Dessorção do herbicida atrazina e atividade microbiana em duas classes de solos do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul

A atrazina (ATZ) foi utilizada em experimentos de laboratório para estudos de mineralização e dessorção em amostras de Argissolo Vermelho (PV) e Vertissolo Ebânico (VE), sob campo nativo, com o intuito de identificar os atributos do solo que afetam estes processos. A influência da umidade do solo sobre a atividade microbiana foi avaliada variando-se os teores de umidade em 20, 40, 65 e 85% da capacidade de água disponível do solo (CAD) e aplicando-se 1,5 kg de princípio ativo ha-1 (menor dose recomendada (DR)). Para a avaliação do efeito das doses do herbicida ATZ sobre a atividade microbiana e sobre a taxa de degradação do herbicida foram feitas aplicações de 1x, 2x, 4x, 7x e 10x a DR. Na avaliação do efeito da matéria orgânica sobre a atividade microbiana e sobre a taxa de degradação da ATZ foi feita a aplicação de 10x a DR. Num estudo adicional foram testados quatro métodos de desinfestação de solos (fumigação, tindalização, autoclavagem e irradiação em forno de microondas). A determinação da ATZ na solução foi feita por cromatografia gasosa em extratos de metanol. A atividade microbiana foi monitorada pela evolução de CO2 e a microbiota foi avaliada pela contagem de unidades formadoras de colônias Os resultados indicam que a população microbiana apresenta maior atividade entre 65 e 85% de umidade da CAD e que o aumento das doses de aplicação da ATZ não provoca alterações relevantes na atividade microbiana. Aproximadamente 70% do herbicida aplicado fica sorvido ao solo, independentemente de dose de ATZ aplicada e da classe de solo estudada (PV e VE). As taxas de degradação da ATZ lábil foram baixas e dependentes de doses e tipos de solos, sendo maiores em doses mais elevadas e em solos com maior teor de C. Dentre os métodos de desinfestação, a irradiação em forno de microondas foi o mais adequado, uma vez que apresentou um comportamento similar à testemunha quanto à sorção do herbicida e foi eficiente na redução da população microbiana do solo.

Variabilidade espacial da textura de um latossolo vermelho eutroférrico sob cultivo de cana-de-açúcar

Estudos regionais mais detalhados, utilizando modelos de paisagem e geoestatística, têm demonstrado que, em áreas consideradas homogêneas, sob uma única classe de solo, existe dependência espacial de atributos granulométricos. Visando a avaliar a variabilidade espacial de atributos granulométricos em Latossolo Vermelho eutroférrico, foram feitas amostragens do solo em intervalos regulares de 50 m, em forma de malha, totalizando 306 pontos de amostragem. Foram coletadas amostras nas profundidades de 0-0,2 m e 0,6-0,8 m para a determinação da argila, silte, areia total (AT), areia grossa (AG), areia média (AM), areia fina (AF) e areia muito fina (AMF). Os dados foram submetidos à análise estatística descritiva, geoestatística e interpolação por krigagem. Os valores do coeficiente de variação apresentaram-se baixos para argila, médios para silte, AT, AF, AM e AMF e altos para AG. Observou-se ocorrência de dependência espacial para todas as variáveis com grau moderado de dependência espacial, com os maiores alcances ocorrendo na profundidade de 0-0,2 m. Os latossolos, apesar de serem homogêneos, mesmo em áreas de mesma classe de solo e manejo, apresentaram variabilidade diferenciada para os atributos granulométricos.

