Produção de biomassa de Eucalyptus spp. sob diferentes manejos e espaçamentos

• Autor(a) principal: Vieira, Eduardo Henrique de Freitas
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (riUfes)
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/5772
• topic: Eucalyptus forest; Biofuel; Spacing; Floresta de eucalipto; Biocombustível; Espaçamento; Recursos Florestais e Engenharia Florestal; Eucalipto - Espaçamento; Biomassa; Biocombustíveis; 630

This study aimed to evaluate the biomass production, height and DBH of eucalyptus on two management regimes: rainfed and fertigated, three genetic materials and six different spacings, in the state of Espírito Santo. The design adopted was randomized blocks, with repetition. It was observed that, in general, the major growth and productivity of biomass occurred in the regime fertigated. We also observed, higher yields in the early ages for the dense spacing, however, with increasing age, the larger distance remained more uniform and exceeded the productivity of smaller spaces. Biomass production varied depending on the genetic material, plant spacing and irrigation. The treatment using the genetic material AR4 had productivity of 60 t/ha/year at 12 months of age in the management and spacing fertigated 3x1 and 3x2 m. For the clonal materials showed major biomass production (55 t/ha/year) in the interaction of management fertigated spaced 3x2 m at 12 months old. Genetic material in 1501 produced 45 t/ha/year in the 3x1 m spacing at 12 months of age. The genetic material in 3918, and interaction management fertigated 3x1 and 3x2 m spacings, produced at 12 months of age, 45 t/ha/year. Evaluating only the 1x1 m spacing (super dense) with the seminal genetic material in dryland management, we observed the production of 55 t/ha/year, at 12 months. Considering a spacing of 1x1 and 2x1 m (extreme cases), the mortality due to competition between plants is so high that at the end of two years, the number of live plants was reduced to approximately 30%. If we consider the additional costs of drip irrigation and planting density, compared to traditional management culture (3x3 m spacing in dry), it is important to evaluate the economic viability of this type of strategy for biomass energy production