CRESCIMENTO DE CEDRO E DE LEGUMINOSAS ARBÓREAS EM ÁREA DEGRADADA, ADUBADO COM PÓ-DE-ROCHA

• Main Authors: GERALDO RIBEIRO ZUBA JUNIO, REGYNALDO ARRUDA SAMPAIO, FABIANO BARBOSA DE SOUZA PRATES, LUIZ ARNALDO FERNANDES, ALTINA LACERDA NASCIMENTO
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido 2012-01-01
• Series: Revista Caatinga
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=237123825022
• ISSN: 0100-316X; 1983-2125

In the reclamation of a degraded area, it is important the use of nitrogen fixing legumes, associated with climax species, to make possible a faster recovery of the environment. In urban centers various wastes are produced, among them the marble rock waste, which, despite having agricultural value, ends up being thrown in the environment.. The objective of this work was to evaluate the Cedrela fissilis growth and of pioneering legume in quincunx system, in degraded area, fertilized with doses of marble rock waste. The treatments, distributed in factorial scheme 2 x 4, in the randomized block design, with three replicates, were: two species of pioneering legume (Acacia mangium and Acacia auriculiformis in quincunx system with the Cedrela fissilis) and four doses of marble rock waste (0; 300; 600 and 900 g.cova-1). Were determined annually, along three years, the height of the plants, the stem diameter, the cup diameter and, in the end, the mortality percentage. The Acacia auriculiformis presented characteristic of better growth than the Acacia mangium and greater resistance to adverse conditions of degraded soil. There was tendency of reduction of the characteristics of growth of the Cedrela fissilis and of the Acacias with the increment of the doses of rock powder applied to the soil. The Cedrela fissilis presented, in general, larger growth, when combined with Acacia mangium than with Acacia auriculiformis, however, showed a high mortality after two years of planting.