Implications of expansion and management intensification on soil ecosystem services

• Grant number: 18/09845-7
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: September 01, 2018 - November 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Soil Science
• Principal Investigator: Maurício Roberto Cherubin
• Grantee: Maurício Roberto Cherubin
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri ; João Luís Nunes Carvalho ; Luiz Antonio Martinelli ; Moacir Tuzzin de Moraes ; Paulo Sergio Pavinato ; Ricardo de Oliveira Bordonal ; Tsai Siu Mui
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/15741-2 - Quantification and monitoring sugarcane biomass production in cultivation intensification scenarios, BP.TT

Abstract

Soil is natural capital that performs multiple functions and provides essential ecosystem services to people. Therefore, to assess the effects of agriculture expansion and intensification on "Soil Ecosystem Services" (i.e., flux of benefits people obtain from soil) is an emergent, strategic and priority research topic towards sustainable development in the next decades. In Brazil, it is a novel topic, thus, there is a large avenue of research opportunities to be explored. The objective of this project is to assess the impact of expansion and management intensification of sugarcane on provision of multiples soil ecosystem service. The sugarcane production system will be used as a "study case" due to its social, economic and environmental relevance to Brazil coupled to the team's experience with this crop. Two main sugarcane scenarios will be assessed: i) land-use change to sugarcane expansion; ii) management change through sugarcane straw removal to bioenergy production. Initially, study fields that representing these scenarios, in central-southern Brazil, will be identified and selected with the support of the team' members and collaborators. Then, different approaches (statistical, minimum dataset, expert opinion etc) will be applied to define a suitable indicator dataset associated with each soil ecosystem service. Secondary data will be used to perform these analyses. Afterwards, field campaigns will be conducted to collect primary data of soil and plant. The next step is the most challenging, and aim to develop a soil ecosystem service assessment framework. This framework will link properties (measured) to soil functions and then to the services delivered by soil. These relationships will be assessed within different complexity levels using methods, specific frameworks, indexes and models. The combined use of these tools allows evaluating from specific soil property/function changes to integrated (holistic) assessment that reach wider audiences. We expect the results help to understand better the effects of sugarcane expansion /intensification on soil ecosystem services, and consequently, to guide more sustainable use and management that being aligned with global challenges, such as energy security, climate changes and human well-being. It is worth mentioning that the approach and framework developed through sugarcane case study can be later applied to other key agricultural production systems to national sustainable development. Finally, the implementation of this project will be strategic to consolidate a new research line in the institution, allowing us to nucleate professors, researchers and students interested in this topic. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

VANOLLI, BEATRIZ S.; PEREIRA, ARTHUR P. A.; FRANCO, ANDRE L. C.; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO R.. Edaphic and epigeic macrofauna responses to land use change in Brazil. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY, v. 117, p. 13-pg., 2023-06-15. (18/09845-7, 19/16764-6)

CHERUBIN, MAURICIO R.; BORDONAL, RICARDO O.; CASTIONI, GUILHERME A.; GUIMARAES, EURIANA M.; LISBOA, IZAIAS P.; MORAES, LUCAS A. A.; MENANDRO, LAUREN M. S.; TENELLI, SARAH; CERRI, CARLOS E. P.; KARLEN, DOUGLAS L.; et al. Soil health response to sugarcane straw removal in Brazil. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 163, MAY 2021. (18/09845-7, 17/23978-7)

MELO, PAUL L. A.; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO R.; GOMES, TAMARA C. A.; LISBOA, IZAIAS P.; SATIRO, LUCAS S.; CERRI, CARLOS E. P.; SIQUEIRA-NETO, MARCOS. Straw Removal Effects on Sugarcane Root System and Stalk Yield. AGRONOMY-BASEL, v. 10, n. 7, JUL 2020. (18/09845-7)

LISBOA, IZAIAS P.; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO R.; DE LIMA, RENATO P.; GMACH, MARIA R.; WIENHOLD, BRIAN J.; SCHMER, MARTY R.; JIN, VIRGINIA L.; JUNIOR, ELIZIO F. F.; GUERRA, HENRIQUE P.; CERRI, CARLOS C.; et al. Sugarcane Straw Blanket Management Effects on Plant Growth, Development, and Yield in Southeastern Brazil. CROP SCIENCE, v. 59, n. 4, p. 1732-1744, JUL-AUG 2019. (18/09845-7)

