A correct potassium fertilization management, using adequate fertilizer amounts, can minimize K losses and avoid soil K depletion. The objective of this study was to evaluate potassium dynamics in the soil profile as affected by different textures and exchangeable K levels resulting from previous soybean fertilizations. Soils with sandy loam and clayey texture previously planted with soybean and fertilized with 0, 60, 120 and 180 kg ha-1 K2O were sampled during 6 years. The experiment was carried out in a […]

Cattle ranching is one of the main economic activities in the agrosystem of Itapetinga, state of Bahia, Brazil. This activity is known to cause direct impacts on soil, subsoil and vegetation. This study aimed at verifying changes in soil chemical characteristics and texture under different vegetation covers in the cattle ranching region of Itapetinga by sampling soils in a primary forest-secondary forest-pasture sequence. Soil samples were collected along a transect with 36 small trenches, 60 cm deep, spaced 5 m apart (12 […]

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of application of increasing doses of an alkaline biosolid on carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stocks, as well as on the organic matter quality of an Oxisol cultivated with eucalyptus, after five years of biosolids application. The study was conducted at the Experimental Station of ESALQ/USP, in Itatinga County, São Paulo State, Brazil. The experiment was initiated in March 1998 on an area where a seven-year-old Eucalyptus grandis plantation had […]