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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Acre.
Data corrente: | 21/02/2020
Data da última atualização: | 02/07/2021
Autoria: | RUEDA, B. L.; McROBERTS, K. C.; BLAKE, R. W.; NICHOLSON, C. F.; VALENTIM, J. F.; FERNANDES, E. C. M.
Afiliação: | B. L. Rueda; K. C. McRoberts; R. W. Blake; C. F. Nicholson; JUDSON FERREIRA VALENTIM, CPAF-AC; E. C. M. Fernandes.
Título: | Nutrient status of cattle grazing systems in the western brazilian Amazon.
Ano de publicação: | 2020
Fonte/Imprenta: | Cogent Food & Agriculture, v. 6, 1722350, 2020.
ISSN: | 2331-1932
DOI: | 10.1080/23311932.2020.1722350
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | Low-input cultivated pastures to feed cattle have dominated land use after forest clearing for decades in the western Brazilian Amazon. This study was undertaken to help understand the inherent nutrient supply dynamics underwriting cattle performance on three farms in the state of Acre. We assessed soil chemical and physical properties associated over time with different land uses following forest clearing. This information permitted specifying a conceptual model of nutrient stocks and flows under the observed grazing system, which produced insights about the dynamics of soil nutrient degradation. Above ground forage mass, topsoil nutrient concentrations and soil bulk density were measured. Land covers were Brachiaria spp. grasses, a grass-Pueraria phaseoloides mix, cropland and forest. Most soil nutrient parameters initially decreased after clearing, gradually recovering over time with grass-only pastures; however, 20 yr-old pastures had 20% less forage mass. Most pasture system nutrients on these farms resided in topsoil and roots, where large stocks of mature forage supported soil fertility with recycled nutrients from litter. Estimates of partial topsoil nutrient balances were negative. This suggested that corresponding nutrient stocks and the accumulation of forage mass were probably maintained primarily through the sum of inflows from cattle excreta, the subsoil, soil organic matter, and litter mineralization with scant input of commercial fertilizer. Therefore, herd management to increase animal system productivity via higher stocking rates on vegetatively younger forage requires monitoring of nutrient stocks and flows and fertilization that assures replenishment of the nutrients extracted. Otherwise, rapid depletion of soil nutrient stocks will lead to system degradation and failure.
Palavras-Chave: | Acre; Amazonia Occidental; Amazônia Ocidental; Estatus nutricional; Fertilidad del suelo; Nutrición animal; Pastoreando; Western Amazon.
Thesagro: | Estado Nutricional; Fertilidade do Solo; Nutrição Animal; Pastagem.
Thesaurus Nal: | Animal nutrition; Grazing; Nutritional status; Soil fertility.
Categoria do assunto: | L Ciência Animal e Produtos de Origem Animal
URL: | http://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/211166/1/26979.pdf
Registro original: | Embrapa Acre (CPAF-AC)
Exemplares: | CPAF-AC - (26979-1) - UPC - AP - DD -  -  -  - DIS