Resumo

SEGATELLI, Cláudio Roberto et al. PRODUCTION OF FINGER MILLET (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) DRY MATTER UNDER ANTICIPATED FERTILIZATION OF SOYBEANS. INCI [online]. 2008, vol.33, n.7, pp.547-548. ISSN 0378-1844.

Due to the lack of information about the effects of soybean fertilization anticipation and the use of Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (ANSB Pé-de-galinha 5352) as cover culture, and the need for new techniques for the management of the agro-ecosystem in a more conservationist, sustainable and functional manner, the goal of this research was to study the effects of anticipated fertilization on the production of dry matter in E. coracana. The experiments were carried out in an Oxisol, during the growing seasons of 2001/2002, 2002/2003 and 2003/2004, in Piracicaba, SP, Brazil (22º50’25’’S and 48º01’65’’W). The experimental design was of totally randomized blocks and twelve treatments (levels of anticipated fertilization) were used with three repetitions. The base fertilization of soybean culture was partially anticipated, in the sowing for the finger-millet crop. Approximately 70 days after sowing, samples of the finger millet plants were collected in order to evaluate the dry matter production and to desiccate them thereafter. It is concluded that the anticipation of phosphorus and potassium fertilization of soybean increases the dry matter production of E. coracana; in addition, E. coracana holds a great potential for the production of plant residues and it can be used in culture rotation or in no-tillage production systems.

Palavras-chave : Abono Anticipado ; Conservación ; Ecosistema Agrícola ; Eleusine coracana ; Sistemas de Producción .