Morfofisiologia do capim-elefante adubado com composto orgânico proveniente da produção e do abate de pequenos ruminantes

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Meneses, Abner José Girão
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Capim-elefante; Compostos orgânicos; Ruminante; Pennisetum purpureum
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/16977

Similarly to other agricultural activities, small ruminant farming produces waste that, if managed improperly, results in negative environmental impacts. However, when properly managed, sheep and goat farming waste have a high potential to be used as agricultural inputs. This study evaluated the morphological and physiological characteristics of Pennisetum purpureum cv. Cameroon irrigated and subjected to different levels of organic compost from waste production and slaughter of small ruminants. The experiment was conducted in a cut and carry elephant grass at Embrapa Goats and Sheep, Sobral-CE. The treatments consisted of different levels of the organic compost (0; 13,3; 26,6; 39,9; 53,2; 79,8 tha-1) besides a mineral treatment of nitrogen and potassium equivalent to 720 and 900 kgha-1year-1 , respectively. This was a split-plot randomized complete block design with repeated measures over time, in which the plots corresponded to seven levels of organic compost and an additional treatment (mineral fertilization), and the subplots to four crop growth cycles. The potential quantum efficiency (Fv/Fm) showed a value of 0,75 at a level of 79,8 tha-1. The fluorescence decrease ratio (Rfd) responded quadratically in cycles 1 and 2, indicating proper functioning of the photosynthetic apparatus over the cycles. In cycles 1 and 2, it was observed the maximum forage accumulation rate of 278,9 kg DMha-1day1 at a level of 70,63 tha-1. Biomass of leaf blades (LDB) and green stems (GCB) presented a quadratic response in cycle 1, with maximum point at the levels 67,73 and 63,05 tha-1, respectively. Similar behavior was found for the variables water use efficiency for blade production (WUELDB) and stem (WUEGCB), with maximum point at the levels 62,94 and 60,28 tha-1 compost. The contrast analysis between the levels of the organic compost x mineral fertilization evidenced no effect in the first cycle for most variables. In conclusion, due to the high rate of mineralization of nitrogen from the organic compost in the first two growth cycles, there is need for supplementation with nitrogen fertilizer in subsequent cycles, for the purpose of maintaining productivity.