Respostas de panicum maximum cv. massai a doses de biofertilizante ou adubação com nitrogênio e fósforo

Abstract

The use of mineral fertilizers and especially of organic manure on pasture production systems are still poorly adopted in Brazilian northeastern. This work aimed to evaluate different doses of biofertilizers and mineral fertilizer in Panicum maximum cv. Massai in Quartzipsamment. The experiment was conducted at the Escola Agrícola de Jundiaí, Macaíba, RN, led in experimental design fields in random blocks with six treatments and four replications, as treatments: 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 t ha-1 of biofertilizer. In addition, we used a treatment with mineral fertilizer (NP). The variables analyzed in the experiments were: height of pasture (AL), light interception (IL), leaf area index (IAF), total chlorophyll (CLO), dry matter production (PMS), forage accumulation rate (TAF), leaf accumulation (AFo), dead material accumulation (AMM) and accumulation of weeds (PIn) in massai grass pastures. Data collection were made every 60 days for six months, in three collections. Data were taken from the useful area of each parcel (8.16 m²). There was a positive linear effect for all variables as they increased the dose of biofertilizers, except for the AMM and AIn variables. The mineral fertilizer promoted better results than the doses of biofertilizers for IL, IAF, PMS, TAF and AFo variables were similar to dose of 40 t ha-1 of biofertilizers for AL, CLO, AMM and AIn variables. It is recommended to do new experiments to evaluate higher doses than 40 t ha-1 to identify the maximum capacity of massai grass fertilized with biofertilizer.