Variação de atributos físico-hídricos em latossolo vermelho-amarelo do Cerrado mato-grossense sob diferentes formas de uso

A busca de uma produção que atenda às crescentes demandas mundiais, em consonância com a manutenção das potencialidades dos recursos naturais, numa visão sistêmica de sustentabilidade social, econômica e ambiental, deve ser a meta de todos e, em especial, dos profissionais das ciências agrárias. Com o objetivo de contribuir nesse sentido, avaliou-se o efeito da produção no sistema plantio direto e da pastagem cultivada sobre os atributos físico-hídricos de um Latossolo Vermelho-Amarelo distrófico. O estudo foi realizado em uma propriedade agrícola localizada sob as coordenadas de 15 ° 31 ' 58 " S, 55 ° 18 ' 07 " W, altitude entre 725 e 809 m, relevo suavemente ondulado, em áreas com os seguintes usos: plantio direto (PD) por oito anos, pastagem de Brachiaria humidicola (PC) por sete anos consecutivos e Cerrado nativo pastejado (CP). Dez pontos, escolhidos aleatoriamente em cada área, foram submetidos a ensaio de resistência mecânica do solo à penetração (RSP) e amostrados nas profundidades de 05-10 e 10-15 cm. Nas amostras deformadas, determinou-se o conteúdo de água atual (CA), a textura e a densidade de partícula (Dp), e, a partir das amostras indeformadas, foram determinadas a porosidade total (Pt), macroporosidade (Ma), microporosidade (Mi), condutividade hidráulica saturada (Ks), as curvas características de retenção de água e a densidade do solo (Ds), bem como o conteúdo de água disponível (AD). Os dados foram submetidos a análises de variância e a teste de comparação de médias (p < 0,05). O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado, em esquema de parcelas subdivididas (3 usos x 2 profundidades). O solo sob PD sofreu acréscimo de até 13,38 % na Ds, 45,83 % na RSP, 29,81 % na AD e decréscimo de até 45,61 % na Ma e de até 91,89 % na Ks. Os efeitos sobre os atributos do solo ocorreram na seguinte ordem de magnitude: PD > PC > CP. A RSP, Ma e Ks foram os atributos mais afetados pelos efeitos do uso do solo.

Atributos físico-hídricos de um latossolo de cerrado em diferentes posições de amostragem na lavoura cafeeira

A compactação do solo, ocasionada por diferentes intensidades de tráfego, pode provocar danos à estrutura do solo, limitando a produção em lavouras cafeeiras. O objetivo deste trabalho foi desenvolver modelos de capacidade de suporte de carga para um Latossolo sob Cerrado, cultivado com cafeeiros, bem como investigar os efeitos do manejo da lavoura cafeeira na distribuição de poros e na retenção de água, em diferentes posições na lavoura cafeeira. O estudo foi realizado em um Latossolo Vermelho distrófico típico localizado nas coordenadas de 18 º 59 ' 15 '' S e 46 º56 ' 47 '' W, cultivado com cafeeiros (Coffea arabica L.) em espaçamento de 4 x 1 m, implantado no ano de 19no mu95 nicípio de Patrocínio, MG. As diferentes posições de amostragem na lavoura cafeeira foram: projeção da saia (PS), linha de tráfego (LT) e centro da entrelinha (EL). Além disso, amostras indeformadas também foram coletadas na mata nativa (MN) para obter os modelos de capacidade de suporte de carga. Em cada posição de amostragem foram coletadas amostras deformadas e indeformadas na profundidade de 10-13 cm, para avaliação dos seguintes atributos físico-hídricos: pressão de preconsolidação (σp), umidade gravimétrica (U), densidade do solo (Ds), porosidade total (PT), macroporosidade (Ma), microporosidade (Mi), curva de retenção de água no solo, teor de matéria orgânica (MO), textura, densidade de partículas e limites de liquidez, plasticidade e contração. Os resultados obtidos sugerem que a capacidade de suporte de carga do Latossolo decresceu na seguinte ordem: LT > MN = PS > EL. O solo sob a posição EL foi mais suscetível à compactação em virtude da menor capacidade de suporte de carga, devido a uma subsolagem realizada meses antes da amostragem, reduzindo a sua resistência mecânica. O solo sob MN e a PS apresentaram mesma capacidade de suporte de carga, indicando a manutenção de uma estrutura favorável para o crescimento do sistema radicular do cafeeiro. A água disponível foi maior para o solo nas posições EL e PS e menor para a LT e MN; o solo sob a LT mantém maior microporosidade em relação à EL desestruturada pela subsolagem.

