Profitability of maize for silage fertigated with nitrogen doses in different crops in a semiarid region of Brazil

The objective of this work was to determine the adequate nitrogen (N) dose via fertigation associated with the maximum economic production of maize for silage, in two agricultural crops (summer and winter), in the municipality of Canindé de São Francisco-SE, Brazil. The experimental design was in ra...

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Main Authors: Ênio Gomes Flôr Souza, Ellen Abreu da Cruz, Michelangelo de Oliveira Silva, Fabiano Barbosa de Souza Prates, Aurélio Paes Barros Júnior, Francisco Bezerra Neto
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Published: Eduem (Editora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá) 2019-11-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum: Agronomy
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAgron/article/view/42458
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author Ênio Gomes Flôr Souza
Ellen Abreu da Cruz
Michelangelo de Oliveira Silva
Fabiano Barbosa de Souza Prates
Aurélio Paes Barros Júnior
Francisco Bezerra Neto
author_facet Ênio Gomes Flôr Souza
Ellen Abreu da Cruz
Michelangelo de Oliveira Silva
Fabiano Barbosa de Souza Prates
Aurélio Paes Barros Júnior
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description The objective of this work was to determine the adequate nitrogen (N) dose via fertigation associated with the maximum economic production of maize for silage, in two agricultural crops (summer and winter), in the municipality of Canindé de São Francisco-SE, Brazil. The experimental design was in randomized blocks, with four replicates. The treatments consisted of four doses of N (0, 80, 160, and 240 kg ha-1) using urea. The cultivar planted was the hybrid Bt Feroz. The evaluated characteristics were as follows: shoot fresh and dry mass productivity, gross and net incomes, the rate of return and net profit margin. There was an interaction between N doses and agricultural crops for all variables. Higher agroeconomic efficiency in the production of maize for silage was obtained from the winter harvest. In the summer crop, the rate of return (1.82) and the net profit margin (45.52%) were highest when the plants were fertigated with 56.04 and 58.92 kg ha-1 of N, respectively. In winter, the yields of fresh mass, gross and net incomes increased linearly with increasing doses of N, with a profit proportional to the invested capital since nitrogen fertigation did not influence the rate of return (2.24) and the net profit margin (55.22%).
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spelling doaj.art-078bb1dba69c437296f926a7678f75ae2022-12-22T00:17:40ZengEduem (Editora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá)Acta Scientiarum: Agronomy1679-92751807-86212019-11-0142e42458e4245810.4025/actasciagron.v42i1.4245842458Profitability of maize for silage fertigated with nitrogen doses in different crops in a semiarid region of BrazilÊnio Gomes Flôr Souza0Ellen Abreu da Cruz1Michelangelo de Oliveira Silva2Fabiano Barbosa de Souza Prates3Aurélio Paes Barros Júnior4Francisco Bezerra Neto5Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Alagoas / Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-ÁridoInstituto Federal de Educacao Ciencia e Tecnologia de Alagoas / Universidade Federal da BahiaInstituto Federal de Educacao Ciencia e Tecnologia de AlagoasInstituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de AlagoasUniversidade Federal Rural do Semi-AridoUniversidade Federal Rural do Semi-Arido The objective of this work was to determine the adequate nitrogen (N) dose via fertigation associated with the maximum economic production of maize for silage, in two agricultural crops (summer and winter), in the municipality of Canindé de São Francisco-SE, Brazil. The experimental design was in randomized blocks, with four replicates. The treatments consisted of four doses of N (0, 80, 160, and 240 kg ha-1) using urea. The cultivar planted was the hybrid Bt Feroz. The evaluated characteristics were as follows: shoot fresh and dry mass productivity, gross and net incomes, the rate of return and net profit margin. There was an interaction between N doses and agricultural crops for all variables. Higher agroeconomic efficiency in the production of maize for silage was obtained from the winter harvest. In the summer crop, the rate of return (1.82) and the net profit margin (45.52%) were highest when the plants were fertigated with 56.04 and 58.92 kg ha-1 of N, respectively. In winter, the yields of fresh mass, gross and net incomes increased linearly with increasing doses of N, with a profit proportional to the invested capital since nitrogen fertigation did not influence the rate of return (2.24) and the net profit margin (55.22%).http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAgron/article/view/42458zea mays l.forage storagemeteorological conditionsproduction costseconomic dose.
spellingShingle Ênio Gomes Flôr Souza
Ellen Abreu da Cruz
Michelangelo de Oliveira Silva
Fabiano Barbosa de Souza Prates
Aurélio Paes Barros Júnior
Francisco Bezerra Neto
Profitability of maize for silage fertigated with nitrogen doses in different crops in a semiarid region of Brazil
Acta Scientiarum: Agronomy
zea mays l.
forage storage
meteorological conditions
production costs
economic dose.
title Profitability of maize for silage fertigated with nitrogen doses in different crops in a semiarid region of Brazil
title_full Profitability of maize for silage fertigated with nitrogen doses in different crops in a semiarid region of Brazil
title_fullStr Profitability of maize for silage fertigated with nitrogen doses in different crops in a semiarid region of Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Profitability of maize for silage fertigated with nitrogen doses in different crops in a semiarid region of Brazil
title_short Profitability of maize for silage fertigated with nitrogen doses in different crops in a semiarid region of Brazil
title_sort profitability of maize for silage fertigated with nitrogen doses in different crops in a semiarid region of brazil
topic zea mays l.
forage storage
meteorological conditions
production costs
economic dose.
url http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAgron/article/view/42458
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