Soil tillage and agricultural traffic generate changes in soil physical attributes and affect the growth of the roots. This study evaluates the impact of system soil tillage on compaction and ...sugarcane root growth. The experiment was carried out on a Rhodic Kandiudox with two soil tillages (Deep Strip Tillage and Conventional Tillage) and two positions (beds or traffic lane and no traffic lane), totaling four treatments (DST-beds + no traffic lane, DST-traffic lane, CT-no traffic lane and CT-traffic lane). Soil penetration resistance (SPR), bulk density, dry mass, and root system lengths and volumes were evaluated. DST-beds presented lower values for SPR (1.45 MPa) compared to the other treatments (2.55 MPa). This lower SPR did not reflect significant increases in root growth in relation to the DST-traffic lane, meaning that the roots were not confined to the beds. The dry root mass for CT- traffic lane was 35% less than for DST- traffic lane, and CT-no traffic lane reduced of the root dry mass in the layers 0.0-0.2 and 0.2-0.4 m by 62% and 47%, respectively, compared to the DST-beds. Therefore, CT, although widely used, does not create adequate conditions for root development in the first sugarcane cycle, even in lanes with no traffic.
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Conservation agriculture principles applied to peanut can reduce soil erosion and production costs when cultivated in rotation with sugarcane. Still, the problem with soil compaction is the ...leading cause of skepticism about the efficacy of this practice. This research aimed to study the effect of three soil management strategies compared with conventional for peanut cv. IAC-OL3, cultivated in rotation with sugarcane using the MEIOSI (method of intercropping occurring simultaneously) system for agronomic practices with additional analysis on changes in soil physics properties. The trial was conducted in 2019-2020 in Planalto municipality (São Paulo, Brazil) under a green-harvested sugarcane field, using a randomized complete block experimental design. The trial consisted of four soil management treatments (conventional tillage, minimum tillage with chisel, strip-tillage, and no-tillage) with five replications. Although no differences were verified in soil bulk density and porosity among treatments, the highest values of soil penetration resistance were observed in no-tillage treatment for all evaluations (before planting, at the beginning of flowering, and before and after harvesting) in comparison with conventional tillage. The difference in soil penetration resistance among the treatments diminished from planting to the end of the cycle. Furthermore, low soil disturbance and maximum covering with straw significantly increased the available water capacity and reduced the incidence and severity of groundnut ringspot virus (GRSV) on peanut plants. Consequently, both minimum-tillage and no-tillage have increased the pod yield on average by 695 and 991 kg ha
-1
more than strip-tillage and conventional tillage, respectively, without differences in terms of quality and pod losses.
O sistema de plantio pode influenciar atributos físicos e químicos do solo, alterando o desenvolvimento das raízes das culturas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito do sistema plantio ...direto (PD) e o do preparo convencional (PC) e o uso de calcário (0 e 2,0 t ha-1) no sistema radicular da cana-de-açúcar. Este estudo foi realizado em Latossolo Vermelho eutroférrico, em experimento de longa duração, iniciado em 1998, após três ciclos de quatro anos com colheita sem queima da palha. Foram realizadas coletas de amostras de solo para avaliação de alguns atributos físicos (densidade, porosidade e resistência à penetração) e de fertilidade do solo. Para a coleta de raízes, foi utilizada sonda amostradora em quatro épocas definidas pelo balanço hídrico da região, sendo a amostragem realizada em seis pontos equidistantes à linha da soqueira, em camadas de 0,20 m até 1,0 m de profundidade. O PD e o uso de calcário resultaram em valores mais elevados dos atributos relacionados à aplicação do calcário, como V% e teores de Ca, apenas na camada superficial. Os valores de densidade e resistência foram mais elevados no PD e na entrelinha. Na linha de plantio, não houve diferença entre os tratamentos. A cana-de-açúcar manteve, em média, cerca de 4,0 t ha-1 de raízes no solo na camada até 1,0 m de profundidade. Houve diferença significativa entre as camadas e as posições de amostragem e, embora as raízes da cana-de-açúcar se concentrem na superfície e próximo da soqueira, 25 a 30 % das raízes estão na entrelinha (0,6 m da soqueira) e 15 a 30 % estão abaixo de 0,60 m, indicando que as raízes da cana-de-açúcar exploram grande volume de solo. A variação na quantidade de raízes foi mais influenciada pela condição hídrica do solo do que pelas práticas de manejo. A maior quantidade de raiz foi determinada no máximo excedente hídrico; e a menor, na época de reposição hídrica do solo. As maiores variações na quantidade de raízes entre épocas foram observadas no PC e sem aplicação de calcário. Os tratamentos PD e com calcário mantiveram a massa radicular com menor variação ao longo das épocas de amostragem. As alterações físicas e químicas do solo por influência do PD e calcário não foram suficientes para alterar significativamente o desenvolvimento do sistema radicular da cana-de-açúcar.
