Advanced search
Start date
Betweenand
Related content
(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Soil aggregation and potential carbon and nitrogen mineralization with cover crops under tropical no-till

Full text
Author(s):
Rigon, J. P. G. [1] ; Franzluebbers, A. J. [2] ; Calonego, J. C. [3]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Sao Paulo State Univ, Coll Agr Sci, Dept Crop Sci, Botucatu, SP - Brazil
[2] USDA ARS, Raleigh, NC 27695 - USA
[3] Sao Paulo State Univ, Coll Agr Sci, Dept Crop Sci, Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION; v. 75, n. 5, p. 601-609, SEP-OCT 2020.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

Sustainability of agriculture with no-tillage (NT) production requires appropriate cover cropping and not a simple and random approach of any cover crop species. However, relatively little is known of the long-term soil surface impacts of different cover crops in rotation with soybean (Glydne max) under NT in the tropics. We evaluated the impacts of different cover crops on soil aggregation, soil organic carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) fractions, and soil microbial activity of a Typic Rhodudalf at the end of 12 years under NT in Sao Paulo state of Brazil. Treatments included main plots during the winter dry season (triticale {[}x Triticosecale] and sunflower {[}Helianthus annuus]) and subplots during the spring cover crop season (pearl millet {[}Pennisetum glaucum], sunn hemp {[}Crotolaria juncea], forage sorghum {[}Sorghum bicolor], and fallow with occasional chiseling).All eight of these treatments followed soybean in summer. Winter crop treatments had no effect on soil aggregation, but total organic C and N concentrations were greater (p < 0.05) with triticale than with sunflower. Across depths, soil aggregation and soil C and N fractions were generally enhanced when sunn hemp was cover crop than with fallow in the spring.Triticale followed by sunn hemp provided soil cover and fresh mineralizable residue for improving soil quality in this unfertilized (N) soybean-based cropping system. Our results suggest that maintaining soil cover is important to improve soil aggregation and soil C and N fractions, but also the quality of organic inputs determined by cover crop species is an important factor controlling the dynamics of these soil responses. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 15/23389-6 - Crop residues in rotations systems as determinants of soil aggregate fractionation and C and N mineralization
Grantee:João Paulo Gonsiorkiewicz Rigon
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 13/23359-4 - Management systems and crop sequences as determinants in the amount and quality of the soil organic matter.
Grantee:João Paulo Gonsiorkiewicz Rigon
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate