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A pesquisa teve como objetivo contribuir para a sustentabilidade das formas de uso dos solos na Amazônia central, avaliando a influência da cobertura vegetal nos teores de nutrientes na solução do solo, ou seja, nos teores de cátions, ânions e carbono orgânico dissolvido (COD). Tomou-se como referência uma floresta primária, para comparação com áreas degradada, de reflorestamento, e de floresta secundária. O estudo foi realizado nos municípios de Manaus e Presidente Figueiredo, AM. Em cada área foram instalados extratores de tensão, nas profundidades de 10, 20, 50, 100 e 150 cm, para as coletas de solução de solo para análise da fase inorgânica, e nas profundidades 20 e 100 cm, para a fase orgânica. A coleta de solo para análise química foi realizada nas mesmas profundidades utilizadas para as coletas de solução do solo da fase inorgânica. As coletas de solução do solo e a quantificação da água da chuva foram realizadas ao longo de um ano hidrológico, seguindo a sazonalidade do clima regional, durante os anos de 2002 e 2003. Após a coleta, filtragem e preservação, as amostras foram encaminhadas ao laboratório para a determinação das concentrações de cátions e ânions por cromatografia líquida (Equipamento Dionex, modelo DX500). As concentrações de COD foram determinadas por combustão, com detecção do CO2 gerado nesta por infra vermelho não-dispersivo (Equipamento Shimadzu, modelo TOC 5000A). A maioria dos solos foi classificada como latossolos, muito ácidos, intemperizados e com baixa disponibilidade de nutrientes. Dos cátions presentes na solução do solo observou-se a predominância sódica-potássica, com grande influência dos aportes atmosféricos. Em relação aos ânions, a predominância foi de bicarbonato e cloreto, com grande contribuição da atividade biológica nas concentrações de bicarbonato em áreas cobertas por vegetação, e do aporte atmosférico nas concentrações de cloreto nas áreas sem cobertura vegetal. A vegetação apresentou forte influência na dinâmica dos íons, principalmente para nitrogênio, fósforo, potássio e magnésio, que apresentam como principal fontes a reciclagem da matéria orgânica e a transprecipitação. Na área degradada ocorreu predominância de cloreto e sódio, elementos que apresentam como principal fonte de entrada a precipitação. Na floresta secundária e no reflorestamento observou-se sinais de recuperação, com níveis mais elevados de nutrientes do que observado na área degradada, com destaque para aumentos significativos de COD e nitrato. Não somente a vegetação afetou a dinâmica dos íons avaliados, mas também a textura do solo, acidez, profundidade e precipitação. Para o carbono orgânico dissolvido observou-se enriquecimento à 100 cm de profundidade, provavelmente em função dos menores teores de ferro e alumínio em profundidade no solo. Este aumento em profundidade pode estar indicando uma ligação entre os sistemas terrestre e aquático, na qual o primeiro funciona como possível exportador de carbono para o segundo. / The main objective of this study was to contribute for the sustainability of land use in the central Amazon, evaluating the influence of vegetation cover on nutrient concentrations in soil solution that is, on the amounts of cations, anions and dissolved organic carbon (DOC). Using a primary forest as reference, we compared these concentrations with those in a degraded area, in a reforestation and also in a secondary forest. The study was conducted in the counties of Manaus and Presidente Figueiredo. In each site we collected soil solution using tension lysimeters installed at the depths of 10, 20, 50, 100 and 150 cm for the inorganic phase and at 20 and 100 cm for the analysis of the organic phase. The soil itself was also collected at the same depths used for the study of the inorganic phase of soil solution, to determine its structure and chemical composition. Soil solution and precipitation were collected during a hydrological year, following the regional climate seasonality in the years of 2002 and 2003. After sampling, filtering and preserving in the field, soil solution samples were sent to the laboratory for the determination of cation and anion concentrations by liquid chromatography (Dionex, DX500) and DOC concentrations in a total organic carbon analyzer (Shimadzu, TOC5000A). Most of the soils were classified as Oxisols, very acid, highly weathered and with low nutrient availability. Sodium and potassium were the most predominant cations in soil solution, due to the influence of the atmospheric inputs. For anions, bicarbonate and chloride were showed the highest concentrations. At the sites covered with vegetation, biological activity played an important role in bicarbonate concentrations, as opposed to the site without vegetation, in which chloride was predominant, due to atmospheric inputs. There was a good correlation between vegetation cover and the dynamics of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium, all of which have as the main source recycling of organic matter recycling and throughfall. At the degraded area, chloride and sodium predominated, due to their main source, which is the precipitation. At the secondary forest and the reforestation there are indicators of the recovery of pristine conditions, whit higher levels of nutrients than those of the degraded area, specially significant increases in DOC and nitrate concentrations. Not only the vegetation influenced the dynamics of these nutrients in soil solution, but also soil texture, acidity, soil depth and precipitation. DOC, for example, showed significant increases in concentrations at 1m depths, probably due to the lowest iron and aluminum concentrations at these soil depths. This increase of DOC with depth may indicate an important connection between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem, with the acting as an exporter of C to the rivers of the region.

