This work studied the effect of treated domestic wastewater derived from a biological treatment system as an alternative to nursery conventional fertirrigation for Eucalyptus grandis seedling production. The evaluated variables were: height, basal diameter, shoot and roots dry weight, plant total leaf area, shoot/root ratio and leaf nutritional status of the seedlings. Greater development of seedlings was found when mineral fertilizers were used, but root/shoot ratio was greater when wastewater was used. The results showed that wastewater can be used as an alternative for conventional mineral fertirrigation, considering that all plants grew, without showing any nutritional deficiency or toxicity symptoms. Seedlings fertirrigated with wastewater, however, spend more time in the nursery, when compared to those produced with mineral fertilizers.
Fertirrigation; wastewater; seedling production
