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O nitrogênio (N) é o nutriente exigido em maior quantidade pelo cafeeiro e o segundo mais exportado pelos grãos. O uso do consórcio entre o cafeeiro e a braquiária é cada vez mais usado pelos cafeicultores. Nesse sistema de produção a fertilização é feita, em geral, nas duas espécies, sem conhecimento suficiente que respalde esse manejo. O N do resíduo vegetal pode ser absorvido pela planta após a mineralização, ser perdido por vários processos, ou ainda, ser imobilizado pela microbiota. O uso de fertilizantes enriquecidos isotopicamente é uma ferramenta que permite avaliar o N do fertilizante nos componentes do sistema, como no resíduo da forrageira, no solo e na planta. Essa pesquisa foi realizada com o objetivo de avaliar o crescimento e a produtividade do cafeeiro; elaborar o balanço de N; e avaliar a decomposição da biomassa da braquiária sob a copa do café, como fonte desse nutriente. A biomassa da braquiária sob a copa do cafeeiro reduziu em 49% a perda de água nos meses secos, com aumento do crescimento da planta entre março e setembro de 2011. A granação dos frutos e a produtividade do cafeeiro foram superiores quando aplicou-se 50% da dose do N na planta e os outros 50% na braquiária, cujo resíduo foi depositado sob a copa da planta, para a decomposição. A forrageira recuperou mais N (84,28% do aplicado ou 126,42 kg ha-1) do que o cafeeiro (38,63% ou 57,94 kg ha-1 de N), com a aplicação da mesma dose de N em ambas as plantas. O cafeeiro recuperou 38,63% do N do fertilizante, quando todo o N foi fornecido à planta; recuperou 14,31% do N (21,46 kg ha-1) na aplicação feita somente na forrageira, em que o resíduo foi depositado sob a copa da planta; e recuperou 53,3% do N (39,98 kg ha-1) do adubo e outros 15,28% (11,46 kg ha-1) proveniente da decomposição da biomassa, na aplicação da mesma dose de N na cultura e na forrageira. A taxa de crescimento do cafeeiro (altura e ramos produtivos) no período seco, de março a setembro de 2011, foi superior quando a planta e a forrageira receberam a mesma dose de N. A competição líquida por N entre a braquiária e o café foi pequena e variou de 1,22% (0,91 kg ha-1) a 0,24% (0,34 kg ha-1 de N), sem prejuízo ao crescimento e à produtividade do cafeeiro. A perda de N por lixiviação foi maior quando forneceu todo o N somente no cafeeiro (6,05% do N aplicado ou 9,07 kg ha-1), em relação à adubação feita apenas na braquiária (1,02% ou 1,53 kg ha-1 de N); e, na aplicação de doses iguais no café e na braquiária, a lixiviação variou de 3,4% do N aplicado (2,55 kg ha-1) sob a copa da planta a 1,15% (0,86 kg ha-1) na área da forrageira, cultivada na entre linha da cultura. A biomassa da braquiária fertilizada com N possuia menores relações lignina/N e C/N; e a mineralização do N foi mais rápida do que a decomposição da biomassa. A ciclagem do N depende da época de corte, com maior intensidade quando a ceifa ocorreu entre 30 e 55 dias na braquiária fertilizada e até 30 dias após rebrota, quando não recebeu N. / Nitrogen (N) is the nutrient required in larger quantities by coffee and the second most exported by the grains. The use of intercropping coffee and the Brachiaria is increasing within coffee farmers. In this production the fertilization is done generally in both species, without enough knowledge support for this. The N of the plant residue can be absorbed by the plant after mineralization, can be lost by various processes or even immobilized by micro biota. The use of isotopic enriched fertilizer is a tool that allows the evaluation of N of the fertilizer in component of the system, such as in the residue of forage, in soil and in the plant. This research was conducted to evaluate the growth and productivity of coffee plant, elaborate the N balance and evaluate the decomposition of biomass of Brachiaria under the canopy the crop as a source of this nutrient. The Brachiaria biomass under the coffee plant canopy reduced by 49% the water loss in dry months, with an increase in plant growth within the dry season that went throw March to September 2011. The gain in fruit development and the plant