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Recovery by wheat of residual nitrogen from crotalária (Crotalaria juncea) and urea of previous crop soil fertilization

The cultivation of green manures in the production system aims to supply nitrogen to the soil, but often the benefits are not in the short term. In this sense, to accompany the rate of nitrogen supply from the residues over the years is necessary. The aim of this research was to evaluate the use of green manure nitrogen (Crotalaria juncea L.)-15N and urea-15N in conjugated and separate fertilization in the previous cultivation by the wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The experiment was carried out in pots with 4kg of a Rhodic Hapludox in the completely randomized design with 5 treatments and 4 replicates. The quantities of residual N of the first crop were: Urea-15N (11.2mg kg-1 de 15N); Crotalaria juncea-15N (85.0mg kg-1de 15N); Urea-15N+crotalária (19.8mg kg-1 de 15N); Crotalaria juncea-15N+urea (81.6mg kg-1de 15N); Control (without source with N). All the treatments received 36.0mg kg-1 of N-urea in the topdressing. Evaluated the recovery of residual 15N sources, the dry weight, the concentration and content of N in plants. The N-urea recovery isolated was larger compared to N-crotalária or N-crotalária with urea, without, however, influence the accumulation of weight and nutrition of plants of wheat. In the system soil-plant, the recovery percentage of the N-crotalária was similar to the N-urea. After two years of cultivation in pots without apparent loss by percolation and leaching around 26% of the N-urea and 75% of the N-crotalaria applied the first crop are in the soil, showing the benefit of the incorporation of green manure in the supply of N to the system gradually.

Nitrogenous fertilization; legume; 15N and isotope technique; green manure


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