Produtividade da soja e efeitos na microbiologia do solo em sucessão de plantas de cobertura

Abstract

The microbial biomass of the soil is of great importance in the increase of crop productivity and its accompaniment reflects possible changes in the soil, being a good indicator of soil quality. The objective of this work was to evaluate the chemical and biological attributes of the soil and soybean yield succeeding coverage plants. The experiment was conducted in the municipality of Presidente Bernardes-SP, in a soil classified as Dystroferric Red Argisoil. The experimental design was completely randomized. The treatments were constituted by the adoption of cover species, being millet, fallow, seeded, sorghum, corn, pigeon pea and fertilized fallow. The cover plants were kept until the 85th day after sowing and were later withdrawn for silage and the entire area of the experiment left for the regeneration of Urochloa brizantha cv. Marandu and maintained for 160 days, afterwards the soybean was sown. The biomass production of cover and brachiaria plants, foliar and bromatological tissue analyzes were evaluated. Soil was also sampled to evaluate the chemical composition and microbiological characteristics, and evaluations of soy production components. Soybean yield increased after the pre-cultivation of pigeon pea. The biological attributes were influenced significantly by the cultivation of coverage crops, and the pre-cultivation with pigeon peas stood out in the improvement of such attributes. The species used as cover plants and green manure did not alter the chemical attributes of the soil, with the exception of sulfur in depth of 10 - 20 cm.