productivity were higher when applied an N doses of 50% within the coffee plant and 50% on the Brachiaria, which the wastes were deposited under the canopy of the crop for decomposition. The forage Bracharia recovered more N (84.28% of the applied or 126.42 kg ha-1) than coffee plant (38.63% or 57.94 kg N ha-1) with the application of the same dose of N in both plants. The N of the fertilizer recovered by the coffee plant was: 38.63% when all N was supplied to the plant, 14.31% (21.46 kg ha-1) when the application was made only in forage residue which was deposited under canopy of the plant, 53.3% (39.98 kg ha-1) from the fertilizer and other 15.28% (11.46 kg ha-1) from the decomposition of biomass in the application of the same dose of N in culture and forage. The growth rate of coffee plant (height and productive branches) in the dry season was superior when the culture and the forage received the same doses of N. The total net competition on N between the culture and Brachiaria was low, about 0.91 kg ha-1 to 0.34 kg N ha-1 (1.22 to 0.24%), not prejudicing the culture growth and productivity. The N loss due to leaching was higher when provided only to the coffee plant (6.05% of N applied or 9.07 kg ha-1) comparing to applying N exclusively to the brachiaria (1.02% or 1, 53 kg N ha-1). When applying equal doses in coffee plant and brachiaria the leaching varied from 3.4% of applied N (2.55 kg ha-1) under the canopy of the plant to 1, 15% (0.86 kg ha-1) in the forage area, grown between the crop rows. The rate of decomposition of the residue of Brachiaria was inversely proportional to the relations C / N and lignin / N. The cycling of N was faster when the reaping occurred up to 55 days of forage development.

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Wild mustard (Brassica spp.) is used as an edible wild leafy vegetable by indigenous people in South Africa. The potential of wild leafy vegetables in agriculture is not well understood, because there is generally no agronomic research on their production practices. The objective of this study was to examine the performance of three wild mustard species (herein referred to as I, K and M) over four cropping seasons in an intercropping system with green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Imbali). The crops were grown with and without organic fertiliser under dryland conditions at two sites (The University of KwaZulu-Natal Research Farm, Ukulinga and in a rural area of Umbumbulu, KwaZulu-Natal within the farmers' locality) during autumn, winter, spring and summer of 2004 to 2005. Plant development (leaf number, plant height and fresh biomass) during the first six weeks after sowing and seed yield were used to determine agronomic performance of each species. Nutrient status of the rhizosphere soil was determined at 42 days after sowing for each species to determine what effect growing the species would have on mineral availability. Wild mustard production significantly (P < 0.01) performed better at Ukulinga than Umbumbulu. Polyculture was beneficial for wild mustard leaf accumulation and green bean production as determined by land equivalent ratios greater than one for all species combinations, regardless of fertiliser application. Cool environmental conditions occurring in autumn and spring were more favourable (P < 0.05) for wild mustard and green bean biomass accumulation than summer and winter conditions. However, wild mustard seed yield was highest in winter compared with autumn and spring, and there was no measurable seed production in summer. Soil analysis results at 42 days after sowing showed an increase in P, K, Cu and Mg in the rhizosphere of wild mustard without organic fertiliser. Polyculture improved Zn, Cu, Mn and K in wild mustard leaf tissue. It is concluded that wild mustard can be grown as a leafy vegetable throughout the year, but it requires cool environmental conditions to enhance seed yield. Species M significantly yielded better biomass and seeds than species I and K during all the seasons. However, species K performed the least in all aspects. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005.