A cama de semeadura é uma das principais condições físicas do solo para crescimento das plantas. A avaliação da qualidade física desse ambiente do solo, onde ocorre a germinação e emergência das culturas, é de fundamental importância para compreender os fatores que afetam o seu desenvolvimento. A presente pesquisa foi realizada, inicialmente, no Brasil, com o objetivo de avaliar a qualidade física da cama de semeadura do solo, pela determinação de propriedades estruturais e físico-hídricas do solo, e parâmetros de emergência das culturas milho e soja em sistema plantio direto de longa duração submetido à escarificação mecânica e biológica do solo. O trabalho foi desenvolvido em área pertencente à Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Paraná. Os tratamentos avaliados foram: sistema plantio direto por 16 anos, sistema plantio direto submetido à escarificação mecânica até 0,25 m de profundidade e sistema plantio direto submetido à escarificação biológica por meio do nabo forrageiro. As amostragens de solos foram realizadas aos seis e 18 meses após a implantação dos tratamentos, correspondentes às semeaduras das culturas do milho (Outubro de 2009) e da soja (Novembro de 2010) nas camadas 0-5 e 5-10 cm de profundidade. Para o experimento desenvolvido nos Estados Unidos, o objetivo foi avaliar a qualidade física da cama de semeadura do solo, pela determinação do intervalo hídrico ótimo, e parâmetros de emergência da cultura do trigo, em dois experimentos de longa duração que envolveu sistemas de cultivo e sistemas de preparo do solo. Esses experimentos foram conduzidos em área da Kansas State University, em Hays, Kansas, EUA. Os sistemas de preparo do solo envolveram a rotação trigo/sorgo/pousio sob o preparo convencional, reduzido e plantio direto implantados há 46 anos. Os sistemas de cultivo consistiram das sucessões trigo/pousio, trigo/sorgo/pousio e trigo/trigo manejadas sob preparo reduzido e plantio direto, implantados há 35 anos. A amostragem do solo foi realizada na cama de semeadura do trigo (Outubro/Novembro de 2011) nas camadas 0-5 e 5-10 cm de profundidade. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de variância e, quando significativos, as médias dos tratamentos foram comparadas pelo teste Tukey. Os resultados do estudo feito no Brasil demonstraram que a escarificação mecânica apresentou um baixo efeito residual sobre as propriedades físicas do solo, indicando ser desnecessária sua aplicação com vistas a melhorar a qualidade física do solo. A cultura do nabo forrageiro, como alternativa de escarificação biológica, pode ser incluída no sistema de rotação de culturas, uma vez que se mostrou eficiente em melhorar algumas propriedades físicas do solo. No estudo realizado nos EUA, no experimento sobre sistemas de preparo, o preparo reduzido resultou em melhor condição física da cama de semeadura do solo. O preparo convencional foi o tratamento que apresentou uma condição física do solo menos favorável ao crescimento inicial das plantas. O sistema de cultivo trigo/trigo sob preparo reduzido apresentou o melhor IHO da cama de semeadura. O procedimento boundary line demonstrou que os parâmetros de emergência das culturas foram dependentes das propriedades físicas da cama de semeadura do solo. / The seedbed is one of the most important soil physical conditions for plant growth. The evaluation of the soil physical quality in such soil environment is essential to understand the factors that affect crop development, as it is where seed germination and plant emergence and establishment take place. The objective of the experiment carried out in Brazil was to evaluate: the physical quality of the soil seedbed by the determination of its structural and physical-hydric properties; and the emergence parameters of the corn and soybean crops under long-term no tillage submitted to mechanical and biological chiseling. This experiment was carried out in Ponta Grossa, Paraná State, Brazil, at the farm-school belonging to Ponta Grossa State University. The treatments were no-tillage for 16 years, no-tillage submitted to mechanical chiseling at 0.25 m soil depth and no-tillage submitted to biological chiseling by a forage radish crop. Soil samples were collected at six and 18 months after the treatments were implemented, corresponding to a maize seedbed (October 2009) and a soybean seedbed (November 2010), for the 0 to 5 and 5 to 10 cm soil depths. For the experiments developed in the United States, the objective was to evaluate: the physical quality of the soil seedbed by the least limiting water range determination; and the wheat emergence parameters from two longterm experiments involving different cropping systems (35 years) and soil tillage systems (46 years). These experiments were conducted in an area belonging to Kansas State University located in Hays, Kansas, USA. The tillage systems experiment consisted of a wheat/sorghum/fallow rotation under conventional, reduced and no tillage. The cropping systems experiment consisted of wheat/fallow, wheat/sorghum/fallow and wheat/wheat rotations cultivated under reduced and no tillage. Soil samples were collected from the wheat seedbed (October/November 2011) at the 0 to 5 and 5 to 10 cm soil depths. The data were submitted to the variance analysis and, when significant, the means were compared by the Tukey test. The results from the experiment performed in Brazil showed that the mechanical chiseling had a lower residual effect on the soil physical properties, indicating that it is unnecessary when the aim is to improve the soil physical quality. The forage radish cultivation, as an alternative of biological chiseling, can be included in the crop rotation system once it was efficient at improving some soil physical properties. For the tillage systems experiment, which was conducted in the United States, the reduced tillage treatment resulted in a better physical condition of the soil seedbed. The conventional tillage was the treatment that presented the least favorable soil physical condition for the initial plant growth. The wheat/wheat cropping system under reduced tillage showed the best least limiting water range of the soil seedbed. The boundary line approach demonstrated that the crop emergence parameters were dependent on the physical properties of the soil seedbed.

