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Soil Water Retention Curve as Affected by Sample Height

Maria Laiane do Nascimento Silva, Paulo Leonel Libardi, Fernando Henrique Setti Gimenes

02/Nov/2018

ABSTRACT: The soil water retention curve is one of the main instruments to assess the soil physical quality and to improve soil management. Traditionally, the equipment most used in the laboratory to determine the retention curve has been Haines funnels and Richards chambers. An important factor to which little attention has been given in the use of these equipaments is the height of the undisturbed soil sample. This work proposes to evaluate the influence of different heights of undisturbed samples […]

THREE DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SOIL MACROPOROSITY BY X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY

Sabrina Passoni, Luiz Fernando Pires, Richard Heck, Jadir Aparecido Rosa

01/Mar/2015

Analysis of the soil pore system represents an important way of characterizing soil structure. Properties such as the shape and number of pores can be determined through soil pore evaluations. This study presents a three-dimensional (3D) characterization of the shape and number of pores of a sub-tropical soil. To do so, a second generation X-ray microtomograph equipped with a plain type detector was employed. A voltage of 120 kV and current of 80 mA was applied to the X-ray tube. […]

Influence of sand fractions on water retention and availability in Caiuá and Paranavaí sandstone formations

Jonez Fidalski, Cássio Antonio Tormena, Sérgio José Alves, Pedro Antonio Martins Auler

01/Jun/2013

It has been found that the results of the land use and management techniques adopted for soils derived from Caiuá sandstone in the Northwest of Paraná are not always satisfactory in terms of crop yields. In this region, sandstone occurs in two forms: the Caiuá and Paranavaí Formations, with differences in soil particle size. We hypothesized that the water retention and availability for agricultural production is lower in the Caiuá soils, due to the higher proportion of coarse sand than […]

Short and long-term effects of tillage systems and nutrient sources on soil physical properties of a Southern Brazilian Hapludox

Milton da Veiga, Dalvan José Reinert, José Miguel Reichert, Douglas Rodrigo Kaiser

01/Aug/2008

Soil tillage promotes changes in soil structure. The magnitude of the changes varies with the nature of the soil, tillage system and soil water content and decreases over time after tillage. The objective of this study was to evaluate short-term (one year period) and long-term (nine year period) effects of soil tillage and nutrient sources on some physical properties of a very clayey Hapludox. Five tillage systems were evaluated: no-till (NT), chisel plow + one secondary disking (CP), primary + […]

Homogeneity of soil physical quality in-between rows of an orange orchard with groundcover management systems

Jonez Fidalski, Cássio Antonio Tormena

01/Aug/2007

The soil physical quality is fundamental for the sustainability of citrus production. The objective of this study was to evaluate the homogeneity of soil physical quality in-between the rows of an orange orchard with groundcover management systems. The study was performed in an experimental field with groundcover systems in-between the rows of ‘Pêra orange’ on ‘Rangpur’ lime rootstock on a Typic Paleudult, in 1993, in Alto Paraná, in the northwestern region of the state of Paraná, Brazil. An experimental design […]

Chemistry and physical-hydric characterization of a Red Latosol after 20 years of different soil use and management

G. C. Oliveira, M. S. Dias Junior, D. V. S. Resck, N. Curi

01/Apr/2004

The management and tillage change the soil structure, which in turn interferes with a series of physic-hydraulic properties in the surface soil layer. This work had as objective to evaluate chemical and physical-hydraulic soil properties that have implications on soil aggregation, macroporosity, and the available soil water in Red Latosol (Oxisol), either cropped under no-tillage or disk plowed for 20 years. The control was a native Cerrado (savannah) vegetation. Because of the absence of soils tillage and reduced machinery traffic, the […]