CASTIONI, GUILHERME A. F.; DE LIMA, RENATO P.; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO R.; BORDONAL, RICARDO O.; ROLIM, MARIO M.; CARVALHO, JOAO L. N.. Machinery traffic in sugarcane straw removal operation: Stress transmitted and soil compaction. SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH, v. 213, SEP 2021. (18/09845-7)

CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO; CARVALHO, JOAO LUIS NUNES; CERRI, CARLOS EDUARDO PELLEGRINO; NOGUEIRA, LUIZ AUGUSTO HORTA; SOUZA, GLAUCIA MENDES; CANTARELLA, HEITOR. Land Use and Management Effects on Sustainable Sugarcane-Derived Bioenergy. LAND, v. 10, n. 1, JAN 2021. (18/09845-7)

POPIN, GUSTAVO V.; SANTOS, ARTHUR K. B.; MELO, PAUL L. A.; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO R.; CERRI, CARLOS E. P.; SIQUEIRA-NETO, MARCOS. Importance of sugarcane straw maintenance to prevent soil organic matter depletion in a Nitisol in the central-southern region of Brazil. SOIL RESEARCH, v. 59, n. 2, p. 119-129, 2021. (18/09845-7)

DA LUZ, FELIPE BONINI; DA SILVA, VANDERLEI RODRIGUES; KOCHEM MALLMANN, FABIO JOEL; BONINI PIRES, CARLOS AUGUSTO; DEBIASI, HENRIQUE; FRANCHINI, JULIO CEZAR; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO. Monitoring soil quality changes in diversified agricultural cropping systems by the Soil Management Assessment Framework (SMAF) in southern Brazil. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT, v. 281, p. 100-110, SEP 1 2019. (18/09845-7)

CANISARES, LUCAS PECCI; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO; SIMOES DA SILVA, LAURA FERNANDA; FRANCO, ANDRE LUIZ CUSTODIO; COOPER, MIGUEL; MOONEY, SACHA J.; PELLEGRINO CERRI, CARLOS EDUARDO. Soil microstructure alterations induced by land use change for sugarcane expansion in Brazil. SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT, v. 36, n. 2, p. 189-199, APR 2020. (15/50305-8, 13/24982-7, 12/22510-8, 18/09845-7)

FRANCO, ANDRE L. C.; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO R.; CERRI, CARLOS E. P.; SIX, JOHAN; WALL, DIANA H.; CERRI, CARLOS C.. Linking soil engineers, structural stability, and organic matter allocation to unravel soil carbon responses to land-use change. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, v. 150, NOV 2020. (13/17581-6, 12/22510-8, 18/09845-7, 13/24982-7)

SOLTANGHEISI, AMIN; WITHERS, PAUL J. A.; PAVINATO, PAULO SERGIO; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO; ROSSETTO, RAFFAELLA; DO CARMO, JANAINA BRAGA; DA ROCHA, GUSTAVO CASONI; MARTINELLI, LUIZ ANTONIO. Improving phosphorus sustainability of sugarcane production in Brazil. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, v. 11, n. 12, p. 1444-1455, DEC 2019. (17/11332-5, 15/18790-3, 18/09845-7)

TENELLI, SARAH; BORDONAL, RICARDO OLIVEIRA; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO; CERRI, CARLOS EDUARDO PELLEGRINO; CARVALHO, JOAO LUIS NUNES. Multilocation changes in soil carbon stocks from sugarcane straw removal for bioenergy production in Brazil. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, v. 13, n. 7, p. 1099-1111, JUL 2021. (18/09845-7, 16/50403-2, 17/23978-7)

VANOLLI, BEATRIZ S.; CANISARES, LUCAS P.; FRANCO, ANDRE L. C.; DELABIE, JACQUES H. C.; CERRI, CARLOS E. P.; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO R.. Epigeic fauna (with emphasis on ant community) response to land-use change for sugarcane expansion in Brazil. ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, v. 110, MAY 2021. (13/17581-6, 18/09845-7, 12/22510-8, 13/24982-7, 19/16764-6)

