Soybean and Brachiaria brizantha rotation has been frequently used in croplivestock integration. However, the pasture seed bank makes forage an important weed in soybean growing areas. This study aimed to quantify the effects of different B. brizantha emergence periods in relation to soybean on macro and micronutrient accumulation by both species. This study was conducted under greenhouse conditions, with the following seven emergence periods of B. brizantha being evaluated in relation to soybean:: -21, -14, -7 days, emergence periods of the B. brizantha before the emergence of soybean (DB), 0, simultaneous emergence of soybean and B. brizantha; 7, 14 and 21 days, emergence periods of B. brizantha after soybean (DA) plus two controls (soybean or B. brizantha alone), in a randomized complete design, with four replications. The nutritional evaluation of both species was performed when soybean reached full-flower stage. In the simultaneous emergence of both species, B. brizantha presented greater N, P, K, S, Mg and Fe accumulation while soybean accumulated more Ca, Zn and B. When forage emergence occurred about 7 DA, soybean plants showed greater accumulation of all nutrients, reaching maximum accumulation with B. brizantha emergence at 21 DA.
Brachiaria; competition; Glycine max; mineral nutrition
