Soil nitrogen dynamics after Brachiaria desiccation

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo

Gustavo Castoldi²  Jhônatas Gomes Dos Reis¹  Laércio Augusto Pivetta²  Ciro Antonio Rosolem¹ 

[1] ,UNESP FCA Botucatu SP ,Brazil

关键词: Brachiaria brizantha;    Brachiaria decumbens;    Brachiaria humidicola;    Brachiaria ruziziensis;    nitrification;    rhizosphere;    Brachiaria brizantha;    Brachiaria decumbens;    Brachiaria humidicola;    Brachiaria ruziziensis;    nitrificação;    rizosfera;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-06832013000600018

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Brachiaria species, particularly B. humidicola, can synthesize and release compounds from their roots that inhibit nitrification, which can lead to changes in soil nitrogen (N) dynamics, mainly in N-poor soils. This may be important in crop-livestock integration systems, where brachiarias are grown together with or in rotation with grain crops. The objective of the present study was to determine whether this holds true in N-rich environments and if other Brachiaria species have the same effect. The soil N dynamics were evaluated after the desiccation of the species B. brizantha, B. decumbens, B. humidicola, and B. ruziziensis, which are widely cultivated in Brazil. The plants were grown in pots with a dystroferric Red Latosol in a greenhouse. Sixty days after sowing, the plants were desiccated using glyphosate herbicide. The plants and soil were analyzed on the day of desiccation and 7, 14, 21 and 28 days after desiccation. The rhizosphere soil of the grasses contained higher levels of organic matter, total N and ammonium than the non-rhizosphere soil. The pH was lowest in the rhizosphere of B. humidicola, which may indicate that this species inhibits the nitrification process. However, variations in the soil ammonium and nitrate levels were not sufficient to confirm the suppressive effect of B. humidicola. The same was observed for B. brizantha, B. decumbens and B. ruziziensis, thereby demonstrating that, where N is abundant, none of the brachiarias studied has a significant effect on the nitrification process in soil.

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