Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms - cgiar
Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms - cgiar
Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms - cgiar
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Rice Yield (Oriza sativa) as an Indica<strong>to</strong>r of Soil Fertility <strong>with</strong><br />
the Incorporation of Stylosanthes guianensis Stubble in<br />
Pucallpa, Peru<br />
Jorge Vela<br />
IIAP, Peru<br />
Stylosanthes guianensis (stylo) is a legume adapted <strong>to</strong> the humid<br />
rainforest conditions of the Peruvian Amazon region, where it presents good<br />
growth and high biomass production. Smallholders in this region commonly<br />
plant rice (Oriza sativa). However, for this crop <strong>to</strong> develop well, it requires<br />
the application of N, which is a high-cost input. This study aims <strong>to</strong> evaluate<br />
the potential of stylo <strong>to</strong> fix nitrogen and determine the use of this element by<br />
the rice crop prior <strong>to</strong> pasture establishment.<br />
Materials and Methods<br />
The experiment was carried out between Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 1998 and February<br />
1999 on the Sara farm, located on km 15 of the road that leads from<br />
Pucallpa <strong>to</strong> Tingo María, on an acid Ultisol <strong>with</strong> high aluminum content.<br />
This area belongs <strong>to</strong> the seasonal semi-evergreen tropical rainforest<br />
ecosystem <strong>with</strong> annual mean precipitation of 1,900 mm and mean<br />
temperature of 26 °C.<br />
Treatments were as follows: T1, soil <strong>with</strong>out application of N (check);<br />
T2, soil after incorporating S. guianensis stubble <strong>with</strong>out application of N;<br />
T3 <strong>to</strong> T6, soil after incorporating S. guianensis stubble <strong>with</strong> the application<br />
of 50, 100, 150, and 200 kg/ha of N. The variables evaluated were rice yield,<br />
number of tillers and of spikelets/m 2 , number of grains/spikelet, and weight<br />
of 1000 grains. Rice variety Chancabanco, <strong>with</strong> a 90-day vegetative period,<br />
was planted. All treatments received a uniform basal application of 50<br />
kg/ha of K2O/ha as potassium chloride and 50 kg/ha of P2O5 as rock<br />
phosphate. A completely randomized block design, <strong>with</strong> six treatments and<br />
five replications, was used.<br />
Results<br />
Rice yields, after incorporation of stylo stubble, were higher (P < 0.05)<br />
than those obtained <strong>with</strong> the check treatment or equal <strong>to</strong> those obtained<br />
<strong>with</strong> the application of 50 kg/ha of N, which indicates the potential of this<br />
legume <strong>to</strong> supply N <strong>to</strong> the soil. However, the best results were obtained <strong>with</strong><br />
the application of 100 kg/ha of N (Table 1).<br />
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