Rice in Rio Grande do Sul State is grown mostly under flooding, which induces a series of chemical, physical and biological changes in the root environment. These changes, combined with the presence of rice plants, affect the availability of exchangeable ammonium (NH4+) and pH of soil solution, whereas the dynamics of both variables can be influenced by soil salinity, a common problem in the coastal region. This study was conducted to evaluate the dynamics of exchangeable NH4+ and pH in […]

Lime and gypsum influence nutrient availability and uptake, as well as the content of organic acids in the aerial plant parts. These changes, quantified by plant analysis of soluble nutrients, may potentiate the effect of soil amendment, ensuring the sustainability of the no-tillage system. In this sense the effect of lime and gypsum surface application on the content of water-soluble nutrients in peanut and oat residues was evaluated. The experiment was conducted on an Oxisol in Botucatu (SP) in the […]

Changes in the pH of the rhizosphere of N2-fixing plants seem to play a key role in the uptake of micronutrient whose availability depends on changes in soil acidity. Variations in the B, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn uptake were studied during soybean development and growth cycle under the influence of biological N2 fixation and the initial pH of two soils samples (a clayey and a sandy Yellow Latosol; Oxisols), in a greenhouse experiment. These samples were incubated with rates […]

The objective of this report was to verify the form of vertical and horizontal spatialization of chemical, physical and water quality indicators of a Typic Haplortox cultivated with citrus. The ‘Valencia’ orange grove on ‘Rangpur’ lime was planted in 1995, in the county of Alto Paraná, northwestern Paraná, Brazil. In August 2002, undisturbed and disturbed samples were collected for chemical, physical and water analysis. Twenty-four transects were sampled perpendicular to the tree trunk, in two layers (0-0.20 and 0.20-0.40 m depth) […]

Cover crop residues mobilize cations and benefit the action of lime applied on the soil surface owing to the release of low molecular weight organic acids from the soluble fraction of residues. However, these effects in no-till system are yet to be confirmed in field studies. A five-year trial was carried out on a no-till dystrophic Rhodic Hapludox in Ponta Grossa, State of Paraná, Brazil, with the aim of evaluating changes in chemical soil attributes, as well as the corn […]

Alterations in soil chemical properties after liming depend on the frequency of soil sampling and rainfall. This study evaluated such alterations in a Typic Haplorthox (Rhodic Ferralsol) with a sandy-loam superficial layer. The experiment had a completely randomized block design, with four dolomitic lime rates (0, 2.4, 4.8, and 7.2 t ha-1) and three replicates. The experiment was carried out in Alto Parana in northwestern Parana state (southern Brazil). Lime was broadcast on the soil surface over Brachiaria decumbens grass residues in-between […]

Root growth and crop yield can be affected by chemical modifications of the soil profile owing to lime and gypsum applications. A field trial was carried out on a dystrophic Clay Rhodic Hapludox in Ponta Grossa, Paraná State, Brazil, aiming to evaluate the changes in the chemical soil properties and corn response to lime and gypsum applications at the installation of a no-tillage system. A randomized complete block design was used, with three replications, in a split-plot experiment. The main […]

The interest of surface liming of soils on no-tillage system is increasing. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of different lime particle sizes and doses applied during the implantation phase of no-tillage and in conventional tillage systems on soil pH and H + Al, Ca2+, and Mg2+ contents. The experiment was carried out in 1998/99, on the experimental farm of São Paulo State University in Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil, on a Red Distroferric Latossol (Oxisol). A split plot […]

There has been an increasing interest to search alternatives for the establishment of crops under no-tillage systems in the southern region of Brazil, opening up new areas without soil disturbance. A field trial was carried out on a dystrophic Clay Rhodic Hapludox in Ponta Grossa, Paraná State, Brazil, from 1998 to 2001, with the aim to evaluate changes in chemical soil characteristics, as well as the soybean response to lime and gypsum applications in a no-tillage system. A completely randomized […]

This study compares the chemical composition of the solution and exchange complex of soil in a 3-year-old irrigated vineyard (Vitis vinifera L., Red Globe cultivar) with that of adjacent clearing in the native hyperxerophyllic ‘caatinga’ vegetation. The soils are classified as Plinthic Eutrophic Red-Yellow Argisol; according to Soil Taxonomy they are isohyperthermic Plinthustalfs. Detailed physiographic characterization revealed an impermeable gravel and cobble covering the crystalline rocks; the relief of this layer was more undulating than the level surface. Significant higher […]