ABSTRACT The agricultural use of sewage sludge and derivatives is to be carried out according to requirements established by Brazilian federal legislation and by legislation of the State of São Paulo, which requires that these organic materials must have at least 30 % of the total organic carbon degraded when incorporated in agricultural soils. To observe the degradation rates of sewage sludge and of organic compost produced from the same sewage sludge mixed with ground material from tree pruning, we […]

Biossolid has been used in agriculture as nutrient source and to improve soil physical attributes. The effect of biossolid on the aggregate stability and soil penetration resistance of a medium texture Oxisol (LVd) and clayey Oxisol (LVef) in Jaboticabal (SP) were evaluated. Dry biosolid mass was applied with a harrow at rates of 0.0, 25.0, 47.5, 50.0 Mg ha-1, incorporated at 0.1 m depth before sowing the maize. Samples were collected in the fifth year after the maize harvest from the 0.0-0.1, 0.1-0.2, […]