Volume 32, Number n.spe, 2008

The 15N balance of N sources in the soil-plant system is of great value in studies of N transformation in different agroecosystems. In the sugarcane agroecosystem, the cane plant response to N fertilization for Brazilian conditions is not fully understood and the use of N fertilizer labeled with 15N can help clarify this issue. To evaluate the urea-N utilization by sugarcane at plant cane harvest, two experiments were developed with the variety SP81-3250, in commercial sugarcane fields. The experiments were […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate soil correction in the implantation of the no-till system in an Oxisol of the Cerrado, Selvíria – MS, Brazil (20º 22´ S, 51º 22´ W). The treatments consisted of five lime application forms, in only one or split rates and two cover crops. Liming without incorporation, independent of the application form, corrected soil acidity and increased Ca and Mg levels in the 0-0.05 m layer; in the other layers these attributes were […]

Logistic nominal regressions establish mathematical relations between continuous or discrete independent variables and discrete dependent variables. The prediction potential of the occurrence and distribution of soil classes in the region Ibirubá and Quinze de Novembro, RS, Brazil was evaluated. Using a digital elevation model (DEM) with 90 m resolution, were calculated several topographic characteristics (elevation, slope, and curvature) and hydrographic variables (distance to rivers, flow length, topographical wetness index, and stream power index). Multiple logistic regressions were established between the […]

The purpose of this study was the characterization of a soil system, focused on proprieties that can clarify the dynamics and contribute to the definition of criteria that determine the ability of these soils as recipients of effluents. An experimental study area was used, adjacent to the Sewage Treatment Station of the municipality of Lins (SP), where the sewage is treated in a system of stabilization ponds. The soil samples, taken from five trenches in a toposequence of a slight […]

This study proposes the use of geotechnologies to support detailed soil surveys, from field surveys to the delimitation of mapping units and later the drawing of the final map. The study area corresponds to a topographic map on a scale of 1:5,000 of the Vale dos Vinhedos, in the Serra Gaúcha region, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The material used consists of planialtimetric data derived from aerial photographs, navigation GPS (Global Positioning System), and GIS (Geographical Information System) […]

Many environmental problems in the watershed of the Santana River are caused by anthropogenic influence and the impact of economic activities. To attenuate these conflicts and to ensure the conservation and sustainability of this regionally extremely important area, the environment must be better understood. The aim of this study was an environmental stratification of the catchment of the River Rio Santana, in the South of Bahia, Brazil, based on the analysis of inter-relations between landscape components. Vegetation, geology and topography […]

This study was carried out in an experimental area of the Faculdade de Agronomia of the Universidade de Rio Verde, from October 2004 to May 2005, in a clayey dystroferric Red Latosol (Oxisol). The purpose of the experiment was to evaluate nutrient release from Pennisetum glaucum straw, cv. ADR300, in three different phenological stages (pre-booting, pre-flowering and early flowering). Pennisetum glaucum was used as cover crop in a no tillage system, in a randomized block design, and split plots in […]

In the watershed Água Fria, in Barra do Choça (BA), native vegetation and environmentally protected areas have been replaced by coffee and pasture cultivation. This study evaluated the physical characteristics, particle size distribution, water dispersible clay, flocculation, mean weight diameter and aggregate stability index and organic C concentration of soils under different land uses, in the area surroundings the above watershed. Soil samples were collected from six different fields: two coffee plantations (manual and mechanical cultivation), two pastures and two […]

Soil degradation occurs as a consequence of intensive preparation associated with monocropping systems with deposition of residues that are rapidly decomposed. The objective of this study was to investigate the decomposition rates of different cover plants residues in Latosol (Oxisol) under conventional and no-tillage systems. The cover plants (Crotalaria juncea, Canavalia brasiliensis, Cajanus cajan, Mucuna pruriens, Helianthus annuus, Pennisetum glaucum, Raphanus sativus and natural fallow, as a control) were used in a succession with maize. The cover plants were cut […]

Models of soil water erosion prediction and estimation are generally based on a series of parameters, normally determined by applying simulated rainfall in the field or laboratory. The use of simpler, faster and cheaper parameters such as texture, content and oxide type and aggregate water stability may contribute to facilitate the estimation of the factor interrill soil erodibility (Ki). The purpose of this study was: i) to determine the interrill soil erodibility of three Brazilian Oxisols; ii) evaluate the use […]