Organic matter and physical attributes of Latosols 30 months after uses in the sugarcane fallow-period
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https://doi.org/10.5039/agraria.v13i4a5583Keywords:
aggregation, cover crops soil, soil penetration resistance, soil porosityAbstract
The objective this work was to evaluate the organic matter content and the physical attributes of two Red Latosols 30 months after use in the sugarcane fallow-period. The long-term experiment was conducted on two Red Latosols. The design was in blocks, with four treatments and five replications. The treatments were soybean/millet/soybean; soybean/sunn hemp/soybean; soybean/fallow/soybean and soybean. At 30 months after the fallow-period the layers of 0.00-0.10 and 0.10-0.20 m were sampled for the determination of the weighted average diameter of the aggregates; and the layers 0.00-0.10; 0.10-0.20; 0.20-0.40 and 0.40-0.60 m for the determination of organic matter, aggregate stability index, soil density, porosity and resistance to penetration. The uses promoted an increase in organic matter and porosity, a reduction in the aggregation of soils evaluated 30 months after the fallow-period of the cane in relation to that determined after the fallow-period. At 30 months, the resistance to penetration of acric Red Latosol was different among the uses, and soybean/fallow/soybean yielded the lowest value in relation to the soybean and soybean/sunn hemp/soybean use. Uses had no effect on attributes assessed after 30 months.
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