Natural grassfields developed on sandy soils from Northern Uruguay are formed by communities of forage species, composed mainly of seasonal growing grasses, with low biomass production during the fall/winter period. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of herbicides, applied on native grassfield to established winter forage species, on soil properties and root biomass. This experiment began in 1994 and was established as a complete block design, with three replications. In the main plots, to establish winter-growing […]

Silicon has been considered a beneficial element for plants that accumulate it, specially rice, thus it is quite common its addition to deficient soils. However, its effects seem to depend more on environmental and indirect factors related to soil and silicon sources characteristics. With the objective to study the effect of silicon as the single growth factor of rice (Oryza sativa cv. BR-IRGA 410), an experiment was carried out using nutrient solution under greenhouse conditions, with and without the addition […]

Root system growth of the common bean, variety IAC-Carioca, under center pivot irrigation in rotation with fallow; corn; black oat; sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.); pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] and velvet bean (Mucuna aterrima) was evaluated during a non-conventional (Autumn – Winter) cultivation period, from 1993 to 1995, on a typic Haplorthox soil, at an experimental area of the Instituto Agronômico, in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. The crop sequences of common bean with corn and green manure […]

Soil compaction is a common problem that affects several soil properties and plant growth. In order to assess the effects of soil strength expressed by its mechanical resistance on roots, a growth chamber experiment was conducted at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, in 1994, during 35 days (530 GDD, 0ºC base temperature) on a typical Paleudult soil. Treatments, using pots arranged in a completely randomized design, consisted of soil compactions that resulted in resistances of […]