Iron oxihydroxides form strong chemical bonds with phosphate anions, reducing P availability to plants. The objective of this study, conducted in 1994/95, was to quantify forms of iron oxides in soils from Uruguay, and to study their relationships with phosphorus sorption. Iron oxides extracted with dithionite-citrate-bicarbonate (Fed) from ten soil samples (0-15 cm depth) ranged from 1598 to 8.592 mg kg-1 and were related with their parent material. Poorly ordered Fe-oxihydroxides, extracted by 0.2 mol L-1 ammonium oxalate at pH […]

This research was carried out in Rio Grande do Sul State, Southern Brazil, during the 1990/1991 summer harvest. The main objective was to evaluate the aggregation and aggregate stability of two clayey soils classified as Dusky Latosol (Haplorthox) and Dark-Red Podzolic (Paleoudult). Two treatments were used in the Haplorthox: grass (Setaria anceps L.); and crop rotation under conventional tillage (wheat (Triticum aestivum) soybean (Glycine max L.)). On the other hand, four treatments were used in the Paleoudult: grass (Digitaria decumbens […]

Hematites from nine soils and one from itabirite rock were concentrated with 5 mol L-1 NaOH, and analyzed by XRD (step scanning 0.02o2θ/20 s), to determine the unit cell parameters. The samples were dissolved by extraction with DCB to determine the Fe (Fed) and Al (Ald) content. Al substitution was estimated from a0 using established regressions currently in use based on hematites synthesized at 25°C (Al25) and 70°C (Al70). The a0 values ranged from 0.50380 to 0.50200 nm, corresponding to […]

The persistence of the fungicide triadimenol was investigated in two soils, a Red-Yellow Podzolic (Paleoudult) and a Latosol Una Variation (typic Haplortox) from Viçosa, MG, Brazil, with and without the incorporation of organic compost, using the thin-layer bioautograph technique. The triadimenol fungicide was added at a rate of 375 mg kg-1 of active ingredient of soil. The extractions of fungitoxic compounds were made at 35, 70 and 115 days after the addition of fungicide to the soils. The experiment was […]

In the no-tillage system, the absence of soil revolving, combined with the traffic of machines, promotes excessive soil surface compaction. An experiment was conducted in the county of Ponta Grossa, State of Paraná, Brazil, during the agricultural years of 1989/1990 and 1990/1991, with the objective of studying several factors that intervene in this process. This research compared the effects of three previous soil tillage methods and two liming levels on several physical properties of a clayey Dark Red Latosol under […]

A gibbsitic Red-Yellow Oxisol with electropositive carater was used to study the effect of organic matter on electrochemical properties and dispersion mechanisms. Two organic sources were used, one characterized by non-humified compounds (cattle manure) and another by humified compounds (peat humic acids). The soil was incubated with 0; 7,5; 15,0; 22,5 and 30,0 g kg-1 of organic manure. Water dispersible clay, electrical conductivity, water and KCl pH, and the zero point of saline effect (ZPSE) and superficial electric potential (Ψo) […]

Four strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii were screened for their use in inoculants for red clover (Trifolium pratense) in the Soil Microbiology Sector, Department of Soils, University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, from January 1994 to March 1995. In greenhouse experiments, all four strains presented similar efficiency in nitrogen fixation. However, when mixed strains were used, the strain SEMIA 222 was more effective in nodule formation. In a yeast manitol sucrose medium, growth rate was higher […]

This study was carried out at the Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil, with the objective of obtaining information about the effect of different application levels of water/vinasse (100, 200, 400, 600, 800 and 1,000 m3 ha-1) on hydraulic conductivity of soil samples homogeneously packed in columns. A constant head infiltrometer and the instantaneous water profile method were utilized to determine saturated and unsaturated soil hydraulic conductivity, respectively. The increase of the vinasse […]

Soils from the Vale do Rio Doce region in Ipatinga, Nova Era e Guanhães counties, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, under reforestation with Eucalyptus grandis, were studied. Eight forest sites with soils from different taxonomic classes were selected and detailed mineralogical characterization and evaluation for nutrient reserve potential were conducted in 1991. The soils studied were mineralogically classified as: Kaolinitic-non sesquioxidic (2 and 5); kaolinitic-sesquioxidic (1); gibbsitic-sesquioxidic (4, 6 and 7); hematitic (3) and gibbsitic (8). The main silicate clay […]

In general, farming systems have contributed to highly unstable conditions in agroecosystems, resulting in severe environmental degradation. The present study aims to verify the potential of green manure use in the São Carlos region (SP), as a complementary technique to cropping systems present in the region under investigation, with the objective of improving the quality of its agroecosystems. The region was delimited based on its climate, geomorphology and administrative characteristics, obtained from basic maps and handled through a Geographic Information […]