ABSTRACT Soil irrigation using treated wastewater in the Brazilian semiarid region is a promising practice as this area currently faces water scarcity and pollution of water resources by domestic sewage. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of treated wastewater in drip irrigation and its effect on the chemistry of soil cultivated with squash (Cucurbita maxima Duch.) Coroa IAC and to verify whether there was an increase in soil salinity under a semiarid climate. The experiment was […]

ABSTRACT Leaf analysis may identify nutrient deficiency or excess in plant tissue. The aim of this study was to determine reference values and generate nutritional diagnosis from the results of leaf analysis of the carrot crop (Daucus carota L.) by the methods of Critical Level, Sufficiency Range, Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System, and Compositional Nutrient Diagnosis. Contents of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, B, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn were determined in 210 carrot fields in the 2012 and […]

ABSTRACT Investigations into water potentials in the soil-plant system are of great relevance in environments with abiotic stresses, such as salinity and drought. An experiment was developed using bell pepper in a Neossolo Flúvico (Fluvent) irrigated with water of six levels of electrical conductivity (0, 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 dS m-1) by using exclusively NaCl and by simulating the actual condition (using a mixture of salts). The treatments were arranged in a randomized block design, in a 6 […]

ABSTRACT Trichoderma species are non-pathogenic microorganisms that protect against fungal diseases and contribute to increased crop yields. However, not all Trichoderma species have the same effects on crop or a pathogen, whereby the characterization and identification of strains at the species level is the first step in the use of a microorganism. The aim of this study was the identification – at species level – of five strains of Trichoderma isolated from soil samples obtained from garlic and onion fields […]

ABSTRACT An alternative for recovery of areas degraded by coal mining is revegetation with rapidly growing leguminous trees, which often do not establish in low fertility soils. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of native rhizobia isolated from coal mining areas in the nodulation and growth of leguminous trees. We isolated 19 strains of rhizobia from a degraded soil near Criciúma, SC, Brazil, and evaluated the nodulation and growth-promoting capacity of the inoculated isolates for bracatinga […]

ABSTRACT Management of boron fertilization depends on the magnitude of B leaching in the soil profile, which varies proportionally with the concentration of B in the soil solution, which, in turn, decreases as the soil pH increases due to the higher sorption of B on soil solid surfaces. The objective of this study was to quantify the effect of liming and rates of B applied to the soil on B leaching. The experiment was carried out in the laboratory in […]

RESUMO Ácidos húmicos (AH) são componentes principais das substâncias húmicas (SH), as quais são encontradas em praticamente todos os solos, sedimentos e corpos d’água. Elas apresentam papel fundamental na maioria, se não todas, as propriedades químicas e físicas do ambiente. Apesar de sua importância, a elevada complexidade dos AH (e das SH, em geral) fazem deles um sistema pouco compreendido. Portanto, compreender as propriedades físico-químicas e as interações dos AH se faz crucial para determinar o papel fundamental dessas substâncias […]

RESUMO A expansão do setor sucroenergético brasileiro intensificou a mecanização da lavoura com consequências na qualidade física dos solos. Objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar o intervalo hídrico ótimo e a capacidade de suporte de carga de um Latossolo Vermelho distroférrico típico, sob a influência de diferentes transbordos utilizados na colheita mecanizada de cana. O delineamento experimental foi de blocos ao acaso com cinco repetições. Os tratamentos utilizados foram colheita de cana crua com: colhedora sem transbordo (T1); colhedora com dois […]

RESUMO A utilização dos fungos ectomicorrízicos (FEM) em eucalipto pode melhorar a adaptação das mudas no campo e permitir um uso mais eficiente de fertilizantes. A eficiência de doses de inoculante de FEM em promover a colonização ectomicorrízica, o crescimento, a absorção de nutrientes e a qualidade de mudas clonais de Eucalyptus urophylla foi avaliada em condições de viveiro comercial. Para os tratamentos com doses de inoculante, a adubação de substrato de produção das mudas foi reduzida em 50 %. […]

RESUMO Atenção crescente tem sido dada, nas últimas décadas, à produção de exopolissacarideos (EPS) a partir de rizóbio, em razão das suas diversas aplicações biotecnológicas. Uma ampla caracterização de biopolímeros envolve a avaliação de suas propriedades químicas, físicas e biológicas, sendo um fator-chave para entender o seu comportamento em diferentes ambientes, o que permite prever suas potenciais aplicações. Objetivou-se estudar os EPS produzidos pelas espécies de Mesorhizobium huakuii LMG14107, M. loti LMG6125, M. plurifarium LMG11892, Rhizobium giardini bv. giardini H152T, […]