Volume 21, Number 4, 1997

In two field experiments with cotton plants cv IAC 20, conducted in soils infested with nematodes, in the State of São Paulo (Brazil), it was observed that the parasite symptoms occurred in accordance with rates of urea applied in side-dressing (0, 25, 50 and 75 kg ha-1 of N). So, it was made a rating of symptoms in each experimental plot, giving grades to plants according to the intensity of the attack: grade 1, to plants with normal development and […]

When calculating the mean weight-diameter (MWD) or the geometric mean diameter (GMD) of a soil sample, the arithmetic mean diameter (in the case of MWD) or the logarithmic mean (in the case of GMD) of cach class is weighed by the mass of aggregates retained in that class. The use of the arithmetic mean of each class, multiplied by the aggregate mass retained in that class is correct only if a symmetric distribution of aggregate sizes occurs within each class, […]

The sterilization methods are particularly important to study the influence of microorganisms on the pesticide dissipation in soils. This study, conducted in the laboratories of the Instituto Biológico of São Paulo in august 1996, tested the influence of two methods of soil sterilization – moist heat (autoclaving) and γ radiation – on the release of nonextractable or bound residues. It was studied, as example, bound residues of the herbicide atrazine in two types of soil (gley humic and dark red […]