St. Augustinegrass sod production subjected nitrogen rates

Authors

  • Leandro José Grava de Godoy Universidade Estadual Paulista
  • Roberto Lyra Villas Bôas Universidade Estadual Paulista
  • Clarice Backes Universidade Estadual Paulista

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2012v33n5p1703

Keywords:

Turfgrass, Nitrogen fertilization, Soil cover rate, Stenotaphrum secundatum Kuntze.

Abstract

Nitrogen is the nutrient that provides the greatest turfgrass growth responses and the adequate nitrogen fertilization can provide sod formation in less time and firm to be handled after harvest. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of nitrogen levels in the formation of St. Augustinegrass sod. The experiment was conducted in a sod production farm in Itapetininga, SP. The experimental design was a randomized blocks with four replications. The treatments consisted of five N doses: 0, 150, 300, 450 and 600 kg ha-1, split into three applications. Increased levels of nitrogen affected the soil cover rate by the St. Augustinegrass reducing the time for sod formation. The leaf N concentration and intensity of green grass were influenced by nitrogen doses, and with the rate of green coverage (TCV) of soil, can be used to assist in the recommendation of N doses. Rate of 430 kg ha-1 of N provided the production of St. Augustinegrass sod resistant the harvest and transport, within ten months.

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Author Biographies

Leandro José Grava de Godoy, Universidade Estadual Paulista

Prof. Dr. Assistente do Câmpus Experimental de Registro, Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Registro, SP.

Roberto Lyra Villas Bôas, Universidade Estadual Paulista

Prof. Titular do Deptº de Recusrsos Naturais/Ciência do Solo, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, FCA/UNESP, Fazenda Experimental Lageado, Botucatu, SP. Bolsista CNPq.

Clarice Backes, Universidade Estadual Paulista

Profª Drª da Faculdade de Agronomia e Engenharia Florestal, FAEF, Garça, SP.

Published

2012-10-29

How to Cite

Godoy, L. J. G. de, Villas Bôas, R. L., & Backes, C. (2012). St. Augustinegrass sod production subjected nitrogen rates. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 33(5), 1703–1716. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2012v33n5p1703

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