MAIZE NUTRITION AND DRY MATTER YIELD UNDER LIMING AND SULFUR FERTILIZATION

Authors

  • Leonidas Carrijo Azevedo Melo Universidade de São Paulo - ESALQ
  • Júnior Cesar Avanzi Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
  • Ricardo Carvalho Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Fabiana Silva de Souza Universidade Federal de Viçosa
  • José Luiz Andrade Rezende Pereira Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Aretusa Daniela Resende Mendes Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Gabriel Barreto Macêdo Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária – INCRA

Keywords:

Zea mayz, soil acidity, dry mass, root development

Abstract

Liming is essential for obtaining high yield levels in tropical acid soils. The objective of this study was to evaluate maize nutrition and dry matter yield in soil under liming estimated by three calculation methods and sulfur fertilization. The experiment was carried out under greenhouse conditions, in PVC cylinders, by using one plant per cylinder. Filler dolomite lime was added to an Oxisol collected from native forest, at the 4.2 Mg ha-1, 6.7 Mg ha-1, and 8.0 Mg ha-1 doses, respectively calculated by the exchangeable aluminum, magnesium, and calcium method; base saturation method; and SMP buffer method, combined with three sulfur doses (10 mg dm-3, 30 mg dm-3, and 60 mg dm-3). Control treatments without lime or sulfur were also included. Maize plants were harvested at 45 days after sowing and divided into shoots and roots. The most efficient lime recommendation method for maize was the base saturation method. The application of sulfur doses did not affect the maize development up to the evaluated stage.

KEY-WORDS: Zea mayz; soil acidity; dry mass; root development.

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Author Biographies

Leonidas Carrijo Azevedo Melo, Universidade de São Paulo - ESALQ

Universidade de São Paulo

Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz

Departamento de Ciência do Solo

Júnior Cesar Avanzi, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária

Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Pesca, Aquicultura e Sistemas Agrícolas

Pesquisador em Ciência do Solo

Ricardo Carvalho, Universidade Federal de Lavras

Universidade Federal de Lavras

Departamento de Ciência do Solo

Fabiana Silva de Souza, Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Centro de Ciências Agrárias

Departamento de Solos

José Luiz Andrade Rezende Pereira, Universidade Federal de Lavras

Universidade Federal de Lavras

Departamento de Agricultura

Aretusa Daniela Resende Mendes, Universidade Federal de Lavras

Universidade Federal de Lavras

Departamento de Fisiologia Vegetal

Gabriel Barreto Macêdo, Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária – INCRA

Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária – INCRA

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Published

2011-05-30

How to Cite

MELO, L. C. A.; AVANZI, J. C.; CARVALHO, R.; SOUZA, F. S. de; PEREIRA, J. L. A. R.; MENDES, A. D. R.; MACÊDO, G. B. MAIZE NUTRITION AND DRY MATTER YIELD UNDER LIMING AND SULFUR FERTILIZATION. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 41, n. 2, p. 193–199, 2011. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/8685. Acesso em: 21 dec. 2024.

Issue

v. 41, n. 2, Apr./Jun. 2011

Section

Soil Science

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