<p>There are many dolomitic outcrops at Rondean sector (into the biogeographical Betic Province). Most of them, involve floral richness and vegetal endemic species due to its calcareous origin. These diverse organisms build peculiar plant communities. They can survive in extreme conditions as drought and high levels of Mg2+ cation. Many studies pronounce that these communities are unique, so they have to be conserved, and some of these plant communities are in the Habitats Directive 92/43 EC. </p><p>38% of the dolomitic outcrops can be affected by mining processes. Those particularly affected are dolomitic outcrops located in the mountains range of “Sierra Blanca” and “Sierra de Mijas”. Nowadays, there are 21 quarries in these mountains and they occupy more than 409 Ha. We have studied 11 dolomite quarries and surroundings on “Sierra de Mijas”. There is one vegetation serie on these areas (Rhamno oleoidis-Querco rotundifoliae sigmetum. Dolomitic section), knowing the plant communities we could draw with a Geographical Information System (GIS) the polygons where they are. And using the modified Botanic Value Index equation (Nieto et al., 1999) we could calculate the botanical value of these polygons. After that, we could establish a classification of the study area from the point of view of conservation interest, and we could set up new restoration criteria on these lands. </p><p>We have found that approximately the 53 % of the studied area has a high botanic value. There are many endemic taxa in the studied area and 4 species exclusive of the “Sierra de Mijas” mountain range. 90 % of the present communities are included in the Habitats Directive 92/43 CE, and three of the communities are exclusive of the studied area. This is the reason why these quarries have to be restored with a sustainable criteria.</p><p>Current restoration plans try to reforest with the climax vegetation (Quercus rotundifolia) or different species of pines (used in several previous reforestations). However, to restore a quarry these plans should include, in addition, other factors such as soil depth, structure of vegetal communities, botanic value, etc. And the Reforest Models of Valle (2004) propose sustainable restoration that could be usefull in the dolomite quarries of “Sierra de Mijas” mountain range.</p>

There are many dolomitic outcrops at Rondean sector (into the biogeographical Betic Province). Most of them, involve floral richness and vegetal endemic species due to its calcareous origin. These diverse organisms build peculiar plant communities. They can survive in extreme conditions as drought and high levels of Mg2+ cation. Many studies pronounce that these communities are unique, so they have to be conserved, and some of these plant communities are in the Habitats Directive 92/43 EC. 38% of the dolomitic outcrops can be affected by mining processes. Those particularly affected are dolomitic outcrops located in the mountains range of “Sierra Blanca” and “Sierra de Mijas”. Nowadays, there are 21 quarries in these mountains and they occupy more than 409 Ha. We have studied 11 dolomite quarries and surroundings on “Sierra de Mijas”. There is one vegetation serie on these areas (Rhamno oleoidis-Querco rotundifoliae sigmetum. Dolomitic section), knowing the plant communities we could draw with a Geographical Information System (GIS) the polygons where they are. And using the modified Botanic Value Index equation (Nieto et al., 1999) we could calculate the botanical value of these polygons. After that, we could establish a classification of the study area from the point of view of conservation interest, and we could set up new restoration criteria on these lands. We have found that approximately the 53 % of the studied area has a high botanic value. There are many endemic taxa in the studied area and 4 species exclusive of the “Sierra de Mijas” mountain range. 90 % of the present communities are included in the Habitats Directive 92/43 CE, and three of the communities are exclusive of the studied area. This is the reason why these quarries have to be restored with a sustainable criteria. Current restoration plans try to reforest with the climax vegetation (Quercus rotundifolia) or different species of pines (used in several previous reforestations). However, to restore a quarry these plans should include, in addition, other factors such as soil depth, structure of vegetal communities, botanic value, etc. And the Reforest Models of Valle (2004) propose sustainable restoration that could be usefull in the dolomite quarries of “Sierra de Mijas” mountain range.

The impact of liming (10 t ha-1 of calcitic and dolomitic limestone, separately) on the soil solution and soil matrix was investigated in an acidic metal-contaminated soil from Sudbury, ON. A soil mesocosm experiment was performed; columns were leached with simulated rainwater and the soil solution collected at various locations throughout the soil column. The dissolution rate of calcitic limestone used for this experiment was found to be approximately double that of the dolomitic limestone investigated. Calcium and Mg released during limestone dissolution migrated through the soil profile to the Bf-BC interface. The addition of limestone increased the pH and decreases the bioavailability of Ni, Cu, Co, Cd, As, Ba, Mn, and Zn the LFH horizon. Amending acid, contaminated soils with calcitic or dolomitic limestone has profound effects on soil solution chemistry.