[Truncated abstract] Removal of native vegetation to facilitate traditional agriculture practices has been shown to reduce ecosystem health, and restricts the native habitat. The subsequent change in the predominant vegetation water use patterns has altered the catchment water balance, and hydrology which results in land degradation through such processes of salinisation and water logging. More recently, moves toward more sustainable farming practices have been taken to help re-establish catchment hydrological equilibrium and improve catchment ecosystem services. Agroforestry is one such vehicle for this reestablishment. Perennial native vegetation has been shown to have a significant effect on catchment processes, mitigating any further degradation of the land. The effect of alternating native perennial tree belts with traditional broad acre agriculture in the alleys, referred to as alley farming, is investigated in this thesis due to the potential environmental and economic benefits that can result. This thesis investigates the impact of tree belts upon the water table and aims to gauge the ability of alley farming at controlling recharge within the low-medium rainfall zone on the valley floor. The basis of this research is the analysis of data collected from the Toolibin Alley Faring Trial. This experiment was established in 1995 to assess the viability of alley farming and incorporates different combinations of belt width, alley width and revegetation density. Transects of piezometers within each design have been monitored from October 1995 to January 2008. The piezometers were sporadically monitored over this period on a total of 39 dates. ... To further understand the response observed in the water table data, in depth hydrograph analysis of the control piezometer water levels was conducted. The statistical analysis demonstrates that the belts are having a very limited impact on the water table morphology, this is associated with the restricted use of groundwater by the perennial tree belts due to the poor quality, has been applied. This explains why there is limited signature of increased water table depth in the statistical analysis; there is evidence that alley farming as a means of reducing recharge may work however the overriding control on the trial are the rainfall trends rather than perennial growth. The low perennial biomass production at the site is an effect of limited water resources; however a significant distinction can be made between the water table depth and variability beneath high and low biomass belts. There are three main controls at the site; climate, development of perennial biomass and development of perennial root systems (both vertically and laterally). The regional climatic trends will influence water table levels creating a greater soil water storage capacity; therefore the contribution of soil water to transpiration rates will enable the tree belts to have some impact on recharge. Of the alley farming designs tested, the optimal planting density and belt/alley design, from an economic perspective, is identified as having a 4m belt width which generated the greatest biomass. As a means of controlling recharge at the site the effectiveness of alley farming is limited due the shallow saline water table limiting perennial growth.

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Assim, o objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar o efeito da inoculação de Azospirillum brasilense sobre o desenvolvimento e a produtividade do milho solteiro ou consorciado com Urochloa ruziziensis e o efeito residual deste consórcio, associados ao manejo de nitrogênio no feijoeiro de inverno. Para as gramíneas de verão, o delineamento experimental foi o de blocos ao acaso com 4 repetições e 8 tratamentos assim constituídos: (T1 - milho, T2 - milho + Azospirillum brasilense, T3 – Urochloa ruziziensis, T4 – Urochoa ruziziensis + Azospirillum brasilense, T5 - milho + Urochloa ruziziensis, T6 - milho - Azospirillum brasilense + Urochloa ruziziensis, T7 - milho + Urochloa ruziziensis - Azospirillum brasilense, T8 - milho – Azospirillum brasilense + Urochloa ruziziensis – Azospirillum brasilense). Para o feijão cultivado em sucessão, o delineamento experimental foi o de blocos ao acaso em esquema fatorial 8x4 com os tratamentos constituídos por 8 coberturas vegetais, citadas anteriormente, e combinação de 4 doses de nitrogênio em cobertura (0, 40, 80 e 120 kg ha-1 de N), com quatro repetições. Durante a condução do experimento, foram realizadas as seguintes avaliações: coberturas vegetais, características agronômicas, componentes de produção e produtividade das culturas do milho e