Altura de corte e adubação nitrogenada por três períodos de manejo no Capim-Tanzânia

Abstract

The aim of this work was the evaluation of production and quality of Tanzânia grass as a function of height of cut and nitrogen feeding during three cycles of cultivation. The experiment was installed in a greenhouse at UNOESTE in Presidente Prudente-SP during the period of April to October 2007. The design was random blocks with ten treatments arranged in a factorial scheme of five nitrogen doses (0, 20, 40, 80 e 160 kg ha-1) and two cutting height (20 e 40 cm). Nitrogen was applied in the cultivation cycle. The highest production of dry matter was at 20 cm of height, during the three cycles. In this cutting height dry matter was not reached by any nitrogen dose. At 40 cm the highest dry matter was reached by the high nitrogen dose. In the first cycle of cutting, nitrogen improved the number of culms at 20 and 40cm of height. In the second cycle only the height of 20cm was influenced by nitrogen doses and in the third only the 40cm cutting was influenced by the nitrogen. PB tenor was influenced by nitrogen just in the first cycle of cutting at 20 cm of height.