Consorciação intercalar em linha com crotalária e feijão guandu anão na soqueira da cana-de-açúcar

Abstract

Two great challenges for the sugar cane agribusiness are the reduction of the investment and of the operational cost to increase the competitiveness of the sugar and of the etanol. The improvement of the chemical and physical quality of the soil in elapsing of the years of cultivation of the cane is one of the factors that contribute to win those challenges. The objective of this work was of evaluating the effect of the row intercropping with Crotalaria juncea (Sunnhemp) and Cajanus cajan (Pigeon pea) in the productivity, technological quality and margin of industrial contribution of the ratoon sugarcane. The experiment was accomplished in Valparaíso - SP in the Usina da Barra S/A subsidiary Univalem, using the statistical delineation in randomized blocks with four repetitions each. The results demonstrated that the productivity of stems for hectare of the leguminous was similar to the control. The organic compost as only nutrition source presented the largest productivity. The technological quality was similar in all of the treatments. The treatments Compost organic, Control and Sunnhemp without compost presented Margin of Contribution Industrial fellow creatures amongst themselves and superiors to the other treatments.