Rotina computacional e equação simplificada para modelar o transporte de sedimentos num Latossolo Vermelho Distrófico

Os objetivos do presente trabalho foram desenvolver rotina computacional para a solução da equação de Yalin e do diagrama de Shields e avaliar uma equação simplificada para modelar a capacidade de transporte de sedimento num Latossolo Vermelho Distrófico que possa ser utilizada no Water Erosion Prediction Project - WEPP, assim como em outros modelos de predição da erosão do solo. A capacidade de transporte de sedimento para o fluxo superficial foi representada como função-potência da tensão cisalhante, a qual revelou ser aproximação da equação de Yalin. Essa equação simplificada pôde ser aplicada em resultados experimentais oriundos de topografia complexa. A equação simplificada demonstrou acuracidade em relação à equação de Yalin, quando calibrada utilizando-se da tensão média cisalhante. Testes de validação com dados independentes demonstraram que a equação simplificada foi eficiente para estimar a capacidade de transporte de sedimento.

Detecção de áreas degradadas na sub-bacia hidrográfica do rio taperoá/pb, utilizando parâmetros físicos dos sensores modis/terra e tm/landsat

This study includes the results of the analysis of areas susceptible to degradation by remote sensing in semi-arid region, which is a matter of concern and affects the whole population and the catalyst of this process occurs by the deforestation of the savanna and improper practices by the use of soil. The objective of this research is to use biophysical parameters of the MODIS / Terra and images TM/Landsat-5 to determine areas susceptible to degradation in semi-arid Paraiba. The study area is located in the central interior of Paraíba, in the sub-basin of the River Taperoá, with average annual rainfall below 400 mm and average annual temperature of 28 ° C. To draw up the map of vegetation were used TM/Landsat-5 images, specifically, the composition 5R4G3B colored, commonly used for mapping land use. This map was produced by unsupervised classification by maximum likelihood. The legend corresponds to the following targets: savanna vegetation sparse and dense, riparian vegetation and exposed soil. The biophysical parameters used in the MODIS were emissivity, albedo and vegetation index for NDVI (NDVI). The GIS computer programs used were Modis Reprojections Tools and System Information Processing Georeferenced (SPRING), which was set up and worked the bank of information from sensors MODIS and TM and ArcGIS software for making maps more customizable. Initially, we evaluated the behavior of the vegetation emissivity by adapting equation Bastiaanssen on NDVI for spatialize emissivity and observe changes during the year 2006. The albedo was used to view your percentage of increase in the periods December 2003 and 2004. The image sensor of Landsat TM were used for the month of December 2005, according to the availability of images and in periods of low emissivity. For these applications were made in language programs for GIS Algebraic Space (LEGAL), which is a routine programming SPRING, which allows you to perform various types of algebras of spatial data and maps. For the detection of areas susceptible to environmental degradation took into account the behavior of the emissivity of the savanna that showed seasonal coinciding with the rainy season, reaching a maximum emissivity in the months April to July and in the remaining months of a low emissivity . With the images of the albedo of December 2003 and 2004, it was verified the percentage increase, which allowed the generation of two distinct classes: areas with increased variation percentage of 1 to 11.6% and the percentage change in areas with less than 1 % albedo. It was then possible to generate the map of susceptibility to environmental degradation, with the intersection of the class of exposed soil with varying percentage of the albedo, resulting in classes susceptibility to environmental degradation

Distribuição de poros e densidade de latossolos submetidos a diferentes sistemas de uso e manejo

Man cultivates the soil for centuries, but the intensive business and use of the soils under Cerrado vegetation for agricultural production grew out of the seventies. The objective of this study was to evaluate soil physical characteristics as a function of sampling time and the soil uses in a Cerrado area in Uberlandia City - MG, Brazil. The managements were adopted: degraded pasture (M-1), conventional tillage (M-2), minimum tillage (M-3), tillage absence (M-4), no-tillage (NT) for three years (M-5); NT for nine years (M-6), NT for three years after Pinus (M-7), PD for one year after Pinus (M-8) and Pinus forest (M-9) with 25 years old. The evaluations were conducted in 2002/03 growing season, in two areas. The soils were: area 1, an Oxisol (Red Latosol - LV-1, M-1 through M-5) and area 2, two Oxisols (Red Latosol and Red-Yellow Latosol - LVA and LV-2, M-6 through M-9). The physical attributes studied changed depending of the soil class, sampling time and management systems, with emphasis on the area 2 soils, which, in general, better preserved its main physical attributes. Managements with intense tillage, such as the M-2, are the most soil physically degrade, presenting mostly negative changes to soil bulk density, total porosity, microporosity and macroporosity. Since the systems which promote less tillage, in short term, to preserve desirable physical attributes. The M-9 system had the lowest attributes range, compared to the others.