O solo é um importante recurso natural e a sua conservação é essencial para uma produção sustentável. A qualidade de um solo, por sua vez, pode ser definida como a capacidade deste em exercer sua função em um ecossistema e pode ser descrita por meio de parâmetros físicos, químicos e biológicos. Os atributos físicos do solo descrevem a organização de sua estrutura, de modo que esta é responsável pela movimentação e disponibilidade da solução do solo para as plantas e depende da dimensão, forma e arranjo de suas partículas sólidas e de seus poros. Portanto, a discussão dos mecanismos de movimento e retenção da água no solo é relevante na inferência da sua qualidade física. A curva de retenção da água no solo é o gráfico da umidade do solo em função do potencial mátrico da água no solo, a qual é uma ferramenta importante na avaliação da qualidade física do solo. No Brasil, os Latossolos são de grande importância, devido a sua extensão e potencial produtivo. Estes solos são muito intemperizados, com elevada estabilidade de agregados e podem ser originados a partir de materiais distintos, o que interfere na resposta física. Portanto, o objetivo geral deste trabalho foi avaliar a qualidade físico-hídrica do solo por meio da análise da curva de retenção da água em três Latossolos, verificando entre dois modelos empíricos de ajuste (BROOKS; COREY, 1964; VAN GENUCHTEN, 1980). Também foram avaliadas a frequência de distribuição do tamanho de poros e a utilização do índice S como indicador da qualidade física do solo. Foram coletadas amostras indeformadas de três áreas para confecção das curvas de retenção de água no solo: (1) Latossolo Vermelho Amarelo Distrófico típico (pousio); (2) Latossolo Vermelho Distrófico típico álico (cana-de-açúcar); (3) Latossolo Vermelho Distrófico típico (cana-de-açúcar). Os resultados mostraram que a curva de retenção de água foi influenciada pela densidade do solo, porosidade, textura e conteúdo de carbono orgânico; o ajuste da curva de retenção de água no solo pelos dois modelos utilizados foi semelhante, porém o modelo de van Genuchten (1980) apresentou-se ligeiramente melhor que o modelo de Brooks e Corey (1964), principalmente nos pontos próximos à saturação; a frequência de distribuição de poros e o índice S foram sensíveis em diferenciar a qualidade estrutural de solos devido à textura e ao manejo. / Soil is an important natural resource and its conservation is essential for sustainable production. The quality of a soil can be defined as its ability to exert its function in an ecosystem and can be described by means of physical, chemical and biological parameters. The soil physical attributes describe the organization of its structure, that is responsible for the moviment and availability of soil solution for plants and it depends on the size, shape and arrangement of its solid particles and pores. Therefore, the discussion of the mechanisms of soil water movement and retention is important in inferring its physical quality. The soil water retention curve is an important tool to evaluate soil quality, is the graph of soil water content as a function of soil water matric potential. In Brazil, the Oxisols are of great importance due to their extent and productive potential. These soils are highly weathered, with high aggregate stability and can originate from different materials, which interfer on the physical response. Therefore, the aim of this work was to evaluate the physical-hydric quality of the soil by means of the soil water retention curve of three Oxisols, by using two empirical adjustment models (BROOKS; COREY, 1964; VAN GENUCHTEN, 1980). Pore-size distribution frequency and the use of the S index as an indicator of physical soil quality were also evaluated. Undisturbed soil samples were collected from three areas to obtain the soil water retention curves: (1) Typic Hapludox (fallow land), (2) Rhodic Hapludox (sugarcane), (3) Rhodic Hapludox (sugarcane). The results showed that the soil water retention curve was influenced by the soil bulk density, soil porosity, soil texture and soil organic carbon content. The fitness of the soil water retention curve by the two models was similar, however the van Genuchten\'s model (1980) was slightly better than the model of Brooks and Corey (1964), especially in the points near saturation; the pore-size distribution frequency and the S index were sensitive in differentiating the structural quality of soil due to the texture and management.

O solo é um importante recurso natural e a sua conservação é essencial para uma produção sustentável. A qualidade de um solo, por sua vez, pode ser definida como a capacidade deste em exercer sua função em um ecossistema e pode ser descrita por meio de parâmetros físicos, químicos e biológicos. Os atributos físicos do solo descrevem a organização de sua estrutura, de modo que esta é responsável pela movimentação e disponibilidade da solução do solo para as plantas e depende da dimensão, forma e arranjo de suas partículas sólidas e de seus poros. Portanto, a discussão dos mecanismos de movimento e retenção da água no solo é relevante na inferência da sua qualidade física. A curva de retenção da água no solo é o gráfico da umidade do solo em função do potencial mátrico da água no solo, a qual é uma ferramenta importante na avaliação da qualidade física do solo. No Brasil, os Latossolos são de grande importância, devido a sua extensão e potencial produtivo. Estes solos são muito intemperizados, com elevada estabilidade de agregados e podem ser originados a partir de materiais distintos, o que interfere na resposta física. Portanto, o objetivo geral deste trabalho foi avaliar a qualidade físico-hídrica do solo por meio da análise da curva de retenção da água em três Latossolos, verificando entre dois modelos empíricos de ajuste (BROOKS; COREY, 1964; VAN GENUCHTEN, 1980). Também foram avaliadas a frequência de distribuição do tamanho de poros e a utilização do índice S como indicador da qualidade física do solo. Foram coletadas amostras indeformadas de três áreas para confecção das curvas de retenção de água no solo: (1) Latossolo Vermelho Amarelo Distrófico típico (pousio); (2) Latossolo Vermelho Distrófico típico álico (cana-de-açúcar); (3) Latossolo Vermelho Distrófico típico (cana-de-açúcar). Os resultados mostraram que a curva de retenção de água foi influenciada pela densidade do solo, porosidade, textura e conteúdo de carbono orgânico; o ajuste da curva de retenção de água no solo pelos dois modelos utilizados foi semelhante, porém o modelo de van Genuchten (1980) apresentou-se ligeiramente melhor que o modelo de Brooks e Corey (1964), principalmente nos pontos próximos à saturação; a frequência de distribuição de poros e o índice S foram sensíveis em diferenciar a qualidade estrutural de solos devido à textura e ao manejo. / Soil is an important natural resource and its conservation is essential for sustainable production. The quality of a soil can be defined as its ability to exert its function in an ecosystem and can be described by means of physical, chemical and biological parameters. The soil physical attributes describe the organization of its structure, that is responsible for the moviment and availability of soil solution for plants and it depends on the size, shape and arrangement of its solid particles and pores. Therefore, the discussion of the mechanisms of soil water movement and