Características morfogênicas e estruturais do capim-tanzânia sob doses de nitrogênio e densidades de plantas

• Autor(a) principal: Braz, Thiago Gomes dos Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/5595
• topic: Panicum maximum; Morfogênese; Manejo; Adubação; Panicum maximum; Morphogenesis; Fertilization; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::ZOOTECNIA::PASTAGEM E FORRAGICULTURA

The trail was conducted with the aim to evaluate the nitrogen and plant density influence on the morphogenetic and structural characteristics of established tanzaniagrass (Panicum maximum Jacq.) plots. The experiment was conducted in the Forage Sector of Animal Science Department of Universidade Federal de Viçosa, from November 2007 to March 2008. The used design was in complete randomized blocks with two replications in a factorial arrangement with four nitrogen supplies (0, 80, 160, 320 kg.ha-1 N) and three plant densities (9, 25 e 49 plant.m-2). The plots were cut at 25 cm from soil level when the canopy reached 95 % of light interception. The response variables evaluated were the leaf appearance rate, phyllochron, leaf elongation rate, stem elongation rate, senescence rate, number of live leafs, leaf life duration and number of total, basilar and aerial tillers per clump. In the tillering dynamics, were evaluated the appearance and mortality rates of total, basilar and aerial tillers. The leaf appearance and stem elongation rate were influenced linear and positively by the nitrogen levels, while the phyllochron and life leaf duration varied linear and negatively. The leaf elongation rate showed exponential response to nitrogen fertilization and quadratic response to plant densities, with bigger rates being observed in the 320 kg.ha-1 N dose and 49 plant.m-2 density. The senescense rate and number of live leafs were not influenced by the factors evaluated, presenting 4.7 leafs.tiller-1 and 0.56 cm.day-1, respectively. The number of total, basilar and aerial tillers per clump showed exponential response to the nitrogen dose and quadratic response to plants density. The nitrogen increased the number in all tiller classes, while the plant density influenced negatively, with less tillers in the 25 and 49 plants.m-2 densities. The tillering dynamics were influenced quadratically by nitrogen, plant density, and by the interaction between these factors. The total and basilar tiller appearance were influenced quadratically by nitrogen dose, with bigger values had been observed on the 160 and 320 kg.ha-1 N doses. The plant density influenced quadratically the total tiller appearance, which was higher in the 25 plant.m-2 density. On the other hand, the aerial tiller appearance rate was not influenced by the nitrogen doses and plant densities. The total tiller mortality rate was influenced quadratically by the nitrogen doses and plant densities, in a way that it was estimated less mortality in 32 plant.m-2 density and highest mortality in 212 kg.ha-1 N dose. In addition, the basilar tiller mortality rate was influenced quadratically by the plant densities, with less mortality observed in 32 plant.m-2 density. The aerial tiller mortality rate was influenced linearly by the nitrogen doses, with highest mortality in the 320 kg.ha-1dose. The nitrogen fertilization increases, in this way, leafs and tiller production in established tanzaniagrass cut on the 95 % canopy light interception. Nevertheless, the density influence on the morphogenetic characteristics is little outstanding, with its main effects on the number of tillers per clump, which decreases under high densities. Either the plant density or the nitrogen supply influence the tiller dynamics of tanzaniagrass. The appearance and mortality rates are increased under high nitrogen levels. The tiller appearance rate is bigger in intermediary densities, while the mortality rate decreases under high plant densities. Thus, pastures established under low and intermediary densities show more intense tiller renovation.