Revista Brasileira de Milho e Sorgo (Apr 2009)
PRODUCTIVITY OF STRAW AND CORN IN NO TILLAGE SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE TIME OF NITROGEN FERTILIZER IN CORN
Abstract
Strategies aiming to increase straw production by crops should be implemented in the Cerrado region in order to consolidate no-tillage cultivation. The objective of the present work was to evaluate the effect of time and splitting of supplementary nitrogen application to maize (in addition to the N-fertilization at seeding) on straw production and several yield components of black oat, a spontaneous native species. Treatments consisted of applying 70 kg ha-1 nitrogen in addition to maize fertilization at seeding, at distinct times: at black-oat seeding; 8 days before corn seeding; in covering in plants in the phases of 4-5 leaves and 6-7 leaves. At seeding, 42 kg N.ha-1 were applied in all plots. The nitrogen fertilization applied at oat seeding did not cause increase in out-of-season straw productivity. An increase in maize straw production was observed with nitrogen supply in addition to fertilization at seeding as well as the application closer to seeding resulted in an increased straw production when compared to fertilization at oat seeding.