The vast majority of work on question formation examines interrogatives from the perspective of just one single component of grammar, usually the syntax or the prosody. The present dissertation offers a comprehensive account of question formation addressing both the syntax and the prosody of interrogatives and the interaction between these two components of grammar in signalling the question meaning of an utterance. The present work examines question formation on the basis of four genealogically related and geographically closely located Romance varieties spoken in northern Italy: Gherdëina, Badiot, Fascian and Nònes. Given that these varieties differ only with respect to certain microparametric values whereas others remain constant, they constitute an ideal research area to study the interaction between the syntax and the prosody in question formation. The syntactic and prosodic analyses proposed are based on new empirical data. The syntactic analysis is couched within the cartographic approach and the prosodic analysis is based on Autosegmental-Metrical Phonology. This dissertation is motivated by five main research goals: <ol type=i><li>to provide a detailed description of the syntactic variation found in interrogatives in the four varieties Gherdëina, Badiot, Fascian and Nònes based on data collected by the author;</li> <li>to propose a unified syntactic analysis of the interrogatives;</li> <li>to offer a prosodic analysis of statements and questions providing new data from varieties not studied up to now in the literature;</li> <li>to establish the relation between the syntax and the prosody in question formation;</li> <li>to determine how the syntax and the prosody interact in providing clues to interrogative force for the listener as well as the speaker.</li></ol> The main conclusions are as follows: The syntactic structure and the intonational tune are autonomous in question formation. Three aspects matter for interrogative clause typing: (i) syntactic marking, (ii) prosodic marking and (iii) tune-text-alignment.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:24:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2005-09-05Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:52:22Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 manetti_fa_me_botfca.pdf: 473618 bytes, checksum: e05c02e7c8f686cc2f1ffa75ea5e1616 (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) / Com a finalidade de avaliar os efeitos do momento da aplicação isolados e conjuntos do calcário e do gesso no crescimento vegetativo de plantas de milho. O experimento foi instalado em casa de vegetação e conduzido na área experimental do Departamento de Recursos Naturais - Ciência do Solo, localizado na Fazenda Experimental Lageado, da Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - FCA da Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Campus de Botucatu, em um Latossolo Vermelho Distrófico, textura média, Unidade Patrulha. Os tratamentos foram:- T1- sem calcário calcítico e sem gesso (testemunha); T2 - com calcário calcítico e sem gesso; T3 - sem calcário calcítico e com gesso; T4 - calcário calcítico aplicado 30 dias antes da aplicação do gesso; T5 - calcário calcítico aplicado 15 dias antes da aplicação do gesso; T6 - calcário calcítico aplicado junto ao momento de aplicação do gesso (mistura); T7 - calcário calcítico aplicado 15 dias após a aplicação do gesso; T8 - calcário calcítico aplicado 30 dias após a aplicação do gesso; T9 - calcário calcítico e gesso (mistura) aplicado na superfície 30 dias antes da semeadura (das); T1- sem calcário dolomítico e sem gesso (testemunha); T2 - com calcário dolomítico e sem gesso; T3 - sem calcário dolomítico e com gesso; T4 - calcário dolomítico aplicado 30 dias antes da aplicação do gesso; T5 - calcário dolomítico aplicado 15 dias antes da aplicação do gesso; T6 - calcário dolomítico aplicado junto ao momento de aplicação do gesso (mistura); T7 - calcário dolomítico aplicado 15 dias após a aplicação do gesso; T8 - calcário dolomítico aplicado 30 dias após a aplicação do gesso; T9 - calcário dolomítico e gesso (mistura) aplicado na superfície 30 dias antes da semeadura (das). Esses tratamentos foram aplicados nos três primeiros anéis de 7,0 cm cada, totalizando 21 cm, de colunas de PVC de... / With the purpose to appraise the effects of the superposition, isolated and together, of the limestone and the gypsum in the vegetative growth of maize plants, to the forty days after the emergence, as well as in the extraction of the nutrients by the aerial portion of the plants, beyond its effects on the behavior of some chemical features from the superficial layer of the soil, was accomplished this study. The experiment had been settled and guided at the experimental area on Natural Resources Department - Soil Science, located in the Experimental Farm Lageado, of the Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - FCA - from Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Campus of Botucatu, in a dystrophic clayey Rhodic Hapludox, average texture, Unidade Patrulha.The treatments had been defined by the moments of the applications of the two types of limestones, calcitic and dolimitic, with and without gypsum and agricultural gypsum only. These treatments had been applied in three first rings of 7,0cm each, totalizing 21cm, from PVC columns of 49cm of height and 10cm of diameter. The experimental outlining had been made in blocks, in factorial arrangement of 9x2, with four repetitions.The harvest had been made to the forty days after the emergence, having been the plants cut close to the soil and measured like: heights from the stalk's base to the first sheath and the edge of the biggest leaf; stalk's diameter; numbers of leafs for plants; fresh and dry matter...(Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Expansive soils occurring in arid and semi-arid climate regions of the world cause serious problems on civil engineering structures. Such soils swell when given an access to water and shrink when they dry out. Several attempts are being made to control the swell-shrink behavior of these soils. Soil stabilization using chemical admixtures is the oldest and most widespread method of ground improvement. In this study, waste limestone dust and waste dolomitic marble dust, by-products of marble industry, were used for stabilization of expansive soils. The expansive soil is prepared in laboratory as a mixture of kaolinite and bentonite. Waste limestone dust and waste dolomitic marble dust were added to the expansive soil with predetermined percentage of stabilizer varying from 0 to 30 percent. Grain size distribution, consistency limits, chemical and mineralogical composition, swelling percentage, and rate of swell were determined for the samples. Swelling percentage decreased and rate of swell increased with increasing stabilizer percentage. Also, samples were cured for 7 days and 28 days before applying swell tests. Curing of samples affects swell percentages and rate of swell in positive way.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-26T12:34:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 01 - Capa_Abstract.pdf: 55603 bytes, checksum: 3a372969ed83a2d08c9602bc879b314d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-03-07 / Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais / The present work presents the results of an extensive laboratory test study for the characterization of the behavior of a dolomitic phyllite under unsaturated conditions. This rock type is commonly found at Iron Quadrangle area, Brazil and is well known for its high anisotropy and weatherability. These properties impose a distinct behavior as sound rock changes to very to highly weathered materials in several months, with severe influence on its geotechnical properties. Eight undisturbed samples were collected in two open mine pits belonging to Vale (four at Pico mine and four at Capitão do Mato mine). Both mineralogical and geotechnical characterization of these material were done. Suction curves were determined through filter paper technique. Both unsaturated strength envelope and verification of suction curves were determined through empirical method. Resulting data was used into a slope stability study of a typical geological section from Pico mine, in order to evaluate its influence over safety. Use of other models and procedures is suggested to subsidy future discussion on risk analysis of open pit mining for this particular region. / Este trabalho apresenta os estudos desenvolvidos para a caracterização do filito dolomítico presente na região do Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brasil, com o objetivo de investigar seu comportamento em taludes de mineração para a condição não saturada. O filito dolomítico se caracteriza pela sua elevada anisotropia, em função da presença de uma foliação bem marcada e pela também elevada alterabilidade que faz com que materiais classificados como sãos, passem, em alguns meses, a materiais muito a extremamente alterados, o que piora sobremaneira suas propriedades geotécnicas. Quando muito alterado é constituído por lentes de material argiloso e lentes de areia. A amostragem constou de oito blocos indeformados, sendo que quatro foram retirados da Mina do Pico, localizada em Itabirito/MG e quatro blocos da Mina Capitão do Mato, localizada em Nova Lima/MG, ambas pertencentes à Companhia Vale do Rio Doce. Foram realizados ensaios de caracterização geotécnica e mineralógica e determinação das curvas de sucção por meio da técnica do papel filtro. Para a determinação da envoltória de resistência não saturada e verificação das curvas de sucção foram utilizados modelos empíricos. A partir dos resultados obtidos foi analisada a estabilidade dos taludes de uma seção típica, considerando a influência sobre os níveis de segurança obtidos. A utilização de outros modelos e procedimentos é sugerida com o objetivo de fornecer subsídios para futuras discussões sobre tomadas de decisão e análises de risco para os empreendimentos localizados nesta região em particular.

