ALGODOEIRO CULTIVADO EM SOLO TRATADO COM CALCÁRIO, LODO DE ESGOTO E CÁDMIO

Key words: Gossypium hirsutum, biosolid, liming, trace elements, organic residue.ABSTRACTThe objective of the work was to evaluate the accumulation of nutrients and heavy metals in different parts of the cotton plants (Gossypium hirsutum cv. IAC 22) cultivated in soil that received lime and sewage sludge from municipal treatment plant plus cadmium. The experiment was carried out under green house conditions. The soil was a Clayey Red Latosol (Oxisol). The experimental design was the randomized blocks. The treatments were organized in a 3x2+1 factorial scheme (three lime rates, two sewage sludge rates and a Control treatment), all with three replications. The variance test was made by F test and means comparisons by Tukey test (p< 0.05). The different lime rates provided larger macronutrientes accumulations in the shoot and micronutrients in the roots. The sewage sludge addition provided the macronutrients accumulation, especially, in the roots and shoot of the plants, and of Mn and Zn in the root and shoot and just Mn in the fibers. The Fe accumulation in the roots decreased with the application of the sewage sludge. The liming and the sewage sludge provided accumulation of Pb in the roots, shoot and fibers. When it was just considered the liming, similar effect was found for the Cd and Ni in the fibers.Palavras-chave: Gossypium hirsutum, biossolido, calagem, elementos traco, residuo orgânico