The effects of nitrogen (N) dose and urea source on forage mass (FM), percentage of dry matter of leaf blades (LBDMP), stem (SDMP), and dead material (DMDMP), and the forage accumulation rate (FAR) of Panicum maximum 'Massai' (massai grass) were evaluated. We set up an experiment with a completely randomized block design in a factorial arrangement (3×2) + 1, consisting of three doses (100, 200, and 400 kg ha -1 year -1 ), two urea sources (common and coated with Policote ® ), and a control treatment, in five consecutive climatic seasons, including the summers of 2011/2012 (summer I), autumn, winter, and spring of 2012, and the summers of 2012/2013 (summer II). We found an interaction effect between N dose, urea source, and season (p < 0.05). LBDMP linearly increased during dry periods (autumn and winter) and SDMP in autumn and DMDMP in winter linearly decreased when coated urea were used. FAR showed a linear increase with the use of both urea sources, except for common urea in autumn, and the increases in the winter were owing to a greater contribution of leaf blades to FM. The use of coated urea for N fertilization linearly increases FAR in all seasons of the year and improves the morphological composition of the forage of massai grass, mainly in dry seasons. Key words: Forage accumulation rate. Leaf blade dry matter percentage. Nitrogen fertilization. Panicum maximum. ResumoAvaliou-se a eficiência de doses de nitrogênio (N) e fontes de ureia sobre as variáveis massa de forragem (MF), porcentagens de massa seca de lâminas foliares (PMSLF), colmos (PMSC) e de material morto (PMSMM), além da taxa de acúmulo de forragem (TAF) do Panicum maximum cv. Massai (capim Massai). Para tanto, delineou-se um experimento em blocos completos casualizados, em arranjo fatorial (3x2) + 1; constando de três doses de N (100, 200 e 400 kg ha-1 ano-1), duas fontes ureia (comum e revestida com Policote ® ) e um tratamento controle, em cinco estações climáticas consecutivas, verão de 2011/2012 (verão I), outono, inverno e primavera de 2012, e verão de 2012/2013 (verão II). As variáveis analisadas apresentaram efeito de interação entre dose de N, fonte de ureia e estações do ano (p < 0,05 da PMSC no outono e da PMSMM no inverno para o uso da ureia revestida. As TAF apresentaram aumento linear com uso de ambas às fontes de ureia, exceto para ureia comum no outono, e aquelas obtidas durante o inverno ocorreram em função das maiores participações de lâminas foliares nas MF. O aumento da adubação nitrogenada com ureia revestida aumenta de forma linear positiva a taxa de acúmulo de forragem em todas as estações do ano e melhora a composição morfológica da forragem do capim Massai, principalmente em estações com déficit hídrico. Palavras-chave: Adubação nitrogenada. Panicum maximum. Porcentagem de massa seca de lâminas foliares. Taxa de acúmulo de forragem.
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