Assessment of the soil compaction of two ultisols caused by logging operations

The impact of wood loads on bulk density and preconsolidation pressure and of harvester and forwarder traffic on rut depth, bulk density and preconsolidation pressure of two Ultisols were examined in this study. Our objective was to quantify the threshold beyond which significant soil compaction and rutting would occur. This study was carried out in the county of Eunápolis, state of Bahia, Brazil, (16 º 23 ' 17 '' S and 39 º 10 ' 06 '' W; altitude 80 m asl) in two Ultisols (PAd2 and PAd3) with different texture classes, in experimental areas with eucalypt plantation. The study involved measurements at the wood load site and machine driving at specific locations in the forest during logging operations. The treatments consisted of one harvester pass and, 8, 16 and 40 passes of a fully loaded forwarder. Thresholds were established based on the rut depth and percentage of preconsolidation pressure values in the region of additional soil compaction defined in the bearing capacity model. The percentage of soil samples with values of preconsolidation pressure in the region of additional soil compaction indicated a greater susceptibility of PAd3 than of PAd2 to soil compaction. The threshold levels established here based on preconsolidation pressure and rut depth indicated that no more than eight forwarder passes should be allowed in loading operations in order to minimize soil compaction.

Aplicabilidade do lisem (limburg soil erosion) para simulação hidrológica em uma bacia hidrográfica tropical

As variáveis de entrada do modelo LISEM, mais importantes do ponto de vista da gênese do escoamento superficial direto (umidade do solo antecedente aos eventos de precipitação pluvial (θap) e espessura da camada de solo considerada no balanço hídrico) foram calibrados para eventos individuais de precipitação pluvial ocorridos na bacia hidrográfica do ribeirão Marcela, da região Alto Rio Grande, MG. Avaliou-se, também, a influência de diferentes cenários nas variáveis do escoamento superficial direto. O modelo apresentou elevada sensibilidade à umidade do solo, sendo este sua principal variável de calibração. A influência da camada de balanço hídrico esteve associada à umidade de calibração, observando-se que, quanto maior a profundidade, maior a umidade requerida para calibrar o modelo. Os cenários mata natural, eucalipto e café, aos 35 meses após o plantio, atenuaram as vazões máximas de 37,6; 42,2; e 28,0 %, cuja intensidade de precipitação pluvial foi de 48,0 mm h-1. O modelo hidrológico LISEM apresentou resultados satisfatórios na simulação hidrológica do escoamento superficial direto, mostrando que pode ser aplicado para previsão do comportamento hidrológico de bacias hidrográficas tropicais, desde que devidamente calibrado.

Organic sulfur oxidation to sulfate in soil samples for total sulfur determination by turbidimetry

Sulfur in the soil occurs in two basic forms, organic and inorganic S. The organic form accounts for 95 % of S in most soils. The effectiveness of organic S to oxidate to sulfate was evaluated for total S determination in soil samples by wet (acid) and dry-ash (alkaline) oxidation methods. To evaluate the wet method and the possible use as a reference when evaluating the dry method proposed here, a reference standard from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was used (Montana Soil - NIST 2710). The dry-ash oxidation process with alkaline oxidizing agents is one of the simplest oxidation methods of organic S to the sulfate form and was compared with the wet process. The objective of the study was to develop a dry method that would be easy to apply and allow the complete conversion of organic S to sulfate in soil samples and later detection by turbidimetry. The effectiveness of organic S oxidation to sulfate was evaluated by means of three alkaline oxidation mixtures: NaHCO3 + Ag2O, Eschka mixture (17 % Na2CO3, 66 % MgO, and 17 % K2CO3), and NaHCO3 + CuO. The procedure to quantify the sulfate concentration was based on the reaction with barium chloride and turbidimetric detection. Sulfur quantification in the standard sample by the wet method proved adequate, precise and accurate. It should also be pointed out that no significant differences were found (95 % reliability) between the wet and dry processes (NaHCO3 and Ag2O oxidation mixture) in six different Brazilian soils. The proposed dry method can therefore be used in the preparation of soil samples for total S determination.

