Sewage sludge application in forest plantations is one of the alternatives to solve the problematic final disposal of this residue. This research aimed at evaluating whether biosolids application improves soil fertility and the nutritional status of Eucalyptus grandis seedlings. The trial was installed in 20 cm diameter PVC columns with nine treatments (control, mineral fertilizer and increasing biosolid rates from 10 to 160 t ha-1) in four replications. The experiment lasted 12 months after planting the seedlings. Biosolids had a […]

Acidity is generally reduced in soils when organic matter is incorporated but the mechanisms of this alteration are still poorly understood. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between the kinetics of organic material degradation and acidity alterations. Samples taken from the 0-20 cm soil layer (Ustic Dystropepts) were incubated with five sources of organic matter: green manure (Canavalia ensiformis D.C), cattle manure, vinasse, sewage sludge and peat, at temperatures of 20 or 30 ºC. The experimental […]

Soil in natural conditions are in steady state in the environment. However, inadequate management can cause degradation mainly in the organic matter fraction, impiring the sustainability of agricultural systems. This experiment was conducted for 6 consecutive years in a Hapludalf (Red Yellow Podzolic Soil), at the experimental area of Soil Science Department UFSM. The objective was to evaluate the effects of plant successions on the carbon dynamic. The plant successions used were common vetch (Vicia sativa)/corn (Zea mays), blue lupine […]

Carbon storage and its distribution in the profile of clayey Oxisols were studied to evaluate the role of the soil as a sink or source of atmospheric CO2 in the center of the cerrado region, Federal District, Brazil. Evaluations were carried out in six different management systems: a native cerrado type vegetation (CE), eucalypt reforestation (EU), introduced pasture (PA), heavy disk harrow tillage (GP), disk plow tillage (AD), no-tillage (PD), all of them having been established for more than twelve […]

In this study, microbial biomass and its activity were evaluated on a soil submitted to crop rotations with wheat/soybean and wheat/maize under the no-tillage and conventional tillage systems. The evaluation was performed on an experiment established since 1976 at the Experimental Station of Instituto Agronômico do Paraná (IAPAR), Londrina (PR), Brazil. Soil samples were taken in the plough layer (0-15 cm) ten days after planting and seven days before harvesting summer and winter crops during 1992, 1993 and 1994. The […]

Samples of 30 soils were taken with the objective of characterizing the Capacity Factor of Phosphorus (CFP) and its relation with several properties of soils of Entre Ríos, Argentina. Isotherms of adsorption and a quick test of P adsorption were estimated. Langmuir and Freundlich equations described the adsorption phenomenon satisfactorily. The maximum adsorption capacity varied between 46 and 716 mg kg-1 of P in the soil, considering that the soils analyzed have from medium to low CFP. The adsorption capacity […]

The aim of this study was to identify corn production systems using green manure crops showing characteristics of sustainability. The experiments were carried out on a Yellow-Red Podzolic soil, 5.5% slope, at Federal University of Santa Maria, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from 1991 to 1993. Plot dimensions were 3.5 m by 22.0 m, as defined by the methodology of natural rainfall erosion plots. The treatments consisted of: (i) bare soil, (ii) black oat (Avena strigosa) + common […]