CAVALCANTI, ROBERTA Q.; ROLIM, MARIO M.; DE LIMA, RENATO P.; TAVARES, UILKA E.; PEDROSA, ELVIRA M. R.; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO R.. Soil physical changes induced by sugarcane cultivation in the Atlantic Forest biome, northeastern Brazil. Geoderma, v. 370, JUL 1 2020. (18/09845-7)

BONINI DA LUZ, FELIPE; CARVALHO, MARTHA LUSTOSA; AQUINO DE BORBA, DANIEL; SCHIEBELBEIN, BRUNA EMANUELE; PAIVA DE LIMA, RENATO; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO. Linking Soil Water Changes to Soil Physical Quality in Sugarcane Expansion Areas in Brazil. WATER, v. 12, n. 11, NOV 2020. (18/09845-7)

RUIZ, FRANCISCO; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO; FERREIRA, TIAGO OSORIO. Soil quality assessment of constructed Technosols: Towards the validation of a promising strategy for land reclamation, waste management and the recovery of soil functions. Journal of Environmental Management, v. 276, DEC 15 2020. (18/09845-7)

LUSTOSA CARVALHO, MARTHA; BONINI DA LUZ, FELIPE; DE LIMA, RENATO PAIVA; CAVALIERI-POLIZELI, KARINA MARIA VIEIRA; CARVALHO, JOAO LUIS NUNES; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO. ssessment of Soil Physical Quality and Water Flow Regulation under Straw Removal Management in Sugarcane Production Field. USTAINABILIT, v. 14, n. 2, JAN 2022. (18/09845-7)

VIEIRA FARHATE, CAMILA VIANA; DE SOUZA, ZIGOMAR MENEZES; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO; LOVERA, LENON HENRIQUE; DE OLIVEIRA, INGRID NEHMI; GUIMARAES JUNNYOR, WELLINGTHON DA SILVA; LA SCALA JUNIOR, NEWTON. oil physical change and sugarcane stalk yield induced by cover crop and soil tillag. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, v. 46, 2022. (18/14958-5, 18/09845-7)

BELARMINO DOS SANTOS, ARTHUR KLEBSON; POPIN, GUSTAVO VICENTINI; GMACH, MARIA REGINA; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO; NETO, MARCOS SIQUEIRA; PEREGRINO CERRI, CARLOS EDUARDO. Changes in soil temperature and moisture due to sugarcane straw removal in central-southern Brazil. Scientia Agricola, v. 79, n. 6, 2022. (18/09845-7, 19/25988-5)

LUZ, FELIPE BONINI DA; CARVALHO, MARTHA LUSTOSA; CASTIONI, GUILHERME ADALBERTO FERREIRA; BORDONAL, RICARDO DE OLIVEIRA; COOPER, MIGUEL; CARVALHO, JOAO LUIS NUNES; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO. Soil structure changes induced by tillage and reduction of machinery traffic on sugarcane - A diversity of assessment scales. SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH, v. 223, p. 13-pg., 2022-09-01. (18/09845-7)

BIELUCZYK, WANDERLEI; PICCOLO, MARISA DE CASSIA; PEREIRA, MARCOS GERVASIO; DE MORAES, MOACIR TUZZIN; SOLTANGHEISI, AMIN; DE CAMPOS BERNARDI, ALBERTO CARLOS; MACEDO PEZZOPANE, JOSE RICARDO; ANCHAO OLIVEIRA, PATRICIA PERONDI; MOREIRA, MARCELO ZACHARIAS; DE CAMARGO, PLINIO BARBOSA; et al. Integrated farming systems influence soil organic matter dynamics in southeastern Brazil. Geoderma, v. 371, JUL 15 2020. (14/17927-2, 19/21532-7, 18/09845-7)

