ABSTRACT Use of organic fertilizers in integrated crop-livestock (iCL) systems may affect soil phosphorus fractions. This study aimed to determine phosphorus fractions in the soil under the iCL system after six years of application of organic or mineral fertilizers. The experiment was conducted on a Rhodic Kandiudox (Nitossolo Vermelho Distroférrico) in a randomized block design, using a 5 × 3 + 1 factorial scheme, with four replicates. The treatments consisted of three organic fertilizers (poultry litter, pig slurry, and compost) […]

The occupation and territorial dispersion of the first settlers in South America, especially in Brazil, are still little known and require continuous interdisciplinary studies involving anthropology, archeology, and soil science. Under natural limestone shelters, pre-Columbian populations lived for thousands of years, introducing and removing materials of different nature and from different origins, resulting in the development of very peculiar anthropogenic soils, which have been little investigated so far. To deepen the knowledge on this type of soil, we evaluated the […]

The fractionation of inorganic phosphorus (Pi) is important to evaluate in which forms phosphorus is sorbed to soil, because the efficiency of an extractant of available P in soils depends on its capacity to extract each fraction of soil Pi. This study evaluated the contents of Pi fractions in representative soils of the State of Paraiba and their relationship with the chemical and physical characteristics of these soils, as well as the correlation between the Pi fractions and P extracted […]

Brazil is the most important exporter of cashew nut in the world. The production is concentrated in the northeast region, which accounts for 97 % of the national production. However, in the recent years the cashew nut production has been declining, specially in the state of Ceará, mainly due to inadequate soil management. The aim of this study was to evaluate alterations in the physical and chemical properties of an Ultisol submitted to distinct soil management practices and the development […]

Most soils in semi-arid Northeastern Brazil are considered phosphorus deficient. The great diversity of orders they belong to, however, indicates that they are not similar in relation to the concentrations of their different P forms. The distribution of phosphorus forms in 69 soils of the most common soil orders in the semi-arid region was evaluated in samples from the 0-20 and 20-40 cm soil layers. Phosphorus was determined by Mehlich-1 and by a sequential fractionation, through extractions with resin, NaHCO3, […]

Most of the intensely cultivated soils of South Brazil are Brown and Red Ferric Latosols developed from basalt. Typical profiles of these two classes have brown and red hues, respectively, but polychromatic profiles with brown hues in the surface horizons and reddish hues in the subsurface horizons (formerly denominated Brown/Reddish Latosols) also occur. Exact color parameters that separate Brown and Red Latosols are not yet defined in the Brazilian Soil Classification System. All these soils are clayey and have high […]

The objective of this work was to quantify the main forms of P derived from fertilizer in soils of varying physical and chemical properties, cultivated with sugar-cane, in Pernambuco. Soils from 11 commercial plantations were sampled following the harvest of the plant-cane (Jan. 1994), that had been fertilized in the furrow 18 months before. To find samples with fertilizer-derived P, a pit was opened perpendicular to the plant line and 28 soil samples were taken with the aid of a […]