retention is important in inferring its physical quality. The soil water retention curve is an important tool to evaluate soil quality, is the graph of soil water content as a function of soil water matric potential. In Brazil, the Oxisols are of great importance due to their extent and productive potential. These soils are highly weathered, with high aggregate stability and can originate from different materials, which interfer on the physical response. Therefore, the aim of this work was to evaluate the physical-hydric quality of the soil by means of the soil water retention curve of three Oxisols, by using two empirical adjustment models (BROOKS; COREY, 1964; VAN GENUCHTEN, 1980). Pore-size distribution frequency and the use of the S index as an indicator of physical soil quality were also evaluated. Undisturbed soil samples were collected from three areas to obtain the soil water retention curves: (1) Typic Hapludox (fallow land), (2) Rhodic Hapludox (sugarcane), (3) Rhodic Hapludox (sugarcane). The results showed that the soil water retention curve was influenced by the soil bulk density, soil porosity, soil texture and soil organic carbon content. The fitness of the soil water retention curve by the two models was similar, however the van Genuchten\'s model (1980) was slightly better than the model of Brooks and Corey (1964), especially in the points near saturation; the pore-size distribution frequency and the S index were sensitive in differentiating the structural quality of soil due to the texture and management.

A pesquisa teve como objetivo contribuir para a sustentabilidade das formas de uso dos solos na Amazônia central, avaliando a influência da cobertura vegetal nos teores de nutrientes na solução do solo, ou seja, nos teores de cátions, ânions e carbono orgânico dissolvido (COD). Tomou-se como referência uma floresta primária, para comparação com áreas degradada, de reflorestamento, e de floresta secundária. O estudo foi realizado nos municípios de Manaus e Presidente Figueiredo, AM. Em cada área foram instalados extratores de tensão, nas profundidades de 10, 20, 50, 100 e 150 cm, para as coletas de solução de solo para análise da fase inorgânica, e nas profundidades 20 e 100 cm, para a fase orgânica. A coleta de solo para análise química foi realizada nas mesmas profundidades utilizadas para as coletas de solução do solo da fase inorgânica. As coletas de solução do solo e a quantificação da água da chuva foram realizadas ao longo de um ano hidrológico, seguindo a sazonalidade do clima regional, durante os anos de 2002 e 2003. Após a coleta, filtragem e preservação, as amostras foram encaminhadas ao laboratório para a determinação das concentrações de cátions e ânions por cromatografia líquida (Equipamento Dionex, modelo DX500). As concentrações de COD foram determinadas por combustão, com detecção do CO2 gerado nesta por infra vermelho não-dispersivo (Equipamento Shimadzu, modelo TOC 5000A). A maioria dos solos foi classificada como latossolos, muito ácidos, intemperizados e com baixa disponibilidade de nutrientes. Dos cátions presentes na solução do solo observou-se a predominância sódica-potássica, com grande influência dos aportes atmosféricos. Em relação aos ânions, a predominância foi de bicarbonato e cloreto, com grande contribuição da atividade biológica nas concentrações de bicarbonato em áreas cobertas por vegetação, e do aporte atmosférico nas concentrações de cloreto nas áreas sem cobertura vegetal. A vegetação apresentou forte influência na dinâmica dos íons, principalmente para nitrogênio, fósforo, potássio e magnésio, que apresentam como principal fontes a reciclagem da matéria orgânica e a transprecipitação. Na área degradada ocorreu predominância de cloreto e sódio, elementos que apresentam como principal fonte de entrada a precipitação. Na floresta secundária e no reflorestamento observou-se sinais de recuperação, com níveis mais elevados de nutrientes do que observado na área degradada, com destaque para aumentos significativos de COD e nitrato. Não somente a vegetação afetou a dinâmica dos íons avaliados, mas também a textura do solo, acidez, profundidade e precipitação. Para o carbono orgânico dissolvido observou-se enriquecimento à 100 cm de profundidade, provavelmente em função dos menores teores de ferro e alumínio em profundidade no solo. Este aumento em profundidade pode estar indicando uma ligação entre os sistemas terrestre e aquático, na qual o primeiro funciona como possível exportador de carbono para o segundo. / The main objective of this study was to contribute for the sustainability of land use in the central Amazon, evaluating the influence of vegetation cover on nutrient concentrations in soil solution that is, on the amounts of cations, anions and dissolved organic carbon (DOC). Using a primary forest as reference, we compared these concentrations with those in a degraded area, in a reforestation and also in a secondary forest. The study was conducted in the counties of Manaus and Presidente Figueiredo. In each site we collected soil solution using tension lysimeters installed at the depths of 10, 20, 50, 100 and 150 cm for the inorganic phase and at 20 and 100 cm for the analysis of the organic phase. The soil itself was also collected at the same depths used for the study of the inorganic phase of soil solution, to determine its structure and chemical composition. Soil solution and precipitation were collected during a hydrological year, following the regional climate seasonality in the years of 2002 and 2003. After sampling, filtering and preserving in the field, soil solution samples were sent to the laboratory for the determination of cation and anion concentrations by liquid chromatography (Dionex, DX500) and DOC concentrations in a total organic carbon analyzer (Shimadzu, TOC5000A). Most of the soils were classified as Oxisols, very acid, highly weathered and with low nutrient availability. Sodium and potassium were the most predominant cations in soil solution, due to the influence of the atmospheric inputs. For anions, bicarbonate and chloride were showed the highest concentrations. At the sites covered with vegetation, biological activity played an important role in bicarbonate concentrations, as opposed to the site without vegetation, in which chloride was predominant, due to atmospheric inputs. There was a good correlation between vegetation cover and the dynamics of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium, all of which have as the main source recycling of organic matter recycling and throughfall. At the degraded area, chloride and sodium predominated, due to their main source, which is the precipitation. At the secondary forest and the reforestation there are indicators of the recovery of pristine conditions, whit higher levels of nutrients than those of the degraded area, specially significant increases in DOC and nitrate concentrations. Not only the vegetation influenced the dynamics of these nutrients in soil solution, but also soil texture, acidity, soil depth and precipitation. DOC, for example, showed significant increases in concentrations at 1m depths, probably due to the lowest iron and aluminum concentrations at these soil depths. This increase of DOC with depth may indicate an important connection between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem, with the acting as an exporter of C to the rivers of the region.

