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Total Authors: 2
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| Affiliation: | [1] FCAV UNESP, Dept Soil Sci, BR-14884900 Jaboticabal, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 1
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo; v. 38, n. 2, p. 575-584, MAR-APR 2014. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 5 |
| Abstract | |
The planting of diversified crops during the sugarcane fallow period can improve the chemical and physical properties and increase the production potential of the soil for the next sugarcane cycle. The primary purpose of this study was to assess the influence of various soil uses during the sugarcane fallow period on soil chemical and physical properties and productivity after the first sugarcane harvest. The experiment was conducted in two areas located in Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo State, Brazil (21 degrees 14' 05 `' S, 48 degrees 17' 09 `' W) with two different soil types, namely: an eutroferric Red Latosol (RLe) with high-clay texture (clay content = 680 g kg(-1)) and an acric Red Latosol (RLa) with clayey texture (clay content = 440 g kg(-1)). A randomized block design with five replications and four treatments (crop sequences) was used. The crop sequences during the sugarcane fallow period were soybean/millet/soybean, soybean/sunn hemp/soybean, soybean/fallow/ soybean, and soybean. Soil use was found not to affect chemical properties and sugarcane productivity of RLe or RLa. The soybean/millet/soybean sequence improved aggregation in the acric Latosol. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/06491-0 - Soil uses during the interval between two sugarcane growth periods in order to diversify crops and improve the productive soil capacity for the next sugarcane growth period |
| Grantee: | Carolina Fernandes |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |