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Decomposition De La Matiere Organique Libre (Bagasse) Dans Les Sols De Deux Zones Tropicales Contrastees (Guadeloupe, Antilles Françaises)

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  • Clarion, Maurice
  • Nagou, Daniel

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La cinétique de disparition de matière sèche de bagasse de canne à sucre, âgée d'une année (C/N = 57) et enterrée à 20 cm de profondeur en double emballage poreux, a été suivie dans deux zones de culture à pluviométrie très différente de climat tropical insulaire : - vertisol à smectite sur calcaire de Grande-Terre (G.T.), pourvu en Ν, Ρ et Ca ; - sol ferralitique à halloysite, acide de Basse-Terre (B.T.), pauvre en N et carencé en Ρ et K. 30 prélèvements ont été effectués, avec, en B.T., une pluviométrie cummulée double (2360 mm) de celle relevée en G.T. (1140 mm). Les cinétiques de disparition de matière sèche (M.S.) ont même allure générale. Après 231 jours il ne reste qu'environ 5 % de la M.S. de départ à B.T. et 30 % à G.T. Les courbes de cette disparition s'ajustent bien à une exponentielle en fonction du temps et en fonction de la somme des pluies. Les constantes de vitesse de disparition (1/2 vie) sont significativement différentes et plus courtes pour B.T. (54 jours) que pour G.T. (141 jours). En fonction de la pluviométrie cumulée, régulièrement répartie à l'échelle du mois, les paramètres de l'ajustement exponentiel sont les mêmes pour les deux stations. Selon ce modèle il reste 50 % de matière sèche de bagasse lorsqu'il est tombé 600 mm de pluie. Kinetic of dry matter (d.m.) disappearance of one year old bagasse, (C/N = 57) buried at 20 cm, in porous double packing was studied in two culture areas with very different rainfall of insular tropical climate : - calcareous vertisol of Grande-Terre (G.T.), provided un Ν, Ρ and Ca ; - acid ferralsol of Basse-Terre (B.T.), with low Ν content and deficient in Ρ and K. 30 samplings were carried out, with a cumulated rainfall in B.T. (2360 mm) twice that read in G.T. (1140 mm). The kinetics of d.m. disappearing showed the same general pattern. After 231 days 5 percent of d.m. bagasse in B.T. and 30 percent in G.T. were left. Disappearance curve fitted well with an exponential fonction according to time and to cumulated rainfall. Half-lives differed significantly and were shorter in B.T. (54 days) than in G.T. (141 days). Cumulated precipitations were regularly distributed amongst the 8 months of the experiment. So, parameters of the exponential adjustment were the same for both stations. According to this model 50 per cent d.m. bagasse was left with 600 mm rainfall.

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  • Clarion, Maurice & Nagou, Daniel, 1989. "Decomposition De La Matiere Organique Libre (Bagasse) Dans Les Sols De Deux Zones Tropicales Contrastees (Guadeloupe, Antilles Françaises)," 25th Annual Meeting, July 1-6, 1989, Gosier, Guadeloupe 259919, Caribbean Food Crops Society.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:cfcs89:259919
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.259919
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