CAMILA VIANA VIEIRA FARHATE; ZIGOMAR MENEZES DE SOUZA; MAURÍCIO ROBERTO CHERUBIN; LENON HENRIQUE LOVERA; INGRID NEHMI DE OLIVEIRA; WELLINGTHON DA SILVA GUIMARÃES JÚNNYOR; NEWTON LA SCALA JUNIOR. Soil physical change and sugarcane stalk yield induced by cover crop and soil tillage. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, v. 46, 2022-02-09. (18/09845-7, 18/14958-5)

DA LUZ, FELIPE BONINI; GONZAGA, LEANDRO CAROLINO; CASTIONI, GUILHERME ADALBERTO FERREIRA; DE LIMA, RENATO PAIVA; CARVALHO, JOAO LUIS NUNES; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO. Controlled traffic farming maintains soil physical functionality in sugarcane fields. Geoderma, v. 432, p. 10-pg., 2023-03-11. (18/09845-7)

SCHIEBELBEIN, BRUNA EMANUELE; BORDONAL, RICARDO DE OLIVEIRA; CERRI, CARLOS EDUARDO PELLEGRINO; OLIVEIRA, DENER MARCIO DA SILVA; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO. Mineral-associated and particulate organic matter in aggregates as a proxy for soil C changes in pasture-sugarcane land use transitions. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, v. 47, p. 19-pg., 2023-01-01. (18/09845-7)

SANTOS MENANDRO, LAUREN MAINE; DE MORAES, LUANA OLIVEIRA; BORGES, CLOVIS DANIEL; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO; CASTIONI, GUILHERME ADALBERTO; NUNES CARVALHO, JOAO LUIS. Soil Macrofauna Responses to Sugarcane Straw Removal for Bioenergy Production. BioEnergy Research, v. 12, n. 4, p. 14-pg., 2019-10-21. (18/09845-7)

DAMIAN, JUNIOR MELO; DURIGAN, MARIANA REGINA; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO; MAIA, STOECIO MALTA FERREIRA; OGLE, STEPHEN M.; DE CAMARGO, PLINIO BARBOSA; FERREIRA, JOICE NUNES; DE OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, RAIMUNDO COSME; CERRI, CARLOS EDUARDO PELLEGRINO. Deforestation and land use change mediate soil carbon changes in the eastern Brazilian Amazon. Regional Environmental Change, v. 21, n. 3, SEP 2021. (17/15331-3, 18/09845-7, 18/21261-0)

BIELUCZYK, WANDERLEI; PICCOLO, MARISA DE CASSIA; PEREIRA, MARCOS GERVASIO; LAMBAIS, GEORGE RODRIGUES; MORAES, MOACIR TUZZIN DE; SOLTANGHEISI, AMIN; BERNARDI, ALBERTO CARLOS DE CAMPOS; PEZZOPANE, JOSE RICARDO MACEDO; BOSI, CRISTIAM; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO. Eucalyptus tree influence on spatial and temporal dynamics of fine-root growth in an integrated crop-livestock-forestry system in southeastern Brazil. RHIZOSPHERE, v. 19, SEP 2021. (17/11332-5, 18/09845-7, 14/17927-2)

FARHATE, CAMILA VIANA VIEIRA; SOUZA, ZIGOMAR MENEZES DE; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO; LOVERA, LENON HERIQUE; OLIVEIRA, INGRID NEHMI DE; CARNEIRO, MARINA PEDROSO; LA SCALA JR., NEWTON. Abiotic Soil Health Indicators that Respond to Sustainable Management Practices in Sugarcane Cultivation. SUSTAINABILITY, v. 12, n. 22, NOV 2020. (18/09845-7, 18/14958-5)

MORAIS, MARISTELA C.; SIQUEIRA-NETO, MARCOS; GUERRA, HENRIQUE P.; SATIRO, LUCAS S.; SOLTANGHEISI, AMIN; CERRI, CARLOS E. P.; FEIGL, BRIGITTE J.; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO R.. Trade-Offs between Sugarcane Straw Removal and Soil Organic Matter in Brazil. SUSTAINABILITY, v. 12, n. 22, NOV 2020. (18/09845-7)