A cama de semeadura é uma das principais condições físicas do solo para crescimento das plantas. A avaliação da qualidade física desse ambiente do solo, onde ocorre a germinação e emergência das culturas, é de fundamental importância para compreender os fatores que afetam o seu desenvolvimento. A presente pesquisa foi realizada, inicialmente, no Brasil, com o objetivo de avaliar a qualidade física da cama de semeadura do solo, pela determinação de propriedades estruturais e físico-hídricas do solo, e parâmetros de emergência das culturas milho e soja em sistema plantio direto de longa duração submetido à escarificação mecânica e biológica do solo. O trabalho foi desenvolvido em área pertencente à Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Paraná. Os tratamentos avaliados foram: sistema plantio direto por 16 anos, sistema plantio direto submetido à escarificação mecânica até 0,25 m de profundidade e sistema plantio direto submetido à escarificação biológica por meio do nabo forrageiro. As amostragens de solos foram realizadas aos seis e 18 meses após a implantação dos tratamentos, correspondentes às semeaduras das culturas do milho (Outubro de 2009) e da soja (Novembro de 2010) nas camadas 0-5 e 5-10 cm de profundidade. Para o experimento desenvolvido nos Estados Unidos, o objetivo foi avaliar a qualidade física da cama de semeadura do solo, pela determinação do intervalo hídrico ótimo, e parâmetros de emergência da cultura do trigo, em dois experimentos de longa duração que envolveu sistemas de cultivo e sistemas de preparo do solo. Esses experimentos foram conduzidos em área da Kansas State University, em Hays, Kansas, EUA. Os sistemas de preparo do solo envolveram a rotação trigo/sorgo/pousio sob o preparo convencional, reduzido e plantio direto implantados há 46 anos. Os sistemas de cultivo consistiram das sucessões trigo/pousio, trigo/sorgo/pousio e trigo/trigo manejadas sob preparo reduzido e plantio direto, implantados há 35 anos. A amostragem do solo foi realizada na cama de semeadura do trigo (Outubro/Novembro de 2011) nas camadas 0-5 e 5-10 cm de profundidade. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de variância e, quando significativos, as médias dos tratamentos foram comparadas pelo teste Tukey. Os resultados do estudo feito no Brasil demonstraram que a escarificação mecânica apresentou um baixo efeito residual sobre as propriedades físicas do solo, indicando ser desnecessária sua aplicação com vistas a melhorar a qualidade física do solo. A cultura do nabo forrageiro, como alternativa de escarificação biológica, pode ser incluída no sistema de rotação de culturas, uma vez que se mostrou eficiente em melhorar algumas propriedades físicas do solo. No estudo realizado nos EUA, no experimento sobre sistemas de preparo, o preparo reduzido resultou em melhor condição física da cama de semeadura do solo. O preparo convencional foi o tratamento que apresentou uma condição física do solo menos favorável ao crescimento inicial das plantas. O sistema de cultivo trigo/trigo sob preparo reduzido apresentou o melhor IHO da cama de semeadura. O procedimento boundary line demonstrou que os parâmetros de emergência das culturas foram dependentes das propriedades físicas da cama de semeadura do solo. / The seedbed is one of the most important soil physical conditions for plant growth. The evaluation of the soil physical quality in such soil environment is essential to understand the factors that affect crop development, as it is where seed germination and plant emergence and establishment take place. The objective of the experiment carried out in Brazil was to evaluate: the physical quality of the soil seedbed by the determination of its structural and physical-hydric properties; and the emergence parameters of the corn and soybean crops under long-term no tillage submitted to mechanical and biological chiseling. This experiment was carried out in Ponta Grossa, Paraná State, Brazil, at the farm-school belonging to Ponta Grossa State University. The treatments were no-tillage for 16 years, no-tillage submitted to mechanical chiseling at 0.25 m soil depth and no-tillage submitted to biological chiseling by a forage radish crop. Soil samples were collected at six and 18 months after the treatments were implemented, corresponding to a maize seedbed (October 2009) and a soybean seedbed (November 2010), for the 0 to 5 and 5 to 10 cm soil depths. For the experiments developed in the United States, the objective was to evaluate: the physical quality of the soil seedbed by the least limiting water range determination; and the wheat emergence parameters from two longterm experiments involving different cropping systems (35 years) and soil tillage systems (46 years). These experiments were conducted in an area belonging to Kansas State University located in Hays, Kansas, USA. The tillage systems experiment consisted of a wheat/sorghum/fallow rotation under conventional, reduced and no tillage. The cropping systems experiment consisted of wheat/fallow, wheat/sorghum/fallow and wheat/wheat rotations cultivated under reduced and no tillage. Soil samples were collected from the wheat seedbed (October/November 2011) at the 0 to 5 and 5 to 10 cm soil depths. The data were submitted to the variance analysis and, when significant, the means were compared by the Tukey test. The results from the experiment performed in Brazil showed that the mechanical chiseling had a lower residual effect on the soil physical properties, indicating that it is unnecessary when the aim is to improve the soil physical quality. The forage radish cultivation, as an alternative of biological chiseling, can be included in the crop rotation system once it was efficient at improving some soil physical properties. For the tillage systems experiment, which was conducted in the United States, the reduced tillage treatment resulted in a better physical condition of the soil seedbed. The conventional tillage was the treatment that presented the least favorable soil physical condition for the initial plant growth. The wheat/wheat cropping system under reduced tillage showed the best least limiting water range of the soil seedbed. The boundary line approach demonstrated that the crop emergence parameters were dependent on the physical properties of the soil seedbed.