| Grant number: | 17/02517-1 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| Start date: | April 01, 2017 |
| End date: | April 30, 2019 |
| Field of knowledge: | Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Soil Science |
| Agreement: | BBSRC, UKRI ; CONFAP ; Newton Fund, with FAPESP as a partner institution in Brazil |
| Principal Investigator: | Ciro Antonio Rosolem |
| Grantee: | Eduardo Mariano |
| Host Institution: | Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas (FCA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil |
| Associated research grant: | 15/50305-8 - A virtual joint centre to deliver enhanced nitrogen use efficiency via an integrated soil-plant systems approach for the uk & brasil. (fapesp-bbsrc), AP.TEM |
| Associated scholarship(s): | 18/14218-1 - Rhizodeposition of tropical forage grasses: a 14C pulse-labeling study, BE.EP.PD |
Abstract Abstract: There is evidence that Brachiaria ruziziensis affects nitrogen dynamics in the soil by modifying microbiota composition, affecting maize response to the fertilizer. This project will deepen studies on the N fate in the soil in the presence of B. ruziziensis and other grasses, considering deep leaching and gaseous losses.Objectives: To understand N dynamics and determine N fate in cropping systems using grasses as cover crops, as well as its effects on maize response to N.Work plan: A field experiment will be conducted using different grasses in rotation with soybean and maize. Maize response to N will be assessed. Nitrogen dynamics in the system will be studied using 15N labeled fertilizer; N leaching will be determined by analyzing soil solution 80 cm deep in the soil profile and water deep drainage, N emissions as ammonium and nitrous oxide will be monitored.Justification: This project is important to understand N fate in the soil in a crop rotation very important in tropical areas. Nitrogen Use efficiency. The collaboration of a Pos-Doc will be an important part of the general project NUCLEUS, and particularly of WP3.The use of a particular grass, while important for soil conservation may impair maize response to N, decreasing | |
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