Nitrogen budget in a soil-plant system after brachiaria grass desiccation
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2014-04-01
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Castoldi, Gustavo [UNESP]
Pivetta, Laercio Augusto [UNESP]
Rosolem, Ciro Antonio [UNESP]
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Brachiaria spp. have been grown in a variety of cropping systems and are often terminated with herbicides, which may cause nitrogen (N) loss from the soil-plant system. In this study ammonia (NH3-N) loss by shoots and N balance in a soil-plant system were determined after desiccation of palisade grass (Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich) Stapf, cv. Marandu), signalgrass (Brachiaria decumbens Stapf), humidicola (Brachiaria humidicola (Rendle) Schweick) and Congo grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis Germain et Evrard). The grasses were grown in pots filled with an Oxisol in a greenhouse. Sixty days after planting, the plants were desiccated with glyphosate. Analyses were performed on plant and soil at desiccation and then at 7, 14, 21 and 28 days after desiccation in order to assess NH3-N losses by shoots and to estimate the N balance in the system. Total nitrogen (Total-N) concentration in shoots and roots of brachiarias decreased after desiccation, thereby reducing the amount of N in plants of the four brachiaria species. However, as most of the N lost by plants was released into the soil, N losses from the soil-plant system were small compared with the total N in the system: 1.2, 0.5, 0.4 and 1.4% for palisade grass, signalgrass, humidicola and Congo grass, respectively. N losses as NH3 from the soil-plant system after desiccation with glyphosate varied among brachiaria species, ranging from 0.8 to 2.0 g m(-2) kg(-1), and accounted for 30-80% of total loss.
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Ammonia, brachiarias, glyphosate, nitrogen volatilization, nitrogen loss
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Soil Science And Plant Nutrition. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis Ltd, v. 60, n. 2, p. 162-172, 2014.