Engenharia Agrícola (Feb 2010)
Agregação de ume nitossolo vermelho distroférrico sob sistemas de plantio direto, preparo convencional e mata nativa Aggregation in a distroferric red nitosol under no-till, conventional tillage, and native forest systems
Abstract
O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito do tempo de adoção do sistema plantio direto, comparativamente com área de mata nativa e preparo convencional, utilizando a distribuição de agregados do solo em um Nitossolo Vermelho distroférrico. Os tratamentos foram: mata nativa (MN), preparo convencional (PC), plantio direto com um ano (PD1), plantio direto com quatro anos (PD4), plantio direto com cinco anos (PD5) e plantio direto com 12 anos (PD12). Amostras de agregados foram coletadas aleatoriamente dentro de cada tratamento, nas profundidades de 0-5 e 10-15 cm. Após o peneiramento dos agregados em água, esses foram separados nas classes de agregados de > 2 mm; This study aimed to evaluate the effect of time since the adoption of the no-till system, in comparison with a native forest area and a conventional tillage area, using the distribution of soil aggregates in a Distroferric Red Nitosol. Treatments were as follows: native forest (NF), conventional tillage (CT), no-till for one year (NT1), no-till for four years (NT4), no-till for five years (NT5), and no-till for 12 years (NT12). Aggregate samples were collected randomly within each treatment at depths of 0-5 and 10-15 cm. After sifting the aggregates in water they were separated into the following aggregate classes > 2 mm; < 2 mm; 2-1 mm, and < 1 mm. The adoption time in the no-till system favored soil aggregation. The mean weighted diameter (MWD) of the soil aggregates and the percentage of aggregates greater than 2 mm increased with adoption time in the no-till system at the 0-5 cm depth. The NF and NT12 treatments had higher MWD values in the 0-5 cm layer. CT had the highest percentage of aggregates smaller than 1 mm.
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