The maintenance of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) straw on a soil surface increases the soil carbon (C) stocks, but at lower rates than expected. This fact is probably associated with the soil management ...adopted during sugarcane replanting. This study aimed to assess the impact on soil C stocks and the humification index of soil organic matter (SOM) of adopting no-tillage (NT) and conventional tillage (CT) for sugarcane replanting. A greater C content and stock was observed in the NT area, but only in the 0-5 cm soil layer (p < 0.05). Greater soil C stock (0-60 cm) was found in soil under NT, when compared to CT and the baseline. While C stock of 116 Mg ha-1 was found in the baseline area, in areas under CT and NT systems the values ranged from 120 to 127 Mg ha-1. Carbon retention rates of 0.67 and 1.63 Mg C ha-1 year-1 were obtained in areas under CT and NT, respectively. Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy showed that CT makes the soil surface (0-20 cm) more homogeneous than the NT system due to the effect of soil disturbance, and that the SOM humification index (H LIF) is larger in CT compared to NT conditions. In contrast, NT had a gradient of increasing H LIF, showing that the entry of labile organic material such as straw is also responsible for the accumulation of C in this system. The maintenance of straw on the soil surface and the adoption of NT during sugarcane planting are strategies that can increase soil C sequestration in the Brazilian sugarcane sector.
IAC OL 5 - New high oleic runner peanut cultivar Godoy, Ignácio José de; Santos, João Francisco dos; Michelotto, Marcos Doniseti ...
Crop breeding and applied biotechnology,
09/2017, Volume:
17, Issue:
3
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Open access
IAC OL 5 is a new peanut cultivar recommended to growers of peanut regions of the state of São Paulo as another option for planting during the intervals of sugarcane renewal. Its main traits are its ...runner growing habit, its moderate resistance to virus and foliar diseases, and the high oleic trait.
Much of the watermelon (Citullus lanatus) cultivation in Brazil is conducted in sandy soil and topographic conditions that favour the erosion process. Therefore, conservation tillage methods are ...critical for the sustainability of the production chain of this vegetable crop. We studied different tillage methods and cover crops in watermelon cultivation in the area of the reform of degraded pasture. For this purpose, two tillage methods were established as experimental treatments: minimum tillage preparation with subsoiling only, and no tillage. As cover crops white lupine (Lupinus albus) and bristle oat (Avena strigosa) were seeded. As control, watermelon was cultivated with conventional tillage, without prior cultivation of cover crops. For the experimental design, randomised blocks in a factorial arrangement with four replications were used. After liming and phosphate fertilisation of the soil, cover crops were cultivated in soil with minimum tillage and no tillage to produce straw to be used for soil cover, where subsequently the watermelon was grown. The productivity of dry mass and nutrient accumulation in the shoot of cover crops, the soil properties and the watermelon agronomic performance were evaluated. White lupine had better performance in the production of dry mass and nutrient accumulation in shoot than bristle oat. There were differences among treatments for soil penetration resistance, where in conventional tillage the values were lower in the first 30 cm of depth in relation to no-tillage cultivation. The tillage method also affected the fertility of the soil at a depth of 0 to 20 cm. The no tillage provided increased nitrogen leaf content in watermelon regardless of cover crops but restricted root growth in relation to minimum tillage and conventional tillage. Watermelon had similar commercial production by different treatments, with reduction only in no tillage on bristle oat straw.
