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Evaluation of traditional methods for estimating lime requirement in Brazilian soils

Welldy Gonçalves Teixeira ORCID logo , V Víctor Hugo Alvarez ORCID logo , Júlio César Lima Neves ORCID logo , Rodrigo Bazzarella Paulucio ORCID logo

11/Nov/2020

ABSTRACT The optimal soil pH for most annual crops in Brazil varies between 5.7 and 6.0. Numerous methods have been developed for estimating lime requirement (LR), but they vary widely in their predictions and fail to raise pH to desired values for optimum crop production in the highly weathered soils of Brazil. The objectives of this study were to (i) compare seven traditional methods for estimating LR in Brazilian soils; (ii) assess the effects of LR predicted by these methods […]

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