feijão, além dos atributos físicos do solo. Pode-se concluir que, comparado aos demais tratamentos, a inoculação de Azospirillum brasilense proporcionou ao milho solteiro aumento da massa seca de plantas e massa de grãos por espiga, além de maior incremento de produtividade. O consórcio com Urochloa afetou a produtividade de grãos do milho, porém observou-se um aumento na produção e a qualidade da cobertura vegetal. A produtividade do feijoeiro foi influenciada pela cultura antecessora, apresentando melhores resultados quando o milho foi inoculado com Azospirillum brasilense. A aplicação de 60 kg ha-1 de N em cobertura apresentou os melhores resultados na produtividade do feijoeiro no primeiro ano, sendo que, no segundo ano, mesmo os tratamentos sem aplicação apresentaram resultados satisfatórios, o que pode ser atribuído à ciclagem de nutrientes oriundos das coberturas vegetais. Já os tratamentos em que a Urochloa ruziziensis estava presente demonstraram melhorias nos atributos do solo ao longo de 3 anos de cultivo. / The advanced studies on the interaction between atmospheric nitrogen-fixing bacteria and crops may contribute for the development of strategies to increase the mineral nitrogen-use-efficiency and decrease its dependency. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense on development and yielding of single maize or maize intercropped with Urochloa ruziziensis as well as the residual effect of this intercropping system associated with the nitrogen management in winter bean. For summer grasses, the experimental design included a randomized block with four replications and eight treatments, as follows: (T1 - maize, T2 - maize + Azospirillum brasilense, T3 - Urochloa ruziziensis, T4 - Urochoa ruziziensis + Azospirillum brasilense, T5 - maize + Urochloa ruziziensis, T6 - maize - Azospirillum brasilense + Urochloa ruziziensis, T7 - maize + Urochloa ruziziensis - Azospirillum brasilense, T8 - maize - Azospirillum brasilense + Urochloa ruziziensis - Azospirillum brasilense). For the beans succession planting, the experimental design included randomized blocks in an 8x4 factorial scheme with treatments consisting of the eight cover crops mentioned previously and the combination of four nitrogen doses (0, 40, 80 and 120 kg ha-1 N), with four replications. During the experiment, the following assessments were performed: cover crops, agronomic characteristics, yield components and crop productivity of maize and beans in addition to the physical properties of the soil. The inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense provided the single maize with increased dry weight of plants and grain mass per spike; moreover, higher rates of productivity growth were observed when compared to the other treatments. The intercropping with Urochloa affected the maize grain productivity; however, there was an increase in yield and quality of cover crops. The bean yield was influenced by the previous crop, with better results when maize was inoculated with Azospirillum brasilense. The application of 60 kg ha-1 N in coverage provided better bean yield results in the first year. In the second year, the treatments without application demonstrated satisfactory results, which can be due to the nutrient cycling from the cover crops. Improvement of soil properties over the 3 years of cultivation was observed in the treatments including Urochloa ruziziensis. / Agrisus: 1140/13

Foram realizados dez experimentos envolvendo as culturas de feijão e milho consorciado com leguminosas e/ou Brachiaria brizantha, nas safras de verão de 2008/2009, inverno de 2009 e verão de 2009/2010, em dois municípios de estado de Goiás (GO). Em Ipameri-GO, a área foi cultivada com soja por vários anos e milho consorciado com B. brizantha na safra que precedeu a implantação dos experimentos. Em Santo Antônio de Goiás-GO, a área é mantida com a rotação de milho e soja com a forrageira B. brizantha, em esquema trienal. Os principais objetivos desses estudos foram avaliar: (i) a viabilidade do consórcio de milho com leguminosas, (ii) a resposta do feijoeiro cultivado em sucessão e (iii) o manejo do N nessas culturas. Foi constatado que em solos com média a alta fertilidade química, como os utilizados na experimentação, os consórcios de milho com B. brizantha ou com guandu-anão (Canajus cajan) ou crotalária (Crotalaria spectabilis) não interferiram na produtividade de grãos de milho na presença de N em cobertura, exceto no experimento conduzido em Santo Antônio de Goiás-GO, no qual a crotalária reduziu significativamente a produtividade do milho. Também, em ambos os locais, no consórcio simultâneo ou defasado de milho com crotalária ou