Orientador: Dirceu Maximino Fernandes / Banca: Roberto Lyra Villas Bôas / Banca: Carlos Sérgio Tiritan / Resumo: Com a finalidade de avaliar os efeitos do momento da aplicação isolados e conjuntos do calcário e do gesso no crescimento vegetativo de plantas de milho. O experimento foi instalado em casa de vegetação e conduzido na área experimental do Departamento de Recursos Naturais - Ciência do Solo, localizado na Fazenda Experimental Lageado, da Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - FCA da Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Campus de Botucatu, em um Latossolo Vermelho Distrófico, textura média, Unidade Patrulha. Os tratamentos foram:- T1- sem calcário calcítico e sem gesso (testemunha); T2 - com calcário calcítico e sem gesso; T3 - sem calcário calcítico e com gesso; T4 - calcário calcítico aplicado 30 dias antes da aplicação do gesso; T5 - calcário calcítico aplicado 15 dias antes da aplicação do gesso; T6 - calcário calcítico aplicado junto ao momento de aplicação do gesso (mistura); T7 - calcário calcítico aplicado 15 dias após a aplicação do gesso; T8 - calcário calcítico aplicado 30 dias após a aplicação do gesso; T9 - calcário calcítico e gesso (mistura) aplicado na superfície 30 dias antes da semeadura (das); T1- sem calcário dolomítico e sem gesso (testemunha); T2 - com calcário dolomítico e sem gesso; T3 - sem calcário dolomítico e com gesso; T4 - calcário dolomítico aplicado 30 dias antes da aplicação do gesso; T5 - calcário dolomítico aplicado 15 dias antes da aplicação do gesso; T6 - calcário dolomítico aplicado junto ao momento de aplicação do gesso (mistura); T7 - calcário dolomítico aplicado 15 dias após a aplicação do gesso; T8 - calcário dolomítico aplicado 30 dias após a aplicação do gesso; T9 - calcário dolomítico e gesso (mistura) aplicado na superfície 30 dias antes da semeadura (das). Esses tratamentos foram aplicados nos três primeiros anéis de 7,0 cm cada, totalizando 21 cm, de colunas de PVC de...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: With the purpose to appraise the effects of the superposition, isolated and together, of the limestone and the gypsum in the vegetative growth of maize plants, to the forty days after the emergence, as well as in the extraction of the nutrients by the aerial portion of the plants, beyond its effects on the behavior of some chemical features from the superficial layer of the soil, was accomplished this study. The experiment had been settled and guided at the experimental area on Natural Resources Department - Soil Science, located in the Experimental Farm "Lageado", of the "Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - FCA - from "Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Campus of Botucatu, in a dystrophic clayey Rhodic Hapludox, average texture, "Unidade Patrulha".The treatments had been defined by the moments of the applications of the two types of limestones, calcitic and dolimitic, with and without gypsum and agricultural gypsum only. These treatments had been applied in three first rings of 7,0cm each, totalizing 21cm, from PVC columns of 49cm of height and 10cm of diameter. The experimental outlining had been made in blocks, in factorial arrangement of 9x2, with four repetitions.The harvest had been made to the forty days after the emergence, having been the plants cut close to the soil and measured like: heights from the stalk's base to the first sheath and the edge of the biggest leaf; stalk's diameter; numbers of leafs for plants; fresh and dry matter...(Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Environmental contamination issues related to phosphorus (P) in surface waters substantiates the need to identify minimally-sufficient P fertilization amounts for production of containerized nursery crops and better understand the effect of routine amendments (i.e., dolomite [DL] and micronutrient fertilizer [MF]) added to pine bark substrates on chemical fate of P fertilizer. Four studies were conducted to accomplish two overarching objectives: 1) determine the minimum P fertilization amount and corresponding pore-water P concentration needed to achieve maximal growth of common containerized nursery crops and 2) determine the effect of DL and MF amendments in pine bark on P retention during irrigation and P fractions in substrate pore-water. In a fertigation, greenhouse study, calculated lowest P-fertilizer concentration that sustained maximal growth in Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ (panicle hydrangea) and Rhododendron ‘Karen’ (azalea) was 4.7 and 2.9 mg·L⁻¹ , respectively, and shoot growth Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’ (holly) was