Fontes e épocas de aplicação de nitrogênio em trigo em sistema plantio direto no cerrado

O N é um nutriente de suma importância, tendo em vista sua dinâmica no solo e a exigência da cultura, todavia, em muitas situações, o solo é incapaz de suprir todo o requerimento de N das culturas, o que obriga o uso de fertilizantes para a obtenção de produtividade satisfatória. Desse modo, propôs-se este estudo com o objetivo de avaliar diferentes fontes e épocas de aplicação de N em trigo cultivado no sistema plantio direto. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o de blocos ao acaso disposto em um esquema fatorial 2x6 com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos foram constituídos pela combinação de duas fontes de N: uréia e Entec e seis épocas de aplicação: testemunha (sem N); N na semeadura (S); N 15 dias após a emergência (DAE); N aos 30 DAE; 1/3 do N na S e 2/3 aos 15 DAE; e 1/3 do N na S e 2/3 aos 30 DAE. O experimento foi realizado na área experimental da UNESP - Campus de Ilha Solteira, localizada no município de Selvíria - MS, em solo anteriormente ocupado por vegetação de Cerrado. O N aplicado 30 dias após a emergência propiciou maior produtividade de grãos, entretanto não diferindo estatisticamente da aplicação com 1/3 do N na semeadura + 2/3 do N 30 dias após a emergência.

Aplicação de calcário e culturas de cobertura na implantação do sistema plantio direto em cerrado

Este estudo objetivou avaliar a correção do solo no estabelecimento do sistema plantio direto em Latossolo Vermelho localizado em região típica de Cerrado, Selvíria - MS. Os tratamentos consistiram em cinco formas de aplicação de calagem, em dose única ou parcelada, e duas culturas de cobertura. A calagem sem incorporação, independentemente do modo de aplicação, corrigiu a acidez do solo e aumentou os teores de Ca e Mg na camada de 0-0,05 m; nas demais profundidades, não houve alterações significativas desses atributos. A incorporação do calcário na camada de 0-0,2m modificou, uniformemente, os valores de pH, Ca, Mg e soma de bases do solo até à profundidade de 0,2 m. O sorgo como cultura de cobertura possibilitou maiores teores de Ca e Mg quando a dose de calcário foi subdividida em três aplicações.

Tannery and coal mining waste disposal on soil

Tannery residues and coal mine waste are heavily polluting sources in Brazil, mainly in the Southern States of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. In order to study the effects of residues of chrome leather tanning (sludge and leather shavings) and coal waste on soybean and maize crops, a field experiment is in progress since 1996, at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Experimental Station, county of Eldorado do Sul, Brazil. The residues were applied twice (growing seasons 1996/97 and 1999/00). The amounts of tannery residues were applied according to their neutralizing value, at rates of up to 86.8 t ha-1, supplying from 671 to 1.342 kg ha-1 Cr(III); coal waste was applied at a total rate of 164 t ha-1. Crop yield and dry matter production were evaluated, as well as the nutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Cu and Zn) and Cr contents. Crop yields with tannery sludge application were similar to those obtained with N and lime supplied with mineral amendments. Plant Cr absorption did not increase significantly with the residue application. Tannery sludge can be used also to neutralize the high acidity developed in the soil by coal mine waste.

