Aproveitamento do lodo da indústria de gelatina como alternativa de adubação do capim Piatã

Abstract

Many types of industries waste have been thoroughly tested as a source of fertilizer to grassland, but little is known about the real potential of the sludge from gelatin industry as fertilizer to the pasture. The objective this work evaluate the sludge from gelatin industry as fertilizer and verify its agronomic characteristics interference about morphogenetic, and efficiency of use by grass and soil. The experiment was conducted in Araguaína, Tocantins in sand soil, from february to november 2013. Were tested four doses of sludge 0; 50; 150 and 300 m3 ha-1 and its effects in five cutting cycles with 21 days of rest and cutting height of 20 cm. The sludge from gelatin was able to raise the levels of calcium, phosphorus and did not change the pH, indicating that there was no restriction of use by salinisation or acidification. The sewage sludge modified morphological components evaluated positively, increased the values of leaf area index and growth rate. The number of total and leaves alive for tiller there were linear increases in the first production cycle, this also was found greater sheath length correlating positively to average length of leaf blades. The increase in the rate of leaf appearance was greater than 25% in all cycles with 300 m3 ha-1, and with the elevation of dose occurred less filocrono and higher rate of elongation of thatched roofs. The gelatine sludge promoted the best answers in the first grazing cycle with productivity of 4149 kg ha-1 of total dry mass and 15.7 g N kg-1 with 173 m3 ha-1, but the most effective dosage was 23.3 m3 ha-1. In the third cycle the dose of 300 m3 ha-1 had the highest responses, but were lower than the 1st cycle in the fifth cycle had no effect of the treatment. It is concluded that until the maximum tested en the work, the gelatine sludge can use in grass production.