Liming and biochar on sorghum growth and Arenosol chemical properties in the Semiarid environment
2022
Márcio Gleybson da Silva Bezerra | João Virgínio Emerenciano Neto | Neyton de Oliveira Miranda | Gualter Guenther Costa da Silva | Rodrigo da Silva Santos | Alan Ferreira de França | Ermelinda Maria Mota Oliveira | Luiz Eduardo Cordeiro de Oliveira | Jucier Magson de Souza e Silva | Gelson dos Santos Difante | Guilherme Alexandre Pacheco Gut | Antonio Leandro Chaves Gurgel
ABSTRACT: This research evaluated the effect of liming (with and without) and biochar (with and without) on sorghum cv. BRS Ponta Negra growth and Arenosol chemical properties in the Semiarid environment. The experimental design was in randomized blocks, with treatments in a 2x2 factorial scheme, corresponding to the application or not of lime (0 and 2.5 t ha-1) and biochar (0 and 12.5 t ha-1). Biochar was produced from cashew branches. The experiment was conducted in 16 m² plots where the forage sorghum cultivar BRS Ponta Negra was cultivated. The soil chemical characteristics, the production attributes, and the structural characteristics of the sorghum cultivar studied were evaluated. There was no interaction between factors. The use of biochar increased the pH and Ca and P contents in the soil and contributed to increasing the panicle mass (2.51 t ha-1 of DM). Lime application affected the soil Ca content as the dose of 2.5 t ha-1 resulted in higher values of culm diameter (15.25 mm), panicle mass, and culm mass (2.63 and 7.50 t ha-1 of DM, respectively). Therefore, these results allowed to outline strategies for the use of limestone and biochar for forage production in semiarid environments in sandy soils. Because, these materials improve some chemical attributes of the soil and the production of forage sorghum. It is noteworthy that edophoclimatic conditions can change the response patterns observed in this research. Therefore, research in other regions is essential.
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