Otimização do uso da água e do zinco na cana-de-açúcar em tabuleiro costeiro paraibano.

Abstract

The research was conducted in an experimental area (coordinates 6º54’59,88”S; 35º09’17,86”W and 121,00m of altitude) of the Capim II Farm in the municipality of Capim/PB with the objective to evaluate the response of sugarcane crop (Saccharum spp.) variety SP 79 1011, submitted to different depths of irrigation water and fertilization levels with zinc to obtain their response functions for the growth and physiologic development, as well in economical terms. . The experimental design consisted of randomizered blocks, with three repetitions in 5 x 5 factorial scheme analyzed jointly. The irrigation depths were cultivation without irrigation, 25% of ETc (256,64 mm), 50% of ETc (513,29 mm), 75% of ETc (769,93 mm) e 100% of ETc (1.026,57 mm) with the respective effective precipitations of 780,06, 713,31, 487,54, 243,71 and 194,51 mm and the levels of zinc were 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 kg ha-1. The irrigation equipment used in this research was a fixed central pivot . The irrigation frequency was defined in function of physical properties of soil and frequency of irrigation was of nine days using 100% of soil moisture. ETo was defined through the tank Class “A” and ETc was calculated in function of the plant age and respective Kc. The effective precipitation during the interval of irrigation was substracted from the calculation of depth of irrigation to be applied.. Until the seven months of age the mean reduction of 50% in number of plants occurred independently of the factors studied presenting significant differences at the end after one year of cultivation. The physiologic response to the studied factors, at the end of the year was significant, in plant height, leaf area index, total dry mass, dry mass of leaves and dry mass of stems. The point of view quality of the raw material. the minimum yield in recoverable total sugars (RTS) was of 96,57 kg t-1 and the maximum was of 153,55 kg t-1. The crop responded in terms of production significantly where the minimum was of 28,33 t ha-1 and the maximum was of 101,05 t ha-1. In terms of EUW (efficiency use water) for the crop, the minimum value was of 3,63 kg m-3 and the maximum was of 8,71 kg m-3. From the economical point of view, a model response function was calculations (P(L,Zn) = a+b*L+c*L²+d*Zn+e*Zn²+f*LZn) to estimate the combined effect of two factors, with combination (L, Zn) it would result in larger productivities (Lm, Znm) and larger gross profit (L*,Zn*). It was Verified that in agreement with the tendency of the model, the combination that had maximized the productivity of 181,26 t ha-1 , was 1.947,82 mm with 3,94 kg ha-1 of zinc, resulting in a gross profit (GP) of R$ 16,57 t-1. However, the same model estimated that the combination which maximizes the GP of R$ 21,06 t-1, consisted of 1.628,06 mm water with 1,80 kg ha-1 of zinc, for a productivity of 168,59 t ha-1. However, the adoption of irrigation depth that maximizes GP implicates in a larger volume of water compared to that applied to the crop when irrigated with 100% of the ETc (1.221,08 mm). the sugar cane without irrigation (control) resulted in a loss of R$ -1,43t-1 to producer, independently of the combination. When irrigation was applied equivalent to 25% of the ETc the loss was more, of the order of R$ 9,64 t-1 independently of studied combination. The combination (L50, Zn3) provided a GP of R$ 5,86 t-1. For L75, Zn3 GP was of R$ 7,17 t-1. The combination that provided highest GP (R$ 19,60 t-1) with a productivity of 101,05 t ha-1 was 1.221,08 mm with 3,0 kg ha-1 (L100, Zn3).