Sowing strategies of cover crops in northwestern São Paulo State, Brazil
International Journal of Development Research
Sowing strategies of cover crops in northwestern São Paulo State, Brazil
Received 17th August, 2020; Received in revised form 28th September, 2020; Accepted 04th October, 2020; Published online 30th November, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Wander Luis Barbosa Borges et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The objective of this work was to evaluate the dry matter yield of Urochloa ruziziensis, U. brizantha, Sorghum bicolor x S. sudanense hybrid, S. sudanense and Pennisetum americanum, in different sowing strategies, and their influence on the soybean crop grown in succession, in the northwest region of São Paulo State, Brazil. The sowing of cover crops was carried out in two phases of the soybean crop, before harvest, in broadcast sod-seeding in the maturation stages R6, R7, and R8, and after harvesting, in broadcast and in no-tillage 2 days after the harvest. The experimental design adopted was the randomized blocks with a 6 (cover plants) x 7 (sowing strategies) factorial scheme and three replications. The sowing strategies of the cover plants interfered in their dry matter yield and the stand and grain yield of the soybean crop in succession, in the northwestern São Paulo State.
