Phytomass production and nutrient accumulation by green manure species

Revista Ceres

José Carlos Soares Mangaravite²  Renato Ribeiro Passos¹  Felipe Vaz Andrade¹  Diego Lang Burak¹  Eduardo De Sá Mendonça¹ 

[1] ,Instituto Capixaba de Assistência Técnica e Extensão RuralRio Novo do Sul Espírito Santo ,Brasil

关键词: biological nitrogen fixation;    green manure;    Fabaceae;    legumes;    nutrient accumulation;    fixação biológica de nitrogênio;    adubação verde;    fabáceas;    leguminosas;    acumulação de nutrientes;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0034-737X201461050017

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Green manuring is recognized as a viable alternative to improve nutrient cycling in soils. The aim of this study was to evaluate the phytomass production and nutrient accumulation in shoots of the summer green manures jack bean [Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.], dwarf pigeon pea (Cajanus cajanvar var. Flavus DC.), dwarf mucuna [Mucuna deeringiana (Bort) Merr] and sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.), under nitrogen fertilization and/or inoculation with N-fixing bacteria. A split plot design was arranged with the four Fabaceae species as main plots and nitrogen fertilization (with and without) and inoculation with diazotrophic bacteria (with and without) as the subplots, in a 2² factorial. The experiment was arranged as a randomized complete block design with four replications. In the conditions of this trial, the sunn hemp had the highest production of shoot phytomass (12.4 Mg ha-1) and nutrient accumulation, while the dwarf mucuna had the lowest production of shoot phytomass (3.9 Mg ha-1) and nutrient accumulation. The results showed no effect of nitrogen fertilization or inoculation with N-fixing bacteria on the production of shoot phytomass and nutrient accumulation, except for inoculation without nitrogen fertilization, resulting in greater P accumulation (p <0.05) in the sunn hemp and greater Zn and Mn accumulation in the dwarf mucuna. These findings indicate that N fertilization or inoculation with N2-fixing bacteria for Fabaceae are low efficiency practices in the edaphoclimatic conditions of this study.

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