The intensification of pasture production has increased the use of N fertilizers—a practice that can alter soil greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the fluxes of CH4, CO2, and N2O in the soil of Urochloa brizantha ‘Marandu’ pastures fertilized with different sources and doses of N. Two field experiments were conducted to evaluate GHG fluxes following N fertilization with urea, ammonium nitrate, and ammonium sulfate at doses of 0, 90, 180, and 270 kg N ha−1. GHG fluxes were quantified using the static chamber technique and gas chromatography. In both experiments, the sources and doses of N did not significantly affect cumulative GHG emissions, while N fertilization significantly affected cumulative N2O and CO2 emissions compared to the control treatment. The N2O emission factor following fertilization with urea, ammonium nitrate, and ammonium sulfate was lower than the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change standard (0.35%, 0.24%, and 0.21%, respectively, with fractionation fertilization and 1.00%, 0.83%, and 1.03%, respectively, with single fertilization). These findings are important for integrating national inventories and improving GHG estimation in tropical regions.
O conhecimento da dinâmica de cultivo do sorgo consorciado com forrageiras tropicais para produção de silagem é importante tanto para a nutrição animal, visando a qualidade do alimento, como para a sustentabilidade do sistema de produção agrícola. Seguindo essa lógica, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi avaliar os teores de proteína bruta e de macronutrientes das silagens de sorgo forrageiro em cultivo solteiro ou em consórcio com capim-marandu ou capim-mombaça, acrescidas de doses de ureia no momento da ensilagem. O delineamento experimental foi de blocos ao acaso, em fatorial 3 x 5, com os três tipos de silagem (sorgo forrageiro em monocultivo, consorciado com Urochloa brizantha cv. Marandu ou com o Megathyrsus maximus cv. Mombaça) e cinco doses de ureia como aditivo na ensilagem (0; 2,5; 5,0 e 7,5%). Foram determinados os teores de proteína bruta e de macronutrientes (P, K, Ca, Mg e S) antes e após o processo de ensilagem. A adição de doses até 7,5% de ureia no material a ser ensilado é eficiente em aumentar o teor de proteína bruta e de enxofre da silagem. As silagens de sorgo forrageiro consorciado com capim-marandu e capim-mombaça apresentaram maiores teores de proteína bruta, fósforo e potássio que a silagem de sorgo em monocultivo quando não há adição de ureia.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of strains of Azospirillum brasilense, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Rhizobium tropici on biomass yield and nutrients uptake of shoots and roots of Megathyrsus (syn. Panicum) maximus cultivar BRS Zuri (Zuri Guinea grass) inoculated with plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB). Treatments consisted of inoculation and re-inoculation with A. brasilense strains Ab-V5 and Ab-V6, P. fluorescens strain CCTB 03 and of co-inoculation with R. tropici strain CIAT 899 + A. brasilense Ab-V6, with or without N-fertilizer (100 mg dm-3). Evaluations were performed on three cuts for the determination of root and shoot dry weight yield, morphological compositions, tiller mass, number of tillers, and nutrient uptake. Inoculation with bacteria in association with N-fertilizer increased N, NH4+, Ca, Fe, Mn and Zn accumulation in shoots and P and K uptake in roots. P. fluorescens and co-inoculation with R. tropici CIAT 899 + A. brasilense Ab-V6 increased the relative chlorophyll index in relation to the non-inoculated control. As expected, PGPB were not able to fully replace N-fertilization. However, when combined with N-fertilizer, the PGPB increased yield, the relative chlorophyll index, and the uptake of N, NH4+, Ca, Zn, Mn and Fe of Zuri Guinea grass. The results indicate that PGPB can represent a sustainable alternative for reducing the use of N-fertilizers. There were no effects of re-inoculation with PGPB on the nutrition or yield of Zuri Guinea grass, demonstrating that the determination of the method of application and periodicity of inoculation still require investigation.
The objective of this work was to determine the most economically viable integrated no-tillage crop-livestock system by intercropping sorghum with tropical forages or dwarf pigeon pea, succeeded by soybean or corn, over a two-year period. The experiment was carried out in a randomized complete block design with four replicates. The treatments consisted of forage sorghum intercropped with: 'Marandu' grass; 'Marandu' grass and dwarf pigeon pea; 'Mombaça' grass; 'Mombaça' grass and dwarf pigeon pea; and dwarf pigeon pea and single sorghum, harvested for silage in the first cut and regrowth, succeeded by soybean or corn. The following calculations were made: effective operational cost, total operational costs, gross revenues, operational income, profitability index, equilibrium price, and equilibrium productivity. These variables were determined for individual crops, as well as for the sum of the crops occupying the same area over time. The sorghum consortia with 'Mombaça' grass, with or without dwarf pigeon pea, had 18 and 14% lower productivity and profitability, respectively, than the sorghum consortia with 'Marandu' grass, with or without dwarf pigeon pea. Soybean in succession requires less chemical control of the 'Mombaça' grass than corn in succession.
The management of nitrogen (N) fertilization in pasture has great importance for yield and maintenance of Brazilian livestock. The objective of this study was to evaluate soil chemical attributes, shoot dry weight yield (SDWY) and roots dry weight yield (RDWY), nutritional status and nutritive value of Mulato II Urochloa grass that received organic biofertilizer rates as N source. The treatments were arranged in completely randomized blocks, were fertilized with six organic biofertilizer rates (0, 25, 50, 100, 200, and 400 m 3 ha −1) and five replicates during four harvest cycles. There was a quadratic response in the accumulated SDWY for up to a rate of 400 m 3 ha −1 and RDWY with 330 m 3 ha −1 of organic biofertilizer. The organic biofertilizer influenced the soil chemical attributes and foliar nutrient concentration. However, only the crude protein content presented a quadratic response, and neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber levels were not affected by the influence of organic biofertilizer applied to the soil.
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