guandu-anão não ocorreu liberação de nitrogênio (N) das leguminosas para o milho, medido pela produtividade de grãos, durante o ciclo das espécies. Já nos consórcios em que a B. brizantha foi mantida sem dessecação nas entrelinhas do milho, denominado de dessecação parcial, ocorreu decréscimo significativo na produtividade do milho, em relação ao cultivo em área totalmente dessecada. A análise de crescimento revelou maiores índice de área foliar (IAF) e acúmulo de massa de matéria seca da parte aérea (MSPA) para o guandu em monocultivo, sendo que para a crotalária cultivada na linha do milho, tanto o IAF quanto a MSPA aproximaram-se dos valores referentes ao monocultivo. As curvas de crescimento do milho revelaram a superioridade do cultivo com 90.kg.ha-1 de N tanto no IAF quanto na MSPA, quando comparado ao cultivo consorciado com leguminosas. No caso de Santo Antônio de Goiás-GO, na rotação trienal envolvendo espécies graníferas e forrageiras, registrou-se um acentuado aporte de N no solo, sendo obtidas altas produtividades de feijão cultivado em sucessão à pastagem, sem a aplicação de N mineral, ocorrendo, porém, aumento significativo na produtividade do feijoeiro nos tratamentos de palhadas que continham leguminosas. A aplicação de N mineral imediatamente antes da semeadura ou no estádio de plântulas do feijão e do milho teve efeito semelhante nas suas produtividades em relação à aplicação tradicional, ou seja, algumas semanas após a emergência dessas espécies. A aplicação de N mineral foi mais eficiente no aumento da produtividade de feijão irrigado quando feita próximo às fileiras de plantas ou quando o N foi incorporado mecanicamente no solo, comparados à aplicação a lanço. / Ten experiments were performed involving common beans and maize intercropped with legumes and/or Brachiaria brizantha, in the summer crops of 2008/2009, 2009 winter and summer of 2009/2010 in two municipalities in the Goiás (GO) state, Brazil. In Ipameri- GO, the area was planted with soybeans for several years and corn associated with B. brizantha in crop preceding the experiments. In Santo Antônio de Goiás-GO, the area is maintained with corn or soybean rotation with B. brizantha, in a three-year scheme. The main objectives of these studies were to evaluate the feasibility of intercropping maize with legumes and the response of common bean after it, in no-tillage system, on the mulching straws provided by the cultivation of maize intercropped with forage legumes and grasses and to study the management of nitrogen (N) in these two crops. It was found that in soils with medium to high chemical fertility, such as those used in the experiments, the intercropping of corn and B. brizantha or pigeonpea (Canajus cajan) and sunn hemp (Crotalaria spectabilis) had any influence on grain yield of maize in the presence of mineral N, except in the experiment conducted in Santo Antonio de Goiás-GO, where the sunn hemp significantly reduced corn productivity. Also, in both locations, simultaneous or lagged consortium of pigeonpea or sunn hemp with maize, there was no release of N from legumes to maize, as measured by grain productivity, during the cycle of the species. However, in the consortia in which B. brizantha is maintained without drying between the maize lines, called partial desiccation, there was a significant decrease in the yield of corn in relation to the totally desiccated area. The growth analysis showed higher leaf area index (LAI) and total dry matter accumulation (TDM) for pigeonpea grown in single system, but for sunn hemp cultivated in the corn rows, both LAI and TDM approached to its single cropping, confirming its competitiveness with corn in the intercropping system. Growth curves also showed the superiority of the corn crop with 90 kg N ha-1 in both LAI and TDM, compared to intercropping with legumes. In the case of Santo Antônio de Goiás-GO the three-year rotation involving grain species and grass forages caused an intake of N in the soil, and high yields of beans grown in rotation with pasture were obtained, without the application of mineral N, occurring, though, significant increase in grain yield in the treatments of straws containing legumes. The application of mineral N immediately before sowing or at the seedling stage of beans and corn had a similar effect on their productivity compared to traditional application, a few weeks after the emergence of these species. The application of mineral N was more efficient in increasing the productivity of beans when applied on the soil surface near the plants rows and in cases where the fertilizer was mechanically incorporated into the soil, comparing to surface-broadcasting.

