After cut structural components of massai grass under five nitrogen fertilizer levels

After cut residue of Massai grass under five nitrogen fertilized levels were evaluated. A completely randomized design with five nitrogen levels (0; 150; 300; 450 and 600 mg N dm-3 of soil) and five replicates (plots) in greenhouse was used. It was evaluated the residual canopy height (RCH), the til...

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Autores: Lopes, Marcos, Cândido, Magno José, Pompeu, Roberto, Silva, Rodrigo, Bezerra, Francisco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Repositorio:Revista ciência agronômica (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufc:article/84142
Acceso en línea:http://periodicos.ufc.br/revistacienciaagronomica/article/view/84142
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Nitrogen fertilization
Residual green leaf blade dry mass
Panicum maximum x Panicum infestum
Adubação nitrogenada
Massa seca de lâmina foliar residual
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Sumario:After cut residue of Massai grass under five nitrogen fertilized levels were evaluated. A completely randomized design with five nitrogen levels (0; 150; 300; 450 and 600 mg N dm-3 of soil) and five replicates (plots) in greenhouse was used. It was evaluated the residual canopy height (RCH), the tiller population density (TPD), the total residual forage dry mass (TFDM), the residual green forage dry mass (GFDM), the senescent forage dry mass (SFDM), the residual green leaf dry mass (GLDM), the residual green culm dry mass (GCDM), leaf/culm ratio (L/C), root dry mass (RDM) and above ground/root ratio (A/R). There was square effect of nitrogen fertilization on RCH. There were crescent and linear effect of nitrogen fertilization on TFDM, GFDM and GCDM. There was square effect of nitrogen fertilization on GLDM. The values were estimated in 13.35 and 39.73 g DM/plot to TFDM; 9.71 and 24.69 g DM/plot to GFDM and 3.65 and 15.07 g DM/plot to SFDM on 0 and 600 mg N dm-3 of soil, respectively. The RDM presented positively response to the N levels. It was concluded that the nitrogen fertilizing brought benefits for all structural characteristics after cut of Massai grass.