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| Author(s): |
Gleuber Mariano Teixeira
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. , gráficos, ilustrações, tabelas. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA/STB) |
| Defense date: | 2004-04-26 |
| Examining board members: |
Paulo Cesar Ocheuze Trivelin;
Cassio Hamilton Abreu Junior;
Heitor Cantarella
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| Advisor: | Paulo Cesar Ocheuze Trivelin |
| Field of knowledge: | Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy |
| Indexed in: | Banco de Dados Bibliográficos da USP-DEDALUS; Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações - USP |
| Location: | Universidade de São Paulo. Biblioteca do Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura; 043; T266r 10059 |
| Abstract | |
Sulfur is a plant nutrients which has been receiving little attention in studies of soil fertility, so it has been limited to a few researches in the world. Studies focusing this element have indicated sulfur deficiency in crops grown in intensive agriculture areas. In this context, this research was carried out in under greenhouse conditions at CENA/USP (Piracicaba - SP) with the objectives of evaluating: a) the use of the applied sulfur as sulfate (Na234SO4) by corn (Zea mays (L.)) and soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) crops (Experiment I); b) the use by alfalfa (Mendicago sativa (L.)) (Experiment II) of the residual fertilizer-S left in the soil at the end of the experiment I (Experiment II); c) the fertilizer-S distribution in the soil-plant system in the experiments I and II and its overall recovery after consecutive cultivations with corn or soybean and alfalfa. The isotopic technique with the stable isotope 34S was the tool used to evaluate the sulfur distribution in the soil-plant system. The experiments were carried out in pots without drainage containing 7 kg of soil. Two types of contrasting soils were used, a clay soil (Kandiudalfic Eutrodox) and a sandy (Rhodic Hapludox). The study factors of the experiment I were: two soil types, two crops (corn and soybean) and two labeled forms of the S source (Na2SO4): enriched or depleted in the 34S (on average: 9.0 and 2.5 atoms % of 34S respectively). In experiment II the soil and S source labeling were the same as in the experiment I, the same pots were grown with alfalfa. A randomized experimental design with four replicates was used. At harvest, the plant samples were separated in: roots and above ground, and the soil was. Determinations of total-S and abundance of 34S were accomplished in plant and soil samples. In the experiment I, the percentage sulfur in the plant derived from the fertilizer (Sdff%) was on average of 40% to corn and soybean, indicating low sulfur mineralization. The %Sdff in alfalfa grown after corn or soybean that received S fertilization reached 40-50%, showing the tendency for fertilizer-S to remain in the soil. The percentage sulfur in the plant derived from the fertilizer in consecutive cultivations, in the sandy soil, was higher in corn-alfalfa (19%) than in soybean-alfalfa (6.6%) succession. The fertilizer-S residual effect in the soil was 20% higher in soybean-alfalfa succession, so this result indicates possible losses from soil-plant system. The determination method of total-S content in the soil interfered with the fertilizer-S recovery in soil-plant system, mainly in the clay soil. (AU) | |