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-26T12:59:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FabioRegisdeSouza.pdf: 366648 bytes, checksum: e3369b4592d98936387b7c897e095540 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Adoption of soil manure systems with or without conditioners can improve or reduce its physical quality, changing the answers of crops to the same ones. Thus, this paper aimed to evaluate the agronomic performance of soybean crop and the soil physical attributes. The paper was conducted in an area granted under a lending to Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, located at coordinates 22º 12 42,74 S e 54º 56 17,26 W, and 452 m high. The climate is Cwa, according to Koppen s rating. The soil on the experiment place is classified as Dystrophic Red Latosoil, originally under cerrado vegetation. For the soil physical attributes the experimental design was in randomized blocks with arrangement of subdivided plots, where the treatments were two manure systems (tillage system and conventional sowing, on the plots) and dosages of 0 and 2000 kg ha-1 of gypsum (subplots) and five depths (0-0,05, 0,05-0,10, 0,10-0,15, 0,15-0,20 and 0,20-0,30 m, being the subplots with four replications, it was decided to consider the studied depths as subplots independent on the randomization. For the agronomic features, the used experimental design was of randomized blocks, with four replications in experimental design of subdivided plots, being that the plots had the manure systems and as subplot the presence and absence of the gypsum residual effect with four replications. The obtained results show that the tillage system with gypsum residual effect increased the plants final height. The results show that the soil density was bigger under the tillage system and the gypsum residual effect influenced on the soil density at 0,10-0,15 m deep. The manures and gypsum residual effect made the porosity bigger at 0-0,05 m deep. The macroporosity was bigger at 0-0,05 m deep under conventional sowing and the microporosity was increased with the depth under the manure systems. The penetration resistance was increased in greater depths. The tillage system, with or without gypsum residual effect, provided the aggregates bigger geometric diameters. The aggregates morphological features varied in depth, both in tillage system and conventional sowing, and in presence or absence of gypsum residual effect. / Adoção de sistemas de manejo do solo com ou sem condicionadores podem promover ou reduzir sua qualidade física, alterando as resposta das culturas aos mesmos. Assim, este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar as desempenho agronômico da cultura da soja e os atributos físicos do solo. O trabalho foi conduzido em uma área cedida em regime de comodato à Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, localizada nas coordenadas 22º 12 42,74 S e 54º 56 17,26 W, com altitude de 452 metros. O clima é do tipo Cwa, segundo a classificação de Köppen. O solo do local do experimento é classificado como Latossolo Vermelho Distroférrico, originalmente sob vegetação de cerrado. Para os atributos físicos do solo o delineamento experimental foi em blocos casualizados com arranjo de parcelas subsubdivididas, onde os tratamentos foram dois sistemas manejo (plantio direto e convencional, nas parcelas) e doses de 0 e 2000kg ha-1 de gesso (subparcelas) e cinco profundidades (0-0,05, 0,05-0,10, 0,10-0,15, 0,15-0,20 e 0,20-0,30 metros , sendo as subsubparcelas) com quatro repetições, optou-se por considerar as profundidades estudadas como subsubparcelas independente da casualização. Para as características agronômicas o delineamento experimental utilizado foi em blocos casualizados, com quatro repetições em esquema experimental de parcelas subdividida, sendo que as parcelas tiveram os sistemas de manejo e como subparcela à presença e ausência do efeito residual de gesso com quatro repetições. Os resultados obtidos demonstram que o plantio direto com efeito residual de gesso aumentou a altura final das plantas. Os resultados mostram que a densidade do solo foi maior no plantio direto e o efeito residual de gesso influenciou na densidade do solo na profundidade de 0,10-0,15 m. Os manejos e efeito residual de gesso promoveram maior porosidade na profundidade de 0-0,05 m. A macroporosidade foi maior na profundidade de 0-0,05 m no plantio convencional e a microporosidade aumentou com a profundidade nos sistemas de manejo. A resistência à penetração aumentou em maiores profundidades. O plantio direto com ou sem efeito residual de gesso proporcionou maiores diâmetros geométricos de agregados. As características morfológicas dos agregados variaram em profundidade, tanto em plantio direto, plantio convencional e na presença ou ausência de efeito residual de gesso.

