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Agricultural machinery traffic and alterations in biopores under an orange orchard

Herdjania Veras de Lima, Cláudia Liane Rodrigues de Lima, Tairone Paiva Leão, Miguel Cooper, Alvaro Pires da Silva, Ricardo Espíndola Romero

01/Oct/2005

Soil micromorphological studies enable a detailed observation of the modifications in soil pore structure and space imposed by cultivation and agricultural machinery traffic. This study tested the hypothesis that compaction caused by machinery affects the form and class distribution of pores in a distinct way and that such alterations can be used as soil quality indicators. The objectives of this study were to evaluate and quantify, through micromorphological studies, the modifications in porosity caused by biological activity (biopores) in a […]