Análise multivariada na determinação do risco de erosão em solos sob irrigação

The objective of this work was to verify the application of cluster analysis to evaluate soil erosion risk for different soil classes, soil slopes and soil managements. The study was conducted in a 33 ha section of a large field located in Carmo do Rio Claro County, MG, Brazil. The field had been managed in a corn/bean rotation under conventional tillage and under coffee plantation for seven years, both under sprinkle irrigation. Soil samples were obtained at every 10 m at 0.20 m depth along a transect of 1050 m. Soil erosion risk (A), natural potential erosion (PN), and erosion expectation (EE) were determined and submitted to a cluster and principal component analysis. The application of clustering analysis showed high correlation between the clusters and soil types. With clustering analysis plus principal components analysis, it was possible to identify groups of high and low soil erosion expectation, showing that the areas with higher soil erosion expectation are correlated to the soil class, soil slope and soil management. Among the studied variables, the natural potential erosion (PN) showed to be the most important factor to identify different soil erosion groups. The cluster analysis showed that 98% of the variables were classified within each group, and that they should be managed differently due to the soil erosive potential of each group,.

Digital soil mapping: evaluation of sampling systems for soil surveys and refinement of soil maps at lower cost using legacy data

In soil surveys, several sampling systems can be used to define the most representative sites for sample collection and description of soil profiles. In recent years, the conditioned Latin hypercube sampling system has gained prominence for soil surveys. In Brazil, most of the soil maps are at small scales and in paper format, which hinders their refinement. The objectives of this work include: (i) to compare two sampling systems by conditioned Latin hypercube to map soil classes and soil properties; (II) to retrieve information from a detailed scale soil map of a pilot watershed for its refinement, comparing two data mining tools, and validation of the new soil map; and (III) to create and validate a soil map of a much larger and similar area from the extrapolation of information extracted from the existing soil map. Two sampling systems were created by conditioned Latin hypercube and by the cost-constrained conditioned Latin hypercube. At each prospection place, soil classification and measurement of the A horizon thickness were performed. Maps were generated and validated for each sampling system, comparing the efficiency of these methods. The conditioned Latin hypercube captured greater variability of soils and properties than the cost-constrained conditioned Latin hypercube, despite the former provided greater difficulty in field work. The conditioned Latin hypercube can capture greater soil variability and the cost-constrained conditioned Latin hypercube presents great potential for use in soil surveys, especially in areas of difficult access. From an existing detailed scale soil map of a pilot watershed, topographical information for each soil class was extracted from a Digital Elevation Model and its derivatives, by two data mining tools. Maps were generated using each tool. The more accurate of these tools was used for extrapolation of soil information for a much larger and similar area and the generated map was validated. It was possible to retrieve the existing soil map information and apply it on a larger area containing similar soil forming factors, at much low financial cost. The KnowledgeMiner tool for data mining, and ArcSIE, used to create the soil map, presented better results and enabled the use of existing soil map to extract soil information and its application in similar larger areas at reduced costs, which is especially important in development countries with limited financial resources for such activities, such as Brazil.

