Formas de aplicação e doses de calcário para alfafa implantada em área de plantio direto consolidado

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Toffolli, Leticia Cristina Bertusso
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná; Pato Branco; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Agronomia
• Palavras-chave em Português: Solos - Acidez; Calagem dos solos; Alfafa; Plantas forrageiras; Soil acidity; Limimg of soils; Forage plants
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/757

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is a forage legume with high yield potential, forage quality and variability of use. When well managed, is a culture able to provide quality forage and promote an increase in productivity of the herds. To enlarge the use of this forage in the country, it is necessary to overcome some obstacles, such as lack of suitable cultivars in our different environmental conditions and resistance to grazing. This study sought to determine the effect of different doses of lime combined with different forms of application to the development of culture in the alfalfa no-till system. The experiment was conducted at the Experimental Station of the Agronomic Institute of Paraná, located in Pato Branco - PR. The cultivar used was Creole. The experimental design was a randomized block design with four replications in split sub-divided. For the evaluations of soil chemical attributes the plots consisted of the forms of lime application (plowing + harrowing, subsoil and surface), the sub-plots for limestone (0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 t. ha -1) and the sub-sub plots sampled for soil depths (0-5, 5-10, 10-20 and 20-30 cm). To assess the levels of N, P, K, Ca and Mg in alfalfa leaf tissue and accumulation rate of MS daily portions constituted by accumulated days (56, 116, 144, 184, 220, 248, 286, 322, 353, 391, 432, 485, 530, 574 and 597 days), the sub-plots in the forms of lime application (plowing + disking, sub soiling and surface) and the sub-sub plots for limestone (0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 tonnes. ha-1). Liming, even if superficially, caused increases in pH, Ca and Mg and base saturation of the soil and caused the decrease in the levels of Al and potential soil acidity (H + Al ), and these perceived effects in lower layers of soil. Only in an evaluation period of accumulation rate of dry matter (220 cumulative days) revealed the influence of lime application form, and the 14 other reviews, we found no effect of this factor. Plants grown with 4 t. ha-1 of lime in the plots without incorporation showed concentration of the alfalfa leaf tissue than those found in other plants where the limestone was incorporated. No inconvenience of applying lime to the soil surface on the leaf Ca, K, Mg and P for alfalfa grown under no-tillage system. The practice of plowing or disking and sub soiling seeking the incorporation of lime in the no-tillage system proved to be unnecessary. As a result, it is recommended that for alfalfa grown in no-till system stabilized, the application of lime in the soil is made lightly.