Produtividade do milho após dessecação antecipada da pastagem degradada com e sem aplicação de cama de aviário

Abstract

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects and consequences of the desiccation periods of the Urochloa brizantha cv. Marandú degraded, combined or not with application of bed of aviary on the chemical characteristics of the soil, the nutritional state of the plants and the yield of maize grains. The experiment was conducted at the experimental farm of Universidade do Oeste Paulista - UNOESTE, located in the municipality of Presidente Bernardes - SP, in a soil classified as Dystrophic Red Argissolo. The experimental design was a randomized complete block design with four replications. The plots consisted of five forage desiccation periods (60, 90,120, 150 and 180 days before maize sowing) and the subplots with and without aviary beds. The following evaluations were performed: soil chemical analysis (0-10, 10-20, and 20-40 cm); dry mass of straw; nitrogen carbon ratio (C / N) of straw; emergence of plants; height of flowering plants; leaf diagnosis; number of grains per spike; mass of one hundred grains; and corn yield. Maize yield was higher when desiccation of Urochloa brizantha cv. Degraded marandú was performed at 180 days before maize sowing. The 180-day interval between desiccation of Urochloa brizantha cv. Degraded marandú and maize sowing increased the levels of P, K, Ca and Mg of the soil. The time indicated for desiccation of Urochloa brizantha cv. Degraded marandú was of 90 days before the sowing of the corn when it was not applied bed of aviary. The application of litter bed did not interfere with maize productivity.