Non-uniformly broadcast as well as row applied fertilizers under a no-tillage system increase the variability of soil chemical attributes. Therefore, to acomplish an appropriate fertility description of an area under no-tillage it is necessary to establish better sampling procedures, including number of subsamples. So, the main objective of this work was to measure the horizontal variability of soil fertility attributes, allowing, as a consequence, a definition of the number of subsamples needed to compose a whole and representative fertility sample. […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of different agricultural uses on alterations in the attributes of a medium-textured Latosol, in the region of cerrado and, in turn, on the formation of compacted and/or dense layers in the subsurface. In April, 1994, six sites were selected in the counties of Uberlândia and Monte Alegre de Minas, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, where the soil was sampled in trenches: CC (Canadá Farm, cerrado vegetation); CP ( Canadá Farm, […]