BARBOSA, LEANDRO CARNEIRO; GRAZIANO MAGALHAES, PAULO SERGIO; BORDONAL, RICARDO OLIVEIRA; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO; FERREIRA CASTIONI, GUILHERME ADALBERTO; TENELLI, SARAH; JUNQUEIRA FRANCO, HENRIQUE COUTINHO; NUNES CARVALHO, JOAO LUIS. Soil physical quality associated with tillage practices during sugarcane planting in south-central Brazil. SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH, v. 195, DEC 2019. (18/09845-7, 17/23978-7)

SANTOS MENANDRO, LAUREN MAINE; DE MORAES, LUANA OLIVEIRA; BORGES, CLOVIS DANIEL; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO; CASTIONI, GUILHERME ADALBERTO; NUNES CARVALHO, JOAO LUIS. Soil Macrofauna Responses to Sugarcane Straw Removal for Bioenergy Production. BioEnergy Research, v. 12, n. 4, SI, p. 944-957, DEC 2019. (18/09845-7)

BARBOSA, LEANDRO CARNEIRO; GRAZIANO MAGALHAES, PAULO SERGIO; BORDONAL, RICARDO OLIVEIRA; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO; CASTIONI, GUILHERME ADALBERTO; NETO, JOAO ROSSI; JUNQUEIRA FRANCO, HENRIQUE COUTINHO; NUNES CARVALHO, JOAO LUIS. Untrafficked furrowed seedbed sustains soil physical quality in sugarcane mechanized fields. European Journal of Soil Science, v. 72, n. 5, p. 2150-2164, SEP 2021. (17/23978-7, 18/09845-7)

BARBOSA, LEANDRO CARNEIRO; GRAZIANO MAGALHAES, PAULO SERGIO; BORDONAL, RICARDO OLIVEIRA; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO ROBERTO; CASTIONI, GUILHERME ADALBERTO; NETO, JOAO ROSSI; JUNQUEIRA FRANCO, HENRIQUE COUTINHO; NUNES CARVALHO, JOAO LUIS. Untrafficked furrowed seedbed sustains soil physical quality in sugarcane mechanized fields. European Journal of Soil Science, MAR 2021. (18/09845-7, 17/23978-7)

GMACH, M. R.; SCARPARE, V, F.; CHERUBIN, M. R.; LISBOA, I. P.; BELARMINO DOS SANTOS, A. K.; PELLEGRINO CERRI, C. E.; CERRI, C. C.. Sugarcane straw removal effects on soil water storage and drainage in southeastern Brazil. JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION, v. 74, n. 5, p. 466-476, SEP-OCT 2019. (18/09845-7)

LISBOA, IZAIAS P.; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO R.; SATIRO, LUCAS S.; SIQUEIRA-NETO, MARCOS; LIMA, RENATO P.; GMACH, MARIA R.; WIENHOLD, BRIAN J.; SCHMER, MARTY R.; JIN, VIRGINIA L.; CERRI, CARLOS C.; et al. Applying Soil Management Assessment Framework (SMAF) on short-term sugarcane straw removal in Brazil. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 129, p. 175-184, MAR 2019. (18/09845-7)

OLIVEIRA, DENER M. S.; CHERUBIN, MAURICIO R.; FRANCO, ANDRE L. C.; SANTOS, AUGUSTO S.; GELAIN, JAQUELINI G.; DIAS, NAISSA M. S.; DINIZ, TATIANA R.; ALMEIDA, ALEXANDRE N.; FEIGL, BRIGITTE J.; DAVIES, CHRISTIAN A.; et al. Is the expansion of sugarcane over pasturelands a sustainable strategy for Brazil's bioenergy industry?. RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, v. 102, p. 346-355, MAR 2019. (15/14122-6, 13/17581-6, 14/08632-9, 14/16612-8, 18/09845-7)

OTTO, R.; FERRAZ-ALMEIDA, R.; SANCHES, G. M.; LISBOA, I. P.; CHERUBIN, M. R.. Nitrogen fertilizer consumption and nitrous oxide emissions associated with ethanol production - A national-scale comparison between Brazilian sugarcane and corn in the United States. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 350, p. 13-pg., 2022-03-30. (18/09845-7, 18/10225-3, 20/11865-6)