Disponibilidade de silício proveniente de escória de siderurgia para a cultura do arroz

Abstract

The aim of this work was to evaluate the incubation time of Silicon sources in soils of South Mato Grosso and its effects on availably of Silicon (Si) in soil, growth compounds and absorption of Si by rice plants. The experiment was carried out in green house of Agrarian Science Faculty of the Federal University of Great Dourados – MS. Used experimental design was randomized blocks in 2 x 5 x 3 factorial scheme, with four replications, which were two sources of Silicon, five periods of incubation (1, 14, 35, 63 and 98 days of incubation) with soil and three soils. The experiment was carried out in vases, where samples of 3.6 dm3 of soil were previously incubated in plastic containers with water content sufficient to occupy 60% of the total volume of porous, which maintenance of water content was done by controlling weight. Used Silicon dose was 300 mg dm-3 and it was applied in every soil sample and that dose was defined as a result of chemic analysis. For soil, Si soluble in Calcium chloride contents were evaluated. In every vase with 3.5 dm3, eight rice plants were cultivate during 70 days. Dried mass of aerial part (MSPA), of root (MSR), plant height, silicon content and accumulated silicon in aerial part were evaluated. In the conditions that the experiment was carried out, it can be concluded that: availably and accumulation of Si in aerial part of plant for two used sources was higher for LVDf, agricultural slag promoted higher accumulation of Si in aerial part of rice plants in relation to Ca silicate p.a.; in Si soluble in CaCl2 content, it was not observed significative differences for Si sources and independent on used source, the highest Si content was found for LVDf.