GROWTH OF Brachiaria brizantha BY MINERAL AND ORGANIC FERTILIZATION ON THE STERILE REJECT MINING QUARTZITE

In order to evaluate the behavior of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu under the influence of mineral fertilizer and organic, when grown in sterile reject from quartzite mining. The experiment was conducted under of a greenhouse in a completely randomized design with four replications. The treatments consisted of five combinations of mineral (MF) and organic (OF) fertilizer and an additional treatment of the sterile reject without MF and OF (Witness). The combinations were: 0%OF/100%MF; 25%OF/75%MF; 50%OF/50%MF; 75%OF/25%MF; 100%OF/0%MF. Doses of 100% MF and OF were 50 kg N, 50 kg P2O5 and 40 kg K2O and 10 t bovine manure per ha. The variables evaluated were dry matter weight (shoot, root and total) and nutrients contents and accumulation. B. brizantha cv. Marandu responded to MF and OF with the recommended doses of 37 kg N, 37 kg P2O5, 30 kg K2O and 2.6 t bovine manure per ha. The doses of MF and OF applied to sterile reject quartzite influenced the nutritional status of the forage. The accumulation of nutrients in the forage at recommended doses in the following order was on the shoot: N > K > P > S > Ca> Mn > B > Fe > Zn > Cu and roots: N > S > K > Ca > Mg > P > Fe > Mn > B > Cu > Zn.