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar os efeitos da inoculação de bactérias promotoras de crescimento sobre a formação de mudas pré-brotadas de cana-de-açúcar, oriundas de gemas individualizadas, e ...quantificar o crescimento inicial dessas mudas, em associação à aplicação de nitrogênio, em solo de baixa fertilidade. Foram conduzidos dois experimentos: um em casa de vegetação, com duração de 50 dias, e o outro, em vasos no campo, com duração de 180 dias. Em ambos os experimentos, utilizou-se o delineamento de blocos ao acaso, em arranjo fatorial 2x3, no primeiro experimento - com ou sem inoculante, e com três quantidades de reserva nas gemas -, e 2x2x4, no segundo - com ou sem inoculante, com ou sem nitrogênio, avaliados em quatro épocas: aos 45, 90, 135 e 180 dias. O inoculante produziu efeito na fase inicial de crescimento das mudas pré-brotadas, com aumento na velocidade de brotação e no acúmulo da matéria seca de raízes e da parte aérea, independentemente da quantidade de reserva da gema. No segundo experimento, o inoculante promoveu ganhos no crescimento inicial da parte aérea e do sistema radicular, até os 180 dias após o transplantio, com aumento em altura, perfilhamento, diâmetro do colmo, produção da matéria seca de colmos e de palha e do comprimento radicular, independentemente da aplicação de nitrogênio. O inoculante tem efeito fisiológico positivo sobre o crescimento das plantas.
The Instituto Agronômico de Campinas - IAC registered the carioca type common bean cultivar IAC Milênio. The cultivar has a mean yield of 2831 kg ha-1, high grain quality with tolerance to darkening, ...and resistance to Fusarium oxysporum and physiological races 81, 89, and 95 of the anthracnose pathogen (Colletotrichum lindemuthianum).
IAC OL 3 and IAC OL 4 peanut cultivars are new releases of Instituto Agronômico (IAC), Campinas, SP. These cultivars were developed to attend the demand of the Brazilian peanut business for high ...oleic runner cultivars, whose cycle can be better adjusted to the areas of sugarcane renewal than other runner cultivars.
Soil compaction caused by intense machine traffic is a challenge in the sugarcane production system, but its implications can be mitigated by the higher content of soil organic matter and plant root ...growth provided by conservation management practices (i.e., no-tillage). Thus, we aim to study the impacts of tillage systems on the soil physical attributes, root system and yield of sugarcane propagated by pre-sprouted seedlings. Sugarcane was cultivated under four tillage systems: conventional tillage with harrow (CT); conventional tillage with harrow and subsoiling (CTS), minimum tillage with Rip Strip® equipment (MT) and no-tillage on soybean residue (NT). Soil parameters (soil bulk density, porosity and organic carbon contents) in the 0–60 cm layer, root system (root area and root dry biomass) in the 0–100 cm layer and sugarcane yield were evaluated from 2017 to 2019 during the cane-plant and first-ratoon cane cycles. The no-tillage system showed the highest yields of stalks, biomass and root area of sugarcane even with the highest values of soil penetration resistance and soil bulk density between the rows. The system with Rip Strip® presented the lowest yields of sugarcane stalks. No-tillage had the highest organic carbon content in the topsoil compared to the other tillage systems. The sugarcane yield showed a positive linear relationship with root biomass accumulated in 0–100 cm soil layer. Sugarcane cultivation under no-tillage system provided gains of 15 Mg ha−1 in productivity and higher root dry biomass of the cane-plant cycle in the 0–20 cm soil layer. It also preserves the physical attributes of the soil, increases the soil organic carbon content and favours the increase in the yield and root biomass of sugarcane in both cane-plant and first ratoon cane.
•We evaluated a new soil tillage equipment (Rip Strip).•No-tillage increased yield.•No-tillage system preserves the physical attributes of the soil and carbon.•Yield showed a positive linear relationship with the increase in root biomass.
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