ABSTRACT
The use of wastewater in agricultural soil can be characterized as an alternative source of fertilizer, and improve soil conditions due to soil organic matter added. In this context, this study aimed to evaluate the effects on corn and in a Hapludox soil due to application of swine wastewater associated with chemical fertilizers. In the experiment, it was used five doses of swine wastewater (0, 112.5, 225, 337.5 and 450 m3 ha-1) during the corn cycle, combined with two chemical fertilizer (50 and 75% of the recommended dose) to compose their treatments with three replicates. The parameters of maize crop were: productivity, plant height, macronutrients (N, P, K and Mg) and micronutrients (Fe, Zn, Cu and B). The soil parameters were: organic matter, pH, N, P, K, sum of bases, base saturation, Cu, Zn, Fe and Mn. From the results it was concluded that: the culture of corn, the application of swine wastewater is the predominant factor in increasing productivity and mineral nutrition in K, Mg, Fe, Cu and B and insufficient for N and P; in the soil, generally, swine wastewater has positive increases in parameters of P, Zn, Cu, SB and pH, negative levels of K and Fe and no effect on the parameters N, V, MO and Mn; the time factor is extremely important in this type of study, for the parameters P, Cu and Zn that significantly increased their levels in the soil.
water reuse; animal waste; agronomic value