Soil organic matter and fertility of anthropogenic dark earths (Terra Preta de Índio) in the Brazilian Amazon basin

Fertility properties, total C (Ctot), and chemical soil organic matter fractions (fulvic acid fraction - FA, humic acid fraction - HA, humin fraction - H) of anthropogenic dark earths (Terra Preta de Índio) of the Amazon basin were compared with those of Ferralsols with no anthropogenic A horizon. Terra Preta soils had a higher fertility (pH: 5.1-5.4; Sum of bases, SB: 8.93-10.33 cmol c kg-1 , CEC: 17.2-17.5 cmol c kg-1 , V: 51-59 %, P: 116-291 mg kg-1) and Ctot (44.6-44.7 g kg-1) than adjacent Ferralsols (pH: 4.4; SB: 2.04 cmol c kg-1, CEC: 9.5 cmol c kg-1, V: 21 %, P 5 mg kg-1, C: 37.9 g kg-1). The C distribution among humic substance fractions (FA, HA, H) in Terra Preta soils was also different, as shown by the ratios HA:FA and EA/H (EA=HA+FA) (2.1-3.0 and 1.06-1.08 for Terra Preta and 1.2 and 0.72 for Ferralsols, respectively). While the cation exchange capacity (CEC), of Ferralsols correlated with FA (r = 0.97), the CEC of Terra Preta correlated with H (r = 0.82). The correlation of the fertility of Terra Preta with the highly stable soil organic matter fraction (H) is highly significant for the development of sustainable soil fertility management models in tropical ecosystems.

Numerical analysis of the impact of charcoal production on soil hydrological behavior, runoff response and erosion susceptibility

The impact of charcoal production on soil hydraulic properties, runoff response and erosion susceptibility were studied in both field and simulation experiments. Core and composite samples, from 12 randomly selected sites within the catchment of Kotokosu were taken from the 0-10 cm layer of a charcoal site soil (CSS) and adjacent field soils (AFS). These samples were used to determine saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat), bulk density, total porosity, soil texture and color. Infiltration, surface albedo and soil surface temperature were also measured in both CSS and AFS. Measured properties were used as entries in a rainfall runoff simulation experiment on a smooth (5 % slope) plot of 25 x 25 m grids with 10 cm resolutions. Typical rainfall intensities of the study watershed (high, moderate and low) were applied to five different combinations of Ks distributions that could be expected in this landscape. The results showed significantly (p < 0.01) higher flow characteristics of the soil under charcoal kilns (increase of 88 %). Infiltration was enhanced and runoff volume reduced significantly. The results showed runoff reduction of about 37 and 18 %, and runoff coefficient ranging from 0.47-0.75 and 0.04-0.39 or simulation based on high (200 mm h-1) and moderate (100 mm h-1) rainfall events over the CSS and AFS areas, respectively. Other potential impacts of charcoal production on watershed hydrology were described. The results presented, together with watershed measurements, when available, are expected to enhance understanding of the hydrological responses of ecosystems to indiscriminate charcoal production and related activities in this region.

Atributos físicos, químicos e biológicos de solo de cerrado sob diferentes sistemas de uso e manejo

À medida que o conhecimento do sistema plantio direto se amplia, verifica-se que o uso de indicadores químicos isolados não permite melhor caracterização dos solos, sendo necessário utilizar um conjunto de indicadores da qualidade do solo com a entrada de outros atributos, entre eles os físicos e os biológicos. Objetivou-se avaliar os efeitos de sistemas de manejo e uso do solo nos atributos físicos, químicos e biológicos de um Latossolo Vermelho distrófico e um Neossolo Quartzarênico órtico sob Cerrado, no entorno do Parque Nacional das Emas. Os aspectos avaliados no Latossolo foram: Cerrado nativo, pastagem, milheto em preparo convencional, nabo forrageiro em plantio direto e sorgo em plantio direto. No Neossolo: Cerrado nativo, pastagem nativa, integração agricultura-pecuária, pastagem cultivada, plantio direto com soja no verão e plantio direto com milho no verão. As amostras de solo foram coletadas na profundidade de 0 a 10 cm. O delineamento experimental foi o inteiramente casualizado, com cinco parcelas de 150 m², sendo coletadas 10 subamostras aleatórias. As análises químicas, físicas e biológicas foram realizadas no Laboratório de Solos da UFG/CJ. Os manejos promoveram alterações na densidade do solo, volume total de poros, macroporos e resistência do solo à penetração no Neossolo e no Latossolo, excetuando-se neste o volume total de poros. Houve pequena variação nos atributos químicos nos dois solos, com o Cerrado apresentando maior acidez potencial e menor teor de cátions trocáveis e P. Os atributos biológicos do solo foram alterados pelos sistemas de manejo, sendo mais prejudicados em sistemas com maior revolvimento do solo. A análise canônica dos dados demonstrou que os atributos físicos foram os de menor importância por apresentar maior coeficiente de ponderação nas variáveis canônicas. Os atributos do solo, isoladamente, pouco contribuíram para a avaliação da qualidade do solo: no entanto, quando se usou a análise multivariada, subsidiaram a constatação dos manejos do solo mais sustentáveis.

