The effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and Rhizobium on P uptake and efficiency of use, as well as on the P fractions of Eucalyptus grandis grown in an intercropping system with Sesbania virgata were evaluated under greenhouse conditions. The treatments were: with or without inoculation with AMF of both plant species and with or without inoculation with Rhizobium of S. virgata plants only, in four replications. The two plant species were grown together in pots with a volume of […]

A field experiment was carried out from 1990 to 1994 in the experimental area of the Soil Department at the Federal University of Santa Maria, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on an Hapludalf to evaluate the potential of some winter legumes as N suppliers to no-tillage corn. A completely randomized block design with split-plots was used, with the winter crops in the main plots and the N rates for corn in the split-plots. In the main plots, the […]

The characterization and quantification of soil organic matter as water soluble carbon, labile carbon and light organic matter may be used to characterize the rehabilitation of degraded areas. Soil samples were thus collected on a hillside cut submitted to reclamation, presenting different types of vegetal covering during November 1994, in the district of Viçosa. The treatments consisted of areas of soils without vegetation, recovering areas with mainly legumes, recovering areas with mainly grass, soils under grass and soils under natural […]

The impact of winter cover crops prior to no-tillage corn on aggregate stability was evaluated throughout the agricultural year of May 1991 – May 1992, in a Hapludalf (Red-Yellow Podzolic). The experiment was carried out at the Federal University of Santa Maria-RS, using the following winter cover crops as treatments: Lathyrus (Lathyrus sativus L.); Lupine (Lupinus angustifolius L.); hairy vetch (Vicia sativa L.); black oat (Avena strigosa Schieb) and winter bare soil. Water aggregate stability, organic carbon, microbial activity, soil […]