The magnitude of nitrogen reactions in the soil varies according to climate conditions, soil type, soil tillage, method of nitrogen application, and plant residue management. This study tried to evaluate the effect of nitrogen application methods and of black oat (Avena strigosa) residues on N leaching and immobilization in a Brazilian Haplumbrept by two experiments carried out in a greenhouse. The treatments were combinations of three N fertilization methods (without urea, urea incorporated into the soil and urea applied over […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of P rates and placement on P uptake, leaf P use efficiency (PUE), and grain yield of corn (Zea mays) grown in a Yellow Argissol soil, typical of the coastal tablelands.Rates of 0, 45, 90, 135 and 180kgha-1 of P2O5 were applied in either the rows or broadcast.The study was carried out during the rainy season, from June to September of 1998, at Umbaúba Experimental Station, at Umbaúba (SE), Brazil.Broadcast […]

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. […]