EVALUATION OF MICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND NEMATODE COMMUNITY IN AN INTEGRATION SYSTEM FOR LIVESTOCK CROP

• Grant number: 24/15322-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): October 01, 2024
• Effective date (End): September 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Geodesy
• Principal Investigator: Nilton Nobuhiro Imai
• Grantee: Wislayne Romão da Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 21/06029-7 - High resolution remote sensing for digital agriculture, AP.TEM

Abstract

In agricultural areas with a predominance of sandy textured soils, low levels of organic matter, there is a need for studies that seek to evaluate how new cultivation systems can increase agricultural sustainability in these conditions. In this sense, the crop-livestock integration system (SILP), with the cultivation of soybeans in the summer and pastures in the off-season, has achieved prominence in recent years as a management strategy that achieves improvements in soil properties, with greater sustainability. However, some challenges in evaluating soil and crop attributes more quickly and integrated with other technological tools require further studies. The relationship between remote sensing and microbial activity and biomass production by crops deserves attention and must be investigated to estimate whether integrated farming systems are in tune with food production in a more sustainable way. The relationships between soil biological attributes and soil quality and soybean and grass yield will be studied using models with integration of remote sensing analyses.