https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5686-1841; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7753933209891336; PEREIRA, Camilla Torres.
Résumé:
In the Brazilian semiarid region, environmental factors limit productivity, so the use of
sustainable practices that contributes to the increase of agricultural and forestry
production is of extreme relevance. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the difficulties
faced by family farmers in soil conservation and agroecological production, as well as to
assess the effects of vermicompost and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (FMAs) on the
production of Spondias tuberosa seedlings and soil quality. For this, a socio environmental questionnaire (21 questions) was applied to farmers of the São Francisco
community, Teixeira-PB and experiments were conducted with S. tuberosa in the
greenhouse of UFCG, Patos-PB. The experiments were performed in autoclaved soil (SA)
and natural soil (SN) conditions. The design in each experiment was entirely randomized
with six treatments: three doses of vermicompost (V0%, V25% and V50%), two
treatments of FMA inoculation (with inoculation and without inoculation) and five
repetitions. Height, diameter, number of leaves, MSPA, MSRA, MFPA, MFRA and the
estimation of leaf area were evaluated. For the soil samples, chemical (pH, P, K+, Na,
Ca2+Mg2, H+Al3+, organic carbon) and microbiological (RBI, RBS, CBM, qCO2, qMIC,
activity o f P-glycosidase, phosphatase, arylufatase and number of glomerospores)
characteristics were evaluated. The results obtained from the socio-environmental
questionnaire showed that 87.5% of the farmers have always lived in the community and
that all respondents have land ownership. In relation to agro-ecological production, the
farmers consider that it positively affects their quality of life, about 80% said they use
sustainable practices for soil conservation. In relation to the SA experiment, the seedlings
show better development (height, diameter and number of leaves) with the addition of
V25, V25+FMA, V50 and V50+FMA. For MSPA, MSRA, MFPA, MFRA and leaf area
estimate, the treatments V25, V25MIX and V50 promoted the best results. For the SN
experiment, the increase in leaf number occurred in V25 and V50, while the other
variables were not influenced by the treatments. For the chemical characteristics of the
soil, the application of vermicompost combined or not with AMF increased the content
of Na, P, Ca+Mg, CO, pH and decreased K in SA and SN conditions. Regardless of soil
condition, CBM, RBS, RIS increased with the addition of V50 and V50+FMA. The qCO2
and qMIC were strongly influenced by vermicompost addition and the number of spores
showed no variation among treatments in SA and SN. In general, the V50 treatment
stimulates the activity of enzymes in SA, especially arylsulfatase, while in SN, the
response of enzymes is influenced by the application rate and presence or absence of
FMA. Thus, it was possible to observe that most farmers take care of the land using
sustainable management practices, which promote the ecological balance between nature
and man. And, for the experimental part in SA and SN, V25+MAF showed promise in
relation to the growth of S. tuberosa seedlings, while V50 and V50+MAF promoted
significant changes in the biological functioning of the soil that need to be better
investigated in long-term experiments.
Keywords: Biofertilizers, family f