COMPOSIÇÃO BOTÂNICA DO CONSÓRCIO DE LEGUMINOSAS HERBÁCEAS COM Pennisetum glaucum

The objective was to evaluate the participation of legumes and millet grown in a consortium for forage production. The work was carried out at the Milano farm, in the semiarid Pernambucano. The treatments were composed by the consortium of millet with four legumes: Cajanus cajan, Canavalia ensiformis, Mucuna aterrima, Dolichos lablab. The experiment was carried out in a completely randomized block design with 12 replicates. The density and masses of grass and legume were evaluated, as well as the relation between them. The density of millet tiller did not differ in function of the legume (215 tillers/m²), but the density of the legumes was higher in the millet consortium with Cajanus cajan. The mass of millet did not differ according to the presence of legumes. The Mucuna aterrima mass was more than twice bigger (2.81 t/ha DM) than the other legumes. The millet consortium with Mucuna aterrima is more productive and with greater participation of legumes in the forage production.