Compartimentos de K, Ca e Mg em solos e sua relação com o crescimento inicial, fisiologia e produtividade do eucalipto

Forestry has grown in a continuous and accelerated manner in Brazil, constituting a strategic activity for the generation of employment, income and tributes, favoring social and economic development of Brazilian agribusiness. The objectives of this study were: (1) evaluate the contents of K, Ca and Mg in the reserve compartments, non-interchangeable, interchangeable, available and the speed of its release, its correlations and its effects over productivity (annual average increment – AAI) of eucalyptus plantations, in forest sites cultivated in soils of the state of Rio Grande do Sul; (2) evaluate the initial growth, nutrition and physiological aspects of eucalyptus plants, cultivated with and without the addition of mineral sources of potassium (K), calcium (Ca) and magnesium (MG), in soils obtained from forest sites in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. In the first study, contents of K, Ca and Mg were evaluated in sulfuric digestion extract, boiling nitric acid, ammonium chloride, Mehlich-1 (only K), potassium chloride (Ca and Mg), as well as the release speed of these nutrients in the soil. In the second study, growth variables, nutritional aspects, photosynthetic rate (A) and transpiration rate of the plants (E) grown in distinct soils were evaluated under controlled conditions. The contents of K, Ca and Mg varied between compartments and depths in the studied soil classes, with the highest proportions found in the reserve compartment, indicating the importance of this compartment for the supplement of these nutrients at average and long terms. The great majority of K, Ca and Mg compartments presented significant correlations between each other, showing the dependence between them and the importance of evaluating the contents of these nutrients in the different compartments to adapt the nutritional management of the plants to each soil class, and to obtain continuous productions, minimizing the negative effects to the environment. Plants cultivated in soils that present larger reserves, availability and K, Ca and Mg release kinetics, presented similar height (H), stem diameter (SD) and shoot dry mass (SDM), with or without fertilization with K, Ca and Mg. The plants presented higher leaf content and accumulation of K in all soils fertilized with K, Ca and Mg.

Composição florística e distribuição das espécies arbóreas em florestas paludosas interioranas do sudeste e centro-oeste do Brasil

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Biologia Vegetal) - IBRC

Influência do monocultivo na cana-de-açúcar e nas propriedades físicas e químicas de um nitossolo vermelho e um neossolo quartzarênico

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Aplicação da RUSLE a uma pequena bacia hidrográfica da Amazônia

A Amazônia vem sofrendo severas mudanças provocadas por atividades antrópicas, dentre as quais se destaca a transformação de áreas de floresta em áreas de uso agropecuário, resultando na intensificação dos processos erosivos. A erosão, com destaque ao arraste de partículas pelo escoamento superficial, causa redução da fertilidade do solo, prejudicando a produtividade agrícola, além de impactar a qualidade e quantidade dos recursos hídricos superficiais, fato agravado pelo forte regime pluviométrico e solos naturalmente pobres da região. Nesse contexto, o conhecimento dos processos erosivos, através da utilização de modelos matemáticos para predição da perda de solo, auxilia na determinação de práticas de manejo para o uso sustentável dos recursos naturais. A presente pesquisa buscou avaliar a aplicabilidade do modelo empírico RUSLE (Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation) na região, o qual considera a interação entre a energia da chuva, as características de solo e relevo, assim como os usos e manejos praticados. A pesquisa aplicou a RUSLE no trecho superior da bacia do igarapé da Prata, com uma área aproximada de 37 km^², que fica localizada no município de Capitão Poço/PA, aproximadamente 160 km da capital Belém, na Meso Região Nordeste Paraense. A metodologia empregada constou da construção de uma base de dados georreferenciada, formada a partir de fontes públicas, que passaram por adequações para inserção no ambiente SIG, que quando combinados permitiram a geração de um mapa de perda de solo da área de estudo. A pequena bacia do igarapé da Prata apresentou valores da perda de solo que variaram entre 0,004 e 72,48 t/ha.ano, com uma média de 5,12 e desvio padrão de 6,97, onde aproximadamente 12% de sua área total apresentam riscos ambientais devido aos processos erosivos. E o percentual restante, para não sofrer riscos, depende de boas práticas conservacionistas.

