Green manure studies have shown a great potential for soil recuperation, the Crotalaria being a very efficient crop in producing residues and fixing nitrogen. This experiment was carried out on a Typic Hapludox, in Selvíria, MS, Brazil, with the objective of evaluating the effects of phosphate fertilization in relation to the pruning of Crotalaria juncea L., at the height of 100 cm, in order to obtain an increase of the production of dry matter and seeds. The used design consisted of randomized blocks, in a fatorial outline 5x2, with four replicates. The five P2O5 levels were 0, 60, 120, 180 and 240 kg ha-1. The pruning was performed 60 days after plants emerged. Forthnightly the height of plants, vegetative covering, green and dry matter weight plant quantity, diameter of the stem and the number of branches of 10 plants were evaluated. The analysis of the physiologic quality of the seeds was performed through a germination test, accelerated aging, physical purity, and weight of 1000 seeds. With pruning and phosphate fertilization, do not were modify and the dry matter and yield of Crotalaria juncea L. were not altered, but only the seed physiologic quality.
Crotalaria juncea; prunes; seeds; phosphate fertilization
