido de bovino proporcionou a formação de mudas de qualidade adequada ao plantio, em ambos os genótipos de maracujazeiro amarelo, comparadas às obtidas no solo sem o respectivo insumo, independentemente do nível de salinidade das águas de irrigação. Palavras-chave: Passiflora edulis, estresse salino, insumo orgânico.  MEDEIROS, S.A.S; CAVALCANTE, L.F.; BEZERRA, M.A.F.; NASCIMENTO, J.A. M.; BEZERRA, F.T.C; PRAZERES, S.S.SALINE WATER AND BOVINE MANURE BIOFERTILIZER IN THE FORMATION AND QUALITY OF YELLOW PASSION FRUIT SEEDLINGS   2 ABSTRACT                                              During the period of January to March 2013, an experiment was carried out in greenhouse conditions at the Agrarian Sciences Centre, Federal University of Paraíba, Areia municipality, Paraíba State, Brazil, in order to evaluate the effects of irrigation water salinity and liquid fermented cattle manure during formation and quality of yellow passion fruit seedlings. The experimental design was in randomized blocks adopting a factorial design 2 x 5 x 2 referring to two genotypes of yellow passion fruit (Local genotype known as Guinezinho and BRS Yellow Giant genotype), five levels of water salinity irrigation of 0.3; 1.0; 2.0; 3.0 and 4.0 dS m-1 in soil with and without fermented liquid cattle manure. The variables analyzed were emergency speed index, emergency, plants height, stalk diameter, root dry mass and shoot, leaf area, and Dickson quality index. The liquid cattle biofertilizer provided the formation of seedlings with suitable quality for plantation, in both  passion fruit genotypes compared to those obtained on the substrate without biofertilizer, regardless of the salinity of irrigation water. Keywords: Passiflora edulis, salt stress, organic input.


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