Evaluación de la producción de gramalote (Axonopus scoparius) con la aplicación de urea y varios niveles de cuyaza en una finca ganadera de la parroquia Sinaí, provincia de Morona Santiago.

Abstract

The aim of this research was to evaluate the agricultural botanical performance of gama grass (Axonopus scoparius), using urea and various levels of guinea pig manure, looking for better pasture both in quality and quantity. The height, number of tillers, number of leaves per tiller, green and dry matter and the nutritional value of the pasture were evaluated in a cattle farm located in the Sinai parish, under a randomized block design, analyzed through the statistical package InfoStat with the Tukey test at 0, 05 of significance, applying four treatments with five replications, in which 100% of guinea pig manure was incorporated to T1, 75% to T2, 25% to T3 and 0% to T0, adding a standard base of urea (0.125 kg/Ha) and lime (4.55 kg/Ha), 20 experimental units were used, the research time was 90 days. The statistical analysis showed no significant differences in basal cover, plant height at 30 and 60 days, number of tillers and inflorescence, but there were significant differences in the rest of the parameters, with T1 being the best at 90 days; In plant height with 124 cm; in green and dry matter production with 16.6 and 2.84 T/Ha respectively, in protein 10.72%, in neutral detergent fiber production 44.67%, in acid detergent fiber 32.21%, and in acid detergent lignin 3.02%. It is concluded that the application of fertilizers is productive in this pasture because they allow a better development of the crop, as well as to raise the quality of the pasture, so it is recommended the use of this material as fertilizer for the crop, at the levels evaluated in this work.