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 […]

Corn grain yield is very responsive do Zn in Brazilian soils. A greenhouse experiment was conducted in the Crop Science Department of the Botucatu College of Agricultural Sciences to compare sources of Zn and their application to corn. Three plants were grown up to 45 days in 10 L pots filled with a Dark Red Latosol (Acrortox, 22% clay). The soil was limed to 70% of base saturation. Zinc was applied to corn seeds (90 g ha-1), in the seed […]

The packing condition of the soil is important for providing direction for land management. In soils developed from recent sediments, the tendency to packing may be related to inherited characteristcs from sedimentation conditions. In a soil toposequence from sandy sediments of Barreiras geological group, in Caravelas city – Bahia, eight soil profiles were selected, five of them from a eucalypt plantation. The soils were allocated in five great groups: Fluvaquent (P1),Duraquod (P2, P8), Haplorthod (P3), Hapludult (P4, P5, P7) and […]

Soybean response to potassium fertilization was evaluated over a twelve-year period in a field experiment on a Haplohumox soil, in Campos Novos, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Treatments consisted of a combination of four levels of K2O applied in the first year (0, 80, 160 and 320 kg ha1), and three levels of K2O (0, 40 and 80 kg ha-1) applied annually from the fifth year. The critical level of K in the soil and in the leaves was determined […]

Supplying capacity, response to fertilization and residual effect of K fertilization were evaluated in a twelve-year soybean field experiment on a Haplohumox soil, in Campos Novos, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Treatments consisted of: four levels of K2O (0, 80, 160 and 320 kg ha-1), applied only in the first cropping, on the whole plots; three levels of K2O (0, 40 and 80 kg ha-1), applied annually in the sub-plots from the fifth year; one treatment with application of 40 […]

Phosphorus is the macronutrient that most often contributes to increasing the productivity of crops in Brazil. It has been shown that certain Rhizobium-plants symbiosis require higher levels of phosphorus, as compared to the nitrogen- fertilized plants. Several different ways of placing soluble phosphate were tested for both common beans and chickpea crops, with the objective of increasing the efficiency of using phosphorus available in the soil without increasing fertilizer amount. The common bean crop set up in Jaguapitã (PR), was […]