Mitigation of greenhouse gases in pastures Marandu Grass managed with legumes or nitrogen fertilizer

• Grant number: 16/11086-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: October 01, 2017
• End date: February 29, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Pastures and Forage Crops
• Principal Investigator: Ana Cláudia Ruggieri
• Grantee: Vanessa Zirondi Longhini
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/08567-3 - Effect of biological N2-fixation, plant litter decomposition, and excreta on nutrient cycling in legume-grass and grass-N system, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The emission of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) mainly by the agriculture sector is considered worrisome, thereby, it searches for animal production systems that are more efficient and have the intention of reduction of major gas (CO2, N2O and CH4) becomes very important. The present study aims to evaluate the mitigation potential of GHG emissions in Marandu-Grass intercropping with forage peanut or fertilized with nitrogen fertilizer, grazed by dairy cows. The treatments are: 1) Marandu-Grass without nitrogen source; 2) Marandu-Grass with nitrogen source (150 kg N ha-¹ year-1); and 3) Marandu-Grass intercropping with forage peanut. The system will be evaluated during 2 years under intermittent stocking and the variables evaluated at different seasons within each year. The variables are morphological characteristics of forage, greenhouse gases emissions (CO2, N2O and CH4) from excreta, fertilizer and soil, soil stocks of C and N, production and decomposition of litter and quantification of biological N2 fixation. The data will be analyzed in a completely randomized design with repeated measurements over time (years and seasons). Treatments and periods will be considered as fixed effects and year as random. It will be used the MIXED procedure of statistical software SAS and when differences were found, the Tukey Test will be applied to compare the means (P d 0.05). At the end of the research is intended to develop management recommendations that will succeed in maintaining pastures and mitigation of greenhouse gases. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BERCA, ANDRESSA S.; CARDOSO, ABMAEL DA S.; LONGHINI, VANESSA Z.; TEDESCHI, LUIS O.; BODDEY, ROBERT MICHAEL; REIS, RICARDO A.; RUGGIERI, ANA CLAUDIA. Protein and Carbohydrate Fractions in Warm-Season Pastures: Effects of Nitrogen Management Strategies. AGRONOMY-BASEL, v. 11, n. 5, MAY 2021. (15/16631-5, 16/11086-1, 17/11274-5)

LONGHINI, VANESSA Z.; CARDOSO, ABMAEL S.; BERCA, ANDRESSA S.; BODDEY, ROBERT M.; REIS, RICARDO A.; DUBEUX, JOSE C. B.; RUGGIERI, ANA C.. Could forage peanut in low proportion replace N fertilizer in livestock systems?. PLoS One, v. 16, n. 3, MAR 3 2021. (15/16631-5, 16/11086-1, 17/11274-5)

LONGHINI, VANESSA Z.; CARDOSO, ABMAEL S.; BERCA, ANDRESSA S.; CARVALHO, ISABEL N. O.; BODDEY, ROBERT M.; REIS, RICARDO A.; DUBEUX, JR., JOSE C. B.; RUGGIERI, ANA C.. Nitrogen fertilizer increased litter deposition and litter N in warm-climate grasslands. NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS, v. 119, n. 2, JAN 2021. (16/11086-1, 17/11274-5, 15/16631-5)

VANESSA ZIRONDI LONGHINI; LUÍS CARLOS VINHAS ÍTAVO; ANTONIO LEANDRO CHAVES GURGEL; ABMAEL DA SILVA CARDOSO; ROBERT MICHAEL BODDEY; GELSON DOS SANTOS DIFANTE; ALEXANDRE MENEZES DIAS; CAMILA CELESTE BRANDÃO FERREIRA ÍTAVO; GABRIEL DE SOUZA LOMBARDI DA SILVA; ANA CLAUDIA RUGGIERI. Modelos matemáticos para ajustes na quantificação da volatilização de amônia do fertilizante ureia aplicado em pastagens tropicais. Ciência Rural, v. 54, n. 5, 2023-12-08. (17/11274-5, 16/11086-1)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

LONGHINI, Vanessa Zirondi. Litter dynamics and NH3 volatilization in marandu grass pasture with and without nitrogen or mixed with forage peanut. 2020. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Jaboticabal Jaboticabal.