This work was based on six experiments carried out in the northwestern region of the state of São Paulo, using six common varieties of sugarcane. The soil of each locality was classified and both deformed and undeformed samples of soils were collected in a 150 cm deep profile, by horizon, for chemical, physical and physico-hydric characterization. Data on climate and sugarcane plant-cane yield for the 96/97 harvest season were also collected. To determine which factors were better correlated with productivity, […]

The effects of continuous sugarcane cropping on the chemical properties of a clayey Yellow Latosol were studied in the region of the Low Coastal Tablelands of Alagoas State, Brazil. Four sites were selected at Caeté mill, São Miguel dos Campos, State of Alagoas, Brazil, involving a native forest (Tn) and sugarcane fields, cultivated for periods of two (T2), eighteen (T18) and twenty-five (T25) years. The soils were morphologically characterized and samples were taken from each horizon to determine pH (H2O […]

The effects of continuous sugarcane cropping on the physical and morphological properties of a clayey xanthic ferralsol were studied in the region of the Low Coastal Tablelands of Alagoas State, Brazil. Four sites were selected at Caeté mill, São Miguel dos Campos, State of Alagoas, Brazil, involving a native forest (Tn), and sugarcane fields, cultivated for periods of two (T2), eighteen (T18) and twenty-five (T25) years. The soils were morphologically characterized, and samples were taken from each horizon to determine […]