The emergence and growth of Urochloa spp. at different sowing depths was evaluated, considering the possibility of delaying the initial growth of forage grass by sowing it deeper to provide competitive advantage to the grain culture in crop-pasture association systems. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse with U. brizantha cv. Marandu and cv. Piatã and U. decumbens cv. Basilisk, and sowing depths of 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 cm. Similar behavior between U. brizantha cultivars was observed for daily emerged seedlings, emergence percentage, height and dry matter of plants at 28 days after sowing (DAS); however, these results differed from those obtained for U. decumbens, except for the height of U. brizantha cv. Piatã. The evaluated variables, for all cultivars, tended to be reduced when sown deeper than 6 cm. The delay in emergence at 0 cm without reduction, for all cultivars of Urochloa, did not result in reduced height and dry matter weight.
Brachiaria brizantha; Brachiaria decumbens; palisade grass; signal grass; piatã grass
