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Resistance to soil compaction of an oxisol cultivated with coffee plants under different weed management systems

Cezar Francisco Araujo-Junior, Moacir de Souza Dias Junior, Paulo Tácito Gontijo Guimarães, Bruno Silva Pires

01/Feb/2008

The knowledge of the pressure levels that can be applied to the soil under different weed management system (WMS) is importante for coffee plantations management. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of different weed management systems on the susceptibility to compaction of a Red-Yellow Latossol (Oxisol) (LVA) using soil support capacity (CSC) models. This study was carried out at the Epamig Research Farm in Patrocínio, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in a coffee plantation using Ruby […]