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Effect of rock powder and vinasse on two types of soils

Otavio Mitsuhiro Motizuki Lopes, Elma Neide Vasconcelos Martins Carrilho, Maria Leonor Ribeiro Casimiro Lopes-Assad

01/Oct/2014

Can vinasse accelerate the change of minerals in rock dust to obtain fertilizers, using residues from alcohol agro-industries and mining? Answering this question was the main objective of this study. Therefore, an experiment was set up in the laboratory in a completely randomized design using Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) columns, in which the 0-50 cm layers of a clayey soil (eutroferric Red Oxisol) and sandy soil (Typic Quartzipsamment) were reproduced. We applied three different rates of basalt powder (0.0; 2.0, and […]