Influence of siderurgical slag about gaseous changes and production of biomass of sugarcane
Titel:
Influence of siderurgical slag about gaseous changes and production of biomass of sugarcane
Auteur:
Lúcio Bastos Madeiros Andreia de Oliveira Vieira Boanerges Freire de Aquino
Verschenen in:
Engenharia ambiental
Paginering:
Jaargang 6 (2009) nr. 2 pagina's 121-129
Jaar:
2009
Inhoud:
The experiment was installed in greenhouse, using one of the most representative soils of the state of Ceará, Brazil, for sugarcane crop, a Red-Yellow Argissoil. The main goal of this research was to evaluate the influence of silicon in the gas exchange and production of biomass of sugarcane cultivars in sandy loam soil. It was used a completely randomized in 5x2 factorial scheme with five silicon doses: 0; 2.5; 5.0; 10.0 and 15.0 g per pot-1 of siderurgical slag, two cultivars of sugarcane and four repetitions. The siderurgical slag (calcium and magnesium silicato) used containing 11% of soluble SiO2. It was evaluated the silicon level in the leaf, the production of dry matter of the aerial part, the relative growth rate of the plant, the water use efficiency, transpiration and conductance of the leaf. The results showed increase in concentration of Si in leaf with the application of the silicon; practically no influence in growth and physiological characteristics of the plants.Key-words: Argissoil, calcium, greenhouse, sugarcane.
Uitgever:
Environmental Engineering Course / UNIPINHAL (provided by DOAJ)