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ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF COVER CROPS FERTILIZED WITH NPK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2016

ADAUTON VILELA DE REZENDE ,
FLÁVIO HENRIQUE SILVEIRA RABÊLO ,
HUGO ABELARDO GONZÁLEZ VILLALBA ,
VINÍCIUS ARAÚJO SWERTS ,
ELISÂNGELA DUPAS ,
LIGIANE APARECIDA FLORENTINO ,
CARLOS HENRIQUE SILVEIRA RABELO  and
ANA CAROLINA DEZUÓ CORRER
ADAUTON VILELA DE REZENDE
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade José do Rosário Vellano, Rodovia MG 179 - km 0 - Campus Universitário, Alfenas, Minas Gerais 37130-000, Brazil
FLÁVIO HENRIQUE SILVEIRA RABÊLO*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Nutrição Mineral de Plantas, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Centenário 303, Piracicaba, São Paulo 13400-970, Brazil
HUGO ABELARDO GONZÁLEZ VILLALBA
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciência do Solo, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Pádua Dias 11, Piracicaba, São Paulo 13418-900, Brazil
VINÍCIUS ARAÚJO SWERTS
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade José do Rosário Vellano, Rodovia MG 179 - km 0 - Campus Universitário, Alfenas, Minas Gerais 37130-000, Brazil
ELISÂNGELA DUPAS
Affiliation:
Departamento de Fitossanidade, Engenharia Rural e Solos, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Passeio: Monção 226, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo 15385-000, Brazil
LIGIANE APARECIDA FLORENTINO
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade José do Rosário Vellano, Rodovia MG 179 - km 0 - Campus Universitário, Alfenas, Minas Gerais 37130-000, Brazil
CARLOS HENRIQUE SILVEIRA RABELO
Affiliation:
Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Rodovia Professor Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, Jaboticabal, São Paulo 14884-900, Brazil
ANA CAROLINA DEZUÓ CORRER
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciência do Solo, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Pádua Dias 11, Piracicaba, São Paulo 13418-900, Brazil
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§Corresponding author. Email: flaviohsr.agro@usp.br
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Summary

The crop rotation is a practice to protect and improve the soil properties and an alternative to improve the quality of crop residues is the application of fertilizers at the planting of cover crops. Thus, we evaluated the effect of fertilization with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (NPK) on organic matter production and chemical composition of cover crops succeeding the corn crop. The treatments consisted of the cultivation of Avena sativa L., Lupinus albus L., Pennisetum glaucum L., Raphanus sativus L. and Sorghum bicolor L. with (200 kg ha−1 of NPK [08-28-16] applied by broadcast seeding) and without fertilization at planting. Organic matter production by all cover crops, as well as concentrations of neutral detergent fibre (NDF) in shoots and roots of A. sativa L. and R. sativus L. were higher when they were fertilized. L. albus L. showed higher NDF and acid detergent fibre (ADF) contents than the other cover crops, with and without fertilization. Nitrogen concentration increased, but the carbon/nitrogen ratio (C/N) in the shoots of L. albus L., R. sativus L. and S. bicolor L. decreased when fertilization was applied. The use of N by the A. sativa L. and P. glaucum L. and of P and K by S. bicolor L. was 16, 54, 82 and 20% more efficient, respectively, when fertilization was applied. The A. sativa L., P. glaucum L. and R. sativus L. showed higher NDF/N, ADF/N and hemicellulose/N ratios in the fertilized treatment. Although the results obtained in this study are highly satisfactory, more research should be conducted to evaluate the decomposition of crop residues from cover crops fertilized with NPK, and the effects of this strategy on corn crops in succession.

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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , April 2017 , pp. 242 - 254
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