The economic attractiveness and negative environmental impact of nitrogen (N) fertilization in pastures depend on the N use efficiency in the soil-plant system. However, the recovery of urea-15N by Panicum maximum cv. Tanzania pastures, one of the most widely used forage species in intensified pastoral systems, is still unknown. This experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with four treatments (0, 40, 80 and 120 kg ha-1 of N-urea) and three replications, to determine the recovery of 15N urea by […]

Nitrogen is a plant nutrient of great importance. To determine optimum N levels for wheat, a field trial was carried out in a Red Latosol, during the winter of 2005, at Embrapa Cerrados, Planaltina (DF – Brazil). The experiment was set up in a randomized block design, with six replications and the treatments consisted of six N doses (0, 70, 140, 210, 280 and 350 kg ha-1). Soil samples were collected in the 0-20 cm and 20-40 cm layers and three different chemical extractors […]

The majority of N from mineral fertilizers and cover crops is usually not used by the very next corn crop, but can be absorbed by follow-up crops. The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of residual nitrogen from urea, sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea) and millet (Pennisetum americanum) labeled with 15N, applied to no-tillage corn in the previous growing season, in a Red Latosol of the Cerrado. The study was conducted in an experimental farm of the Sao Paulo […]

A well-developed root system is necessary for plant growth and sustentation, and, as a consequence, for high pasture yield. The objective of this experiment was to evaluate root characteristics in Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu in response to combinations of nitrogen and sulphur rates in nutrient solution. Ground quartz was used as substrate in a greenhouse experiment from September to December 2001. An incomplete 52 factorial was arranged in a randomized block design with four replications. The 13 combinations of nitrogen […]

Nitrogen (N) is the mineral nutrient required in largest amounts and is the one that most influence corn yield. With the objective of evaluating the best timing and methods of N fertilizer application on corn in a no-tillage system in a cerrado soil, this experiment was carried out at the Vargem Grande farm in Montividiu County, state of Goiás, Brazil, on a dystrophic Red Latosol (Rhodic distrophic Haplustox) during the 1996/97 crop season. The experimental area had been cultivated with […]

Research on wheat root diazotrophic bacteria has demonstrated the need to associate effective bacteria to promising genotypes, which would benefit from this association. A field experiment was carried out in Mococa County, State of São Paulo, Brazil, using a split-plot design. Treatments consisted of 3 wheat genotypes (IAC-24, ITD-19 and IAC-355) under 3 nitrogen doses (0, 60 and 120 kg ha-1). The occurrence of diazotrophic bacteria was evaluated in three growth media: NFb, JNFb and LGI-P, using surface-sterilized roots. Only in genotype IAC-355 […]

In this study the split application of nitrogen and the maize crop pre-sowing nitrogen application under a no-tillage system followed by black oat, with two rainfall regimes were evaluated. Treatments were: (a) application of 150 kg ha-1 of N in pre-sowing and 30 kg ha-1 of N at sowing with 1997/98 “El-Niño” rainfall applications; (b) nitrogen application, being 30 kg ha-1 of N at sowing, and 30 kg ha-1 of N at 31 and 57 days after emergency (DAE), with “El-Niño” rainfall applications; (c) without N application and “El-Niño” […]

Nitrogen and potassium applications affected the nutrient concentration and accumulation of sweet pepper, cultivar Mayata, grown in a protected environment. An experiment was conducted in a protected environment in Eutrostox, during 34 weeks from November, 1996 to August, 1997, with the following treatments: control and combination of three rates of N (13.3; 26.6 and 39.9 g m-2) and three rates of K (5.5; 11.0 and 16.6 g m-2). All plants were watered by trickle irrigation and the urea and KCl […]

Based on the hypothesis that antecipating of nitrogen application can increase corn grain yield due to more N availability in the initial stages of development, field studies were conducted for three agricultural years (1996/97, 1997/98, and 1998/99) to evaluate different types of management of N application for corn cultivated after winter soil cover crops. This work was developed on a Hapludalf soil, at the experimental area of the Soil Science Departament at the Federal University of Santa Maria (RS, Brazil). […]

The rates and the application time of nitrogen (N) may influence the agronomic characteristics of irrigated wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and, consequently, grain yield. Two experiments were conducted at the Experimental Station of the Universidade Federal de Viçosa, located in Coimbra-MG, Brazil, during the years 1995 and 1996. The treatments consisted of a combination of four rates of N (30, 60, 90 and 120 kg ha-1), four rates of parceling (total rate at 20 days after emergence (DAE); ½ at […]