Management of harvest residue, nitrogen, potassium and use of inoculants in ratoon sugarcane

Author(s)

Diego Wyllyam do Vale

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Piracicaba.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC)
• Defense date: 2013-02-21

Examining board members

Godofredo Cesar Vitti; Heitor Cantarella; Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri; José Lavres Junior; Raffaella Rossetto

• Advisor: Godofredo Cesar Vitti; Verônica Massena Reis

Abstract

The harvesting of sugarcane, straw removal without fire, is growing in Brazil. In this culture system, there are many questions about the management of residue, and the amounts of nitrogen and potassium to be used. This study aimed to evaluate the straw management sugarcane, nitrogen, potassium and use of inoculants in commercial sugarcane. For this experiment was installed in Piracicaba - SP, in the Oxissol cultivated with the variety of sugarcane CTC 9, in a randomized block design in a incomplete factorial 3x6x4, totaling 153 plots, three management of stubble-MP (distribution of sugarcane trash in every area-MPT, removal of straw only rows of sugarcane MPRL and windrowing straw every two lines-MP2:1) six doses of N (application of 0, 60, 120 and 180 kg ha-1 of N, applied in line with the cane solution containing five species of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the absence of nitrogen fertilizer application on line and cane solution containing five species of nitrogen-fixing bacteria plus 30 kg ha-1 of mineral N), four doses of K (0, 50 , 100 and 150 kg ha-1 of K2O) and three replications. The variables analyzed along the two years were: soil chemical analysis, CO2 emission, foliar diagnosis, biological and technological evaluations and straw yield of sugarcane. The application of nitrogen and potassium affect soil fertility, leaf N content, theoretical recoverable sugar and growth of sugarcane. The application of 80 kg ha-1 of K2O is sufficient to present the first high productivity (87 t ha-1) and second ratoon sugarcane (141 t ha-1) and there was no response from the application nitrogen mineral. The inoculant application did not increase productivity of sugarcane. The MPRL proved as the most promising in relation to growth and productivity of sugarcane. The MPRL had lower moisture and higher carbon footprint compared to MPT and MP2:1. In the 1st ratoon, the MPT, MPRL and MP2:1, the emission of CO2 was 1.7, 2.0 and 1.7 ?mol m-2 s-1, the temperature was 21.7, 21.7; 21.2 ºC and humidity was 11.1, 6.6 and 9.5%, respectively. In the 2nd ratoon in MPT, MPRL and MP2:1 first, the CO2 was 1.8, 2.1 and 1.6 ?mol m-2 s-1, the temperature was 21.4, 22.9; 22, 4 ºC and the humidity was 16.9, 12.3 and 11.5%, respectively. The emission of CO2 increased with the growth of plants sugarcane and oscillated 6 to 12.4 ?mol m-2 s-1. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 09/15044-8 - Straw management, nitrogen and potassium nutrition in sugar cane ratoon
• Grantee: Diego Wyllyam Do Vale
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate