Influência da variação sazonal de atributos de fertilidade do solo sobre a biomassa microbiana em uma cronosseqüencia de plantio de palma de óleo (Elaeis oleifera (Kunth) Cortés) no Nordeste Paraense

Abstract

Brazil has about 32 million hectares of areas with capability to oil palm’s expansion and more than 90% of these are in the Amazon. There is need to understand the interaction of new plantations and its development with the environment. This study was conducted in Dende do Pará SA (DENPASA), commercial plantations company, and aimed to evaluate precipitation’s seasonal variation on the soil fertility and thus on soil biomass in a chronosequence of oil palm plantations with 5, 8 and 12 years and secondary forestry. We measured / estimated and correlated the attributes carbon microbial biomass (CSMB), total carbon (CTOTAL), total nitrogen (NTOTAL), soil basal respiration (SBR), metabolic quotient (qCO2), carbon microbial biomass / total carbon ratio (CBMS: CTOTAL), carbon / nitrogen ratio (C / N), gravimetric moisture (Ug), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), aluminum (Al), effective exchange capacity of cations (CTC) and aluminum saturation (m). The CBMS was the attribute most sensitive to differentiate areas of study and dry and rainy seasons. Chemical characteristics of soil fertility and soil microbial biomass were correlated stronger and in greater numbers during the rainy season. Chemical attributes of soil fertility and soil microbial biomass presented correlation more strong and in greater numbers during the rainy season. The microbial indices qCO2 and CBMS:CTOTAL proved that conventional planting areas can be relatively efficient in relation to C dynamics compared to secondary forest area.