Magnetic susceptibility in the prediction of soil attributes in two sugarcane harvesting management systems

This study aimed to investigate the potential use of magnetic susceptibility (MS) as pedotransfer function to predict soil attributes under two sugarcane harvesting management systems. For each area of 1 ha (one with green sugarcane mechanized harvesting and other one with burnt sugarcane manual harvesting), 126 soil samples were collected and subjected to laboratory analysis to determine soil physical, chemical and mineralogical attributes and for measuring of MS. Data were submitted to descriptive statistics by calculating the mean and coefficient of variation. In order to compare the means in the different harvesting management systems it was carried out the Tukey test at a significance level of 5%. In order to investigate the correlation of the MS with other soil properties it was made the correlation test and aiming to assess how the MS contributes to the prediction of soil complex attributes it was made the multiple linear regressions. The results demonstrate that MS showed, in both sugarcane harvesting management systems, statistical correlation with chemical, physical and mineralogical soil attributes and it also showed potential to be used as pedotransfer function to predict attributes of the studied oxisol.

Vulnerabilidade ambiental dos recursos hídricos interceptados por rodovias na bacia do rio Uberaba

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Resposta do cafeeiro arábica ao magnésio em solos fertilizados com altas doses de potássio

O aumento das doses de potássio (K) para atender a demanda nutricional desse nutriente em cafezais produtivos induz a deficiência de Mg. Esta pesquisa foi realizada com o objetivo de compreender como a classe de solo interfere na interação entre esses nutrientes (K e Mg), de maneira que a aplicação de alta dose de K não afete a nutrição da planta em relação ao Mg. Dois experimentos foram conduzidos em duas classes de solo: Latossolo, com textura muito argilosa, em Machado-MG, e Argissolo, com textura media sobre argilosa, em Monte Santo de Minas-MG. Adotou-se delineamento fatorial com três doses de K (110, 260 e 390 kg ha-1 K2O) x cinco doses de Mg (0, 81, 162, 324 e 405 kg ha-1 MgO), com três repetições. No Argissolo, a lixiviação de K impediu a redução da concentração foliar de Mg, independentemente da dose de K. No Latossolo, a concentração de Mg foliar variou com a dose de K, e apresentou ajuste quadrático. A concentração foliar de Mg aumentou linearmente com a dose desse nutriente, independentemente da classe de solo e da dose de K.

RELAÇÕES SOLO–VEGETAÇÃO EM “ILHAS” FLORESTAIS SAVANAS ADJACENTES, NO NORDESTE DE RORAIMA

Studies on soils of forest islands within the savanna domain are key for understanding processes of landscape formation and evolution. We characterized the morphological, physical and chemical properties of soils at four different forest fragments that occur in the savanna-forest mosaic of northeastern Roraima, north Amazonia. The methodology was based on transects crossing the entire island, from east-west and northsouth direction, digging up five soil profiles for sampling and classification. In addition, the neighboring savannas were also sampled following the same strategy, at 100 m long transects departing from the border, allowing comparisons to be made. Latosols were the dominant soil class in all four islands, followed by Ultisols and Plinthosols. All soils were dystric, with low CEC and acid. Better chemical and physical conditions were observed in forested soils compared with surrounding savannas, in a given soil class. Thus, in spite of no variation on soil class at different phytophysionomies at a given gradient, specific chemical and physical attributes were significantly varied, exerting a positive effect for the establishment of forest vegetation. Despite their occurrence side-by-side in the savanna-forest mosaic, the present-day climate agrees with the existence of savanna in the flat landforms, whereas forest islands are conditioned by subtle, yet significant, soil physico-chemical variations, with no need to invoke any paleoclimate for explaining this relationship. Further in depth studies may contribute for testing the hypothesis that Quaternary shifts of the expansion and contraction of forest may represent paleoclimate relicts isolated within the savanna domain.