Crop sequences in no-tillage system: effects on soil fertility and soybean, maize and rice yield

Decomposing crop residues in no-tillage system can alter soil chemical properties, which may consequently influence the productivity of succession crops. The objective of this study was to evaluate soil chemical properties and soybean, maize and rice yield, grown in the summer, after winter crops in a no-tillage system. The experiment was carried out in Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil (21 ° 15 ' 22 '' S; 48 ° 18 ' 58 '' W) on a Red Latosol (Oxisol), in a completely randomized block design, in strip plots with three replications. The treatments consisted of four summer crop sequences (maize monocrop, soybean monocrop, soybean/maize rotation and rice/bean/cotton rotation) combined with seven winter crops (maize, sunflower, oilseed radish, pearl millet, pigeon pea, grain sorghum and sunn hemp). The experiment began in September 2002. After the winter crops in the 2005/2006 growing season and before the sowing of summer crops in the 2006/2007 season, soil samples were collected in the layers 0-2.5; 2.5-5.0; 5-10; 10-20; and 20-30 cm. Organic matter, pH, P, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, and H + Al were determined in each soil sample. In the summer soybean/maize rotation and in maize the organic matter contents and P levels were lower, in the layers 0-10 cm and 0-20 cm, respectively. Summer rice/bean/cotton rotation increased soil K levels at 0-10 cm depth when sunn hemp and oilseed radish had previously been grown in the winter, and in the 0-2.5 cm layer for millet. Sunn hemp, millet, oilseed radish and sorghum grown in the winter increased organic matter contents in the soil down to 30 cm. Higher P levels were found at the depths 0-2.5 cm and 0-5 cm, respectively, when sunn hemp and oilseed radish were grown in the winter. Highest grain yields for soybean in monoculture were obtained in succession to winter oilseed radish and sunn hemp and in rotation with maize, after oilseed radish, sunn hemp and millet. Maize yields were highest in succession to winter oilseed radish, millet and pigeon pea. Rice yields were lowest when grown after sorghum.

Comparison of estimation methods of soil strength in five soils

In agriculture, the soil strength is used to describe the susceptibility to deformation by pressure caused by agricultural machine. The purpose of this study was to compare different methods for estimating the inherent soil strength and to identify their suitability for the evaluation of load support capacity, compaction susceptibility and root growth. The physical, chemical, mineralogical and intrinsic strength properties of seven soil samples, collected from five sampling pits at different locations in Brazil, were measured. Four clay (CS) and three sandy clay loam (SCL) soils were used. The clay soils were collected on a farm in Santo Ângelo, RS (28 º 16 ' 16 '' S; 54 º 13 ' 11 '' W 290 m); A and B horizons at the Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG (21 º 13 ' 47 '' S; 44 º 58 ' 6'' W; 918 m) and on the farm Sygenta, in Uberlandia, MG (18 º 58 ' 37 '' S; 48 º 12 ' 05 '' W 866 m). The sandy clay loam soils were collected in Aracruz, ES (19 º 47 ' 10 '' S; 40 º 16 ' 29 '' W 81 m), and on the farm Xavier, Lavras, MG (21 º 13 ' 24 '' S; 45 º 05 ' 00 '' W; 844 m). Soil strength was estimated based on measurements of: (a) a pneumatic consolidometer, (b) manual pocket (non-rotating) penetrometer; and (c) automatic (rotating) penetrometer. The results of soil strength properties were similar by the three methods. The soil structure had a significant influence on soil strength. Results of measurements with both the manual pocket and the electric penetrometer were similar, emphasizing the influence of soil texture. The data showed that, to enhance the reliability of predictions of preconsolidation pressure by penetrometers, it is better to separate the soils into the different classes, rather than analyze them jointly. It can be concluded that the consolidometer method, although expensive, is the best when evaluations of load support capacity and compaction susceptibility of soil samples are desired.