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Most soil particles loses cohesion and split up the soil mass into individual soil grains when they come in contact with water and get saturated. In dispersive soils the particles detach more spontaneously from each other and go into suspension even in quiet water. Thus the phenomenon of dispersion is common to most soils, the degree varying from soil to soil. Dispersive soils are abundantly found in various parts of the world such as Thailand, United States, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa and Vietnam. Several geotechnical failures such as piping due to internal erosion, erosion and gullying in relatively flat areas, collapse of sidewalls and topsoil removal have been reported worldwide due to the construction in dispersive soil. Failures as reported could be prevented if such soils are identified before-hand or if the quantification of dispersivity in the soil is done accurately. There are several methods of measuring dispersivity in soils which include several physical tests, chemical tests and some common laboratory tests. It is reported in literature that no method could be completely relied upon to identify dispersive soils with absolute confidence. In addition, when these methods were studied in detail, several flaws surfaced needing a better estimation of dispersivity. In order to develop a new method of estimation of dispersivity, the mechanism of dispersion in soils was studied in depth, which revealed that the existing concepts regarding dispersivity are incomplete in many aspects. An exhaustive philosophy of dispersion which addresses every detail is non-existing. To solve these problems, the concept of dispersivity was investigated in detail. It was found out that the observed dispersivity is a result of repulsion in the soil overcoming the attractive force. Thus a list of factors that could possibly affect the repulsion and attraction (and hence the dispersivity) in soils were found out. Even though literature focuses on exchangeable sodium as the principal reason for dispersivity, from fundamental theoretical considerations several other factors such as Cation exchange capacity (CEC), pH, structure of the soil, electrolyte concentration in the pore fluid, presence of organic matter, clay minerals involved in the soil and dissolved salts in the soil could possibly have an influence on dispersivity. Several studies have reported soils of high dispersivity to possess a high pH, high CEC, high amounts of sodium. The influence of these factors on dispersivity of other soils (or generally in any soil) is not well explored. Research on understanding their mechanism of action led to the conclusion that these parameters could be generalized for any soil. Through the analysis of these parameters, it was found that the fundamental parameter governing the dispersivity of soils is the number of charges on clay particles and that the repulsion in the soils is mainly contributed by the electrostatic repulsion. The attractive force in a soil/clay mass is primarily contributed by the van der Waal’s attraction and dispersion occurs when the electrostatic repulsion (resulting due to permanent and pH dependent charges) dominates over the van der Waal’s attraction. A practical estimation of charge with least effort could be possibly carried out through the measurement of zeta potential of soils. In order to verify whether the effect of all the factors is completely and sufficiently reflected in the zeta potential values, experiments were conducted on various soils. Three soils namely Suddha soil (a locally available dispersive soil), Black cotton soil and Red soil were selected for the study. These soils were chosen as the soil samples as they could display wide ranges of dispersivity values. In order to perform dispersivity tests, soil fraction finer than 75µ (75 micron meter sieve size) was fixed as the sample size as dispersivity pertaining to the finer fractions play a greater role than that of the coarser particles. All the three soil samples were treated with sodium hydroxide and urea solutions to alter the dispersivity so that the influence of all parameters could be studied. The dispersivity of the treated and untreated soils was found out through the various conventional tests and it was found that there exists a good correlation between the dispersivity and the zeta potential of soils. It was also observed that the increase in the dispersivity is higher when treated with salts of monovalent cations. Increase in the organic content also increased zeta potential, but not as significantly. One of the popularized theories on colloidal dispersions is the classical DLVO theory which has formulated the total interaction energy of colloidal particles by estimating the electrostatic repulsion and van der Waal’s attraction energy between two particles. The total interaction energy is then expressed as the difference between them. A similar approach as taken by the DLVO is adopted in this study. The total attractive energy existing in a soil mass is mathematically derived from the expression for van der Waal’s energy between two particles and the total repulsive energy from the zeta potential values. Two different approaches namely an infinitesimal particle approach and a finite particle approach is taken for finding the energy in a soil mass. In the infinitesimal particle approach, a clay particle is assumed to be infinitely small such that any soil particle of a finite radius could be conceived to be formed by a combination of infinite number of these infinitesimal particles. With this setting, the total energy in a soil mass is computed without really bothering about what exact particles constitute the mass. The increase in energy due to the increase in radius is then integrated to obtain the final expression. The dispersivity of the soil is then estimated under defined physical conditions of the soil. In the finite particle approach, each particle is considered to be of finite radius and to estimate the total energy, the total number of particle ombinations is then taken and the total energy is expressed as a sum of all the possible combinations. The dispersivity of a soil in both approaches is expressed as a release of energy when the repulsion rules over the attraction. In order to validate the derived propositions and expressions, experiments were conducted again on soils. The soils were treated with hydroxide salt of monovalent cations such as lithium, sodium and potassium. The dispersivity of the various treated and untreated soils was measured with the conventional methods and with the derived expressions of dispersivity through zeta potential. The similarity in the trend of the dispersivity values confirmed the validity of the derived expression. It was also concluded that the infinitesimal particle approach could be adopted when information about the physical properties are available and when they are not, the finite approach could be used. An accurate determination of zeta potential is critical for representation of dispersivity with zeta potential. Thus the procedure for measurement of zeta potential was standardized. The standardization was primarily focused on establishing the ideal conditions for zeta