The intensive use of soils in the Cerrado biome has caused modifications in soil properties, as well as in the performance and quality of organic matter. The Cerrado of Piauí has been exploited without due concern for the preservation of natural resources, where production systems are characterized by intensive land use. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of the agricultural use in altering the biological properties and dynamics of organic matter of Yellow Oxisols cultivated with […]

The use of cover crops preceding corn is an alternative to supply nitrogen (N) and to make no-till system viable regions with dry winter such as in the Southeast, Center-West, North, and Northeast of Brazil. The purpose of this study was to evaluate N levels and the effect of cover plants on N supply and corn yield in no-till system. The study was carried out from 2000 to 2003. The experimental design was randomized blocks, with split-split plots and four […]

The continuous and inadequate machine traffic and, or, the use of tillage tools on agricultural areas of the Cerrado region have been changing the soil physical and mechanical properties. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the influence of the rear wheel and the sill on the compressibility of a dystrophic Red Latosol, caused by agricultural tillage tools usually used in the Cerrado region. This study was carried out in plots tillage with disk plow, moldboard plow, heavy disk […]