Soil fertility, organic carbon and fractions of the organic matter at different distances from eucalyptus stumps

Knowledge on variations in vertical, horizontal and temporal characteristics of the soil chemical properties under eucalyptus stumps left in the soil is of fundamental importance for the management of subsequent crops. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of eucalyptus stumps (ES) left after cutting on the spatial variability of chemical characteristics in a dystrophic Yellow Argisol in the eastern coastal plain region of Brazil. For this purpose, ES left for 31 and 54 months were selected in two experimental areas with similar characteristics, to assess the decomposition effects of the stumps on soil chemical attributes. Soil samples were collected directly around these ES, and at distances of 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 cm away from them, in the layers 0-10, 10-20 and 20-40 cm along the row of ES, which is in-between the rows of eucalyptus trees of a new plantation, grown at a spacing of 3 x 3 m. The soil was sampled in five replications in plots of 900 m² each and the samples analyzed for pH, available P and K (Mehlich-1), exchangeable Al, Ca and Mg, total organic carbon (TOC) and C content in humic substances (HS) and in the free light fraction. The pH values and P, K, Ca2+, Mg2+ and Al3+ contents varied between the soil layers with increasing distance from the 31 and 54-monthold stumps. The highest pH, P, K, Ca2+ and Mg2+ values and the lowest Al3+ content were found in the surface soil layer. The TOC of the various fractions of soil organic matter decreased with increasing distance from the 31 and 54-month-old ES in the 0-10 and 10-20 cm layers, indicating that the root (and stump) cycling and rhizodeposition contribute to maintain soil organic matter. The C contents of the free light fraction, of the HS and TOC fractions were higher in the topsoil layer under the ES left for 31 months due to the higher clay levels of this layer, than in those found under the 54-month-old stumps. However, highest C levels of the different fractions of soil organic matter in the topsoil layer reflect the deposition and maintenance of forest residues on the soil surface, mainly after forest harvest.

Soil phosphorus fractions in sandy soils amended with cattle manure for long periods

Phosphorus fractions were determined in soil samples from areas fertilized or not with farmyard cattle manure (FYM) and in samples of FYM used in the semi-arid region of Paraiba state, Brazil. Soil samples were taken from the 0-20; 20-40 and 40-60 cm layers of 18 cultivated areas, which, according to interviews with farmers, had been treated with 12 to 20 t ha-1 FYM annually, for the past 2 to 40 years. Soil samples were also collected from four unfertilized pasture areas as controls. Phosphorus in the soil samples was sequentially extracted with water (Pw), resin (Pres), NaHCO3 (Pi bic and Po bic), NaOH (Pi hid and Po hid), H2SO4 (Pacid) and, finally, by digestion with H2SO4/H2O2 (Presd). Nine FYM samples were extracted with water, resin, Mehlich-1, H2SO4, NaOH or digestion with H2SO4/H2O2, not sequentially, and the extracts analyzed for P. The sampled areas had homogeneous, sandy and P-deficient soils; increases in total soil P (Pt) above the mean value of the control areas (up to 274 mg kg-1 in the 0-20 cm layer of the most P-enriched samples) were therefore attributed to FYM applications, which was the only external P input in the region. Regression analysis was used to study the relationship between soil P fractions and Pt. The Pacid fraction, related to Ca-P forms, showed the greatest increases (p < 0.01) as a result of FYM applications, rising from 8.4 mg kg-1 in a non-fertilized sample to 43.8 mg kg-1 in the sample with the highest Pt content. The sum of Pw, Pres and Pi bic, considered as labile P, showed comparable increases with Pacid, while Pi hid showed the smallest increase due to FYM applications. Organic P forms also increased, more so the fraction Po hid, considered less labile, than the more labile one, Po bic. The residual P fraction was practically half of Pt, independently of the Pt value. Increases in labile P, Pacid and organic P were justified by the high average concentration of Pw (36 %), Pacid (34 %), and Po hid (30 %) in the FYM. Significant changes in the proportion of P forms among soil layers indicated the downward movement of P in organic forms.