potential measurement. The role of Brownian motion, in electrophoretic mobility measurements were studied by employing the usage of zeta deviations. Untreated, potassium hydroxide treated, sodium hydroxide treated and lithium hydroxide treated samples of Suddha soil, Black Cotton soil and Red soil (finer than 75µ) were used for the study. Zeta potential measurements on unfiltered soil water suspensions, suspensions passing 2.5µ and suspensions passing 0.45µ were conducted along with recording their zeta deviations. It was observed that soil suspensions finer than 0.45µ show acceptable values of zeta deviations and thus could be used as a standard procedure for estimating zeta potentials. It was also concluded that the presence of Brownian motion makes the assessment of zeta potential through electrophoretic measurements easier and accurate. In an alternate perspective it as deduced that the amount of total monovalent ion concentration in the soil (dissolved and adsorbed) could adequately serves as an ideal parameter that could be used to quantify dispersion in soils. In order to verify the speculation, the variation of repulsive pressure with monovalent cation concentration was studied for the above mentioned treated and untreated soils. Within the monovalent cations, the role of ionic size in repulsion along with physical factors was also studied with the help of Atterberg limits, compaction characteristics, and dispersivity measurements. It could be concluded that even though there are several chemical factors such as CEC, pH, electrolyte concentration, type of clay minerals, dissolved salts etc. and physical factors such as plasticity, water holding capacity, density and structure which influence dispersion in soils, these factors affect either directly forces between the particles or the surface charge of clays which again affect the forces. The two phenomena can be combined through the hydration behaviour of the adsorbed cations on the clay surface in view of dispersivity. It is that force due to hydration which acts as the principal reason to separate the clay particles apart. As the radius of the inner hydration shell is higher for monovalent cations than those of higher valency ions, more force would be offered by the monovalent ions. Higher the charge and higher is the number of monovalent cations, higher will be the repulsion and thus the dispersivity. The repulsive force offered by the monovalent cations in soil was calculated through osmotic pressure differences and the dispersivity was expressed as the release of energy as earlier. In order to validate the proposal, the dispersivity of the samples as measured with the conventional methods was compared and studied with the derived expression. The similarity in the trend of the dispersity values confirmed the validity of the derived expressions. Thus, it can be seen that there are primarily two different methods of quantifying dispersivity of soils. When one method estimates dispersivity by calculating the electrostatic repulsion through zeta potential, the other method gives a dispersivity value based on the repulsive pressure offered by the monovalent cations in the soil. Two methods could be regarded as two different measurements of the electrical double layer. Any method could be used based on the property that could be easily quantified. The applicability of the new approaches – calculation of monovalent cations and zeta potential- for estimating the dispersivity in soils through a complete development of philosophy of dispersion and is presented, in this thesis, in nine chapters as follows: In Chapter 1 the background of the study and review of literature connected with the present study is presented. The mechanism of dispersion and the geotechnical problems associated with dispersion is elaborately presented in this section. As the dispersive soils cannot be identified through conventional tests, a description about the various tests designed to identify dispersive soils is presented. Earlier works relevant to the topic and the shortcomings of those studies are discussed. Finally, the objectives of the current research along with the scope of the work are explained in the concluding part of this chapter. Various factors that could have influence on the dispersivity of soils and their mechanism of action are presented in Chapter 2. The relationship of the factors with zeta potential is discussed. Theories dealing with dispersivity, conventional methods of measurement, role of geotechnical characteristics in assessing dispersivity are being presented. Chapter 3 deals with the various materials and methods used for the study. A locally available dispersive soil called Suddha soil along with Black Cotton soil and Red soil were chosen as the soils for the study of dispersion. The basic material properties and testing programs adopted for the study are presented in this chapter. The codal procedures followed to determine the physical, chemical, index and engineering properties are described in detail. The experimental investigations carried to bring out the role of zeta potential in dispersivity of soils are described in Chapter 4. Detailed analysis of the results showed estimation of zeta potential is possible and can sufficient quantify dispersivity of soils. The formulation of the equation for estimating dispersivity from zeta potential is described in Chapter 5. The estimation dispersivity based on attraction and repulsion energies in a soil mass is presented here. The adoption of the approach and methodologies used based on classical DLVO theory for the current work is explained in detail. The values of dispersivity obtained from the derived equation are compared with those obtained from the conventional tests. The validity of the expression is confirmed with the results of the experiments. Chapter 6 deals with the standardization of the measurement procedure of zeta potential. Role of Brownian motion in the accurate measurement of electrophoretic mobilities are brought out here. Chapter 7 brings out an alternate perspective of quantifying dispersivity through monovalent cations. The role of monovalent cations and the mechanism in which they contribute to the repulsive pressures (hence the dispersivity) are discussed. Experimental research design adopted has brought that the effect of monovalent and ionic size on repulsive pressures leading to dispersivity is described. The results of the experiments added with the inferences drawn are explained at the end. The estimation of repulsive pressures for measuring dispersivity from monovalent cations is discussed in Chapter 8. The dispersivity of a soil mass is derived from monovalent ion concentration and experiments were carried out for verification purposes. The experimental investigation procedure adopted followed by the results are presented in this chapter. It was observed that a good co-relation exists with the dispersivity obtained from the monovalent ion concentration and that obtained from conventional methods. Chapter 9 compares the dispersivity obtained through the various methods proposed in this thesis. The comparison is made in light of the classical electrical double layer theory. The major conclusions of the study are brought out at the end of this chapter.