La gestion efficace des champignons mycorhiziens arbusculaires (CMA) est largement considérée comme une stratégie prometteuse pour le développement de l’agriculture durable et de conservation. Or, la culture conventionnelle de Brassicaceae non-mycorhiziennes, un groupe qui comprend plusieurs cultures d’une grande importance économique en Amérique du Nord, telles que le chou régulier (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) et le brocoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica), peut réduire la densité des CMA dans les agroécosystèmes. Dans le but de réduire l’impact négatif des cultures de brocoli et de chou sur l’abondance des CMA au champ, nous proposons de cultiver ces plants en compagnonnage persistant avec du trèfle blanc (Trifolium repens L.), une plante dépendant largement des CMA. Nous avons testé l’impact de la culture intercalaire de B. oleracea, sur (1) la colonisation des racines de Brassicaceae par les CMA et le rendement de ces cultures, et (2) la vitesse et l’intensité de colonisation d’une culture subséquente associée aux CMA, le maïs sucré, et son rendement. Dans cette étude, nous avons observé que les CMA pouvaient coloniser et former des vésicules dans les racines de cultures de B. oleracea, même lorsque cultivées sans culture mycorhizienne d’entre-rang, probablement via d’autres sources de carbone. Néanmoins, plus de brocolis étaient colonisés lorsqu’ils étaient cultivés dans les parcelles avec trèfle, mais ils étaient colonisés à une plus basse intensité. Comme escompté, l’adoption d’une culture de couverture intercalaire de trèfle persistant à travers les deux rotations a réduit le délai de colonisation de la culture de maïs et en a augmenté le rendement. / Efficient management of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) holds much potential in conservation and sustainable agriculture. Growing non-mycorrhizal Brassicaceae crops, including crops of great economic importance in North America such as regular cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) and broccoli (B. oleracea var. italica), has been associated with reduced AMF density in agroecosystem. In the hope of reducing the negative impact of broccoli and cabbage culture on AMF abundance in fields, we cultivated these crops alongside mycorrhizal white clover (Trifolium repens L.) in a persistent intercropping system. We tested the impact of B. oleracea intercropping on (1) AMF root colonization levels and crop yield, and on (2) the AMF colonization speed and level, as well as the yield of a following mycorrhiza-dependent crop rotation, sweet maize (Zea mays L.) In this study, we found that AMF could colonize and produce vesicles in B. oleracea crop roots, even when grown without a mycorrhizal intercrop, probably through other carbon sources. Intercropping with clover still led to more broccolis being colonized by AMF, but at a lower intensity than in sole crop plots. As expected, use of a persistent clover intercrop reduced colonization delay and increased yield of the subsequent maize rotation.

This project is a Bachelor’s thesis conducted by two students at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. The report aims to assess the implementation of sustainable agriculture at the farm Rosenhill, in the Stockholm region in Sweden, and provide potential agroecological solutions. The assessment of the farm functioned as a case study to explore possible ways to improve sustainable practices in agriculture. The method used for assessing agricultural practices in this thesis was drawn from the existing methods IDEA and complemented with the intent to find agroecological approaches. The data gathering was conducted through interviews and observations at the farm, as well as receiving complementing documents from the farm. The data from the interviews and observation was then compiled into a document and divided up into categories, corresponding to the indicators chosen for the analysis. Each individual indicator was first examined individually and, on this ground, concluding comments on the overall implementation of sustainable agriculture were drawn. Results show that the farm is implementing sustainable agriculture the ectively, however, areas of improvement were also identied. The following agroecological practices were further discussed as potential solutions to problems identied at the farm: Intercropping and/or Companion Planting, Cover-cropping and Reduced Tillage, and Agroforestry. / De a projekt är en kandidatexamensarbete skriven av två studenter på Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH). Rapporten har som syfte att bedöma implementeringen av hållbart jorbruk på odlingen Rosenhill, i Stockholmsregionen, och ge potentiella agroekologiska lösningar. Bedömningen av odlingen fungerade som en fallstudie för att utforska möjliga sätt att förbättra hållbara tillämpningar inom jordbruk. Metoden som användes i detta arbete för att bedöma tillämpningen av jordbruk hämtades från de existerande metoderna IDEA och RISE och komplementerad med avsikten a hitta agroekologiska angreppssätt. Insamlingen av data gjordes genom intervjuer och observationer, samt dokument från odlingen. Data från intervjuer och observationer sattes samman i ett dokument och delades in i kategorier, motsvarande indikatorer valda för analys. Varje individuell indikator analyserades enskilt först och baserat på detta drogs det avslutande kommentarer på den övergripande implementeringen av hållbart jordbruk. Resultaten visar att odlingen implementerar hållbart jordbruk väl, dock kunde förbättringsområden identifieras. Följande tillämpningar av agroekologi diskuterades som potentiella lösningar till problem som identifierades på odlingen: Samodling av lämpliga grödor, Täckningsgrödor och reducerad jordbearbetning och Skogsjordbruk.