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Biofertilizer Replace Urea as a Source of Nitrogen for Sugarcane Production

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In this study, different nitrogen doses (0, 16, 48, 64, 80, and 96 kg ha−1) from two sources, biofertilizer (from anaerobic digestion of cattle wastewater) and urea, were applied to cultivate two sugarcane varieties (RB 867515 and SP 803280). °Brix values higher than 21% were obtained with application of 80 kg ha−1 from biofertilizer. The mean productivity of the cultivar RB 867515 using biofertilizer was 147.5 ton ha−1, while from urea it was 136.87 ton ha−1. The cultivar SP 803280 produced an average yield of 152.25 ton ha−1 when applying biofertilizer and 154.37 ton ha−1 with use of urea. Significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) between the use of biofertilizer and urea were detected for cultivar RB 867515 in terms of crude protein concentration. The application of 80 kg of N ha−1 was considered the ideal dose, corresponding to fertirrigation blades of 54 mm of biofertilizer. The experiment showed that the biofertilizer formulation analyzed can replace urea as a nitrogen source for growing sugarcane.

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The authors thank the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA Dairy Cattle)—process no.: 02.11.05.004.00.00, funding agencies: National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq)—process no.: 562645/2010-1, Foundation for Research Support of the State of Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG)—process no.: CVZ-6/11, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level or Education Personnel (CAPES)—process no.: 99999.010229/2014-00, the InterAmerican Institute for Climate Change Research (CRN3005) and the Foundation for Research Support of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP2014/50627-2), for financial support.

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  1. Institute of Biological Sciences—Post Graduate Program in Ecology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Campus São Pedro, Juiz de Fora, MG, 36036-900, Brazil

    Henrique Vieira de Mendonça & Jean Pierre Henry Balbaud Ometto

  2. Embrapa Dairy Cattle, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Juiz de Fora, MG, 36038-330, Brazil

    Carlos Eugênio Martins, Wadson Sebastião Duarte da Rocha, Cristiano Amancio Vieira Borges & Marcelo Henrique Otenio

  3. Earth System Science Centre-National Institute for Space Research, Av. dos Astronautas, 1758, São José dos Campos, SP, 12227-010, Brazil

    Jean Pierre Henry Balbaud Ometto

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de Mendonça, H.V., Martins, C.E., da Rocha, W.S.D. et al. Biofertilizer Replace Urea as a Source of Nitrogen for Sugarcane Production. Water Air Soil Pollut 229, 216 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-018-3874-2

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