the same when fertilized with 0.5 to 6.0 mg·L⁻¹ P. Porewater P concentrations corresponding with treatments that sustained maximal growth of panicle hydrangea, azalea and holly were as low as 0.6, 2.2 and 0.08 mg·L⁻¹ P, respectively. In a separate study, utilizing low-P controlled-release fertilizers (CRFs), shoot growth of Hydrangea macrophylla ‘P11HM-11’ (bigleaf hydrangea) produced in two ecoregions was maximal when fertilized with as little as 0.3 g CRF-P per 3.8-L container, a 50% P reduction from the industrystandard CRF. Holly required 0.2 or 0.4 g CRF-P depending on ecoregion. Mean pore-water P concentrations that corresponded with highest SDW were 0.8 and 1.2 mg·L⁻¹ for hydrangea and holly, respectively. When irrigating fallow pine bark columns containing CRF for 48 d, amending pine bark with DL and MF reduced orthophosphate-P (OP-P) leachate concentrations by ≈ 70%, most of which was retained within the substrate. In a greenhouse study, containerized Lagerstroemia ‘Natchez’ (crape myrtle) were grown for 91 d in pine bark containing CRF. In pine bark amended with DL and MF, pore-water OP-P and total P concentrations, measured approximately weekly, were reduced by, on average, 64% and 58%, respectively. Total dry weight values of plants grown with DL plus MF or MF-only were 40% higher than those grown with no amendments; however, tissue P amounts and relative P uptake efficiency were the same among plants in these three treatments. Therefore, sorption of OP-P by DL and MF reduced water-extractable OP-P but did not limit P uptake by plants. / Ph. D.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-25T19:29:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Helio Antonio Wood Joris.pdf: 1043981 bytes, checksum: 109199b60a4616b0e907e5a0a8e16d26 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-11 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The effects of soil acidity in a no-till system need to be further investigated under drought. The corn performance in response to surface application of lime, as affected by aluminum genotypic tolerance and soil moisture was evaluated in a sandy clay loam Typic Hapludox, in Ponta Grossa, Parana State, Brazil. The study was carried out in a field experiment and in undisturbed soil columns. In a field experiment, the changes in soil chemical attributes at 0-5, 5-10, 10-20, 20-40 and 40-60 cm depths, and the nutrition, export and nutrient uptake, above ground biomass and grain yield of corn in 2008-2009 were evaluated after surface application of lime at rates of 0, 4, 8 and 12 t ha-1 in 2004, in a randomized complete block with three replications. Undisturbed soil columns were removed from plots that received lime rates, and another experiment was carried out on them, testing two hybrids, one aluminum-sensitive and another moderately sensitive to aluminum, and two moisture levels, simulating the presence and absence of water stress. Surface liming ameliorated soil acidity in all depths studied, and improved root environment throughout profile. Corn root growth was influenced by lime application, mainly at 0-10 cm depth. Liming had a positive effect on nutrition, export and nutrient uptake, resulting in a significant increase in corn grain yield. In the undisturbed columns, soil amendment by surface liming benefited root growth, nutrient uptake and dry matter production of corn plants, mainly in a water stress condition. In general, there was no difference in the response of both sensitive hybrid and moderately sensitive hybrid to aluminum toxicity with liming. It is concluded that the corn crop performance is ameliorated by the reduction in soil acidity through surface liming under no-till, but the corn crop development is little influenced by soil acidity when water availability is adequate. However, in a water stress condition, the soil acidity severely compromises the corn crop development under no-till system. The effects of soil acidity in a no-till system need to be further investigated under drought. The corn performance in response to surface application of lime, as affected by aluminum genotypic tolerance and soil moisture was evaluated in a sandy clay loam Typic Hapludox, in Ponta Grossa, Parana State, Brazil. The study was carried out in a field experiment and in undisturbed soil columns. In a field experiment, the changes in soil chemical attributes at 0-5, 5-10, 10-20, 20-40 and 40-60 cm depths, and the nutrition, export and nutrient uptake, above ground biomass and grain yield of corn in 2008-2009 were evaluated after surface application of lime at rates of 0, 4, 8 and 12 t ha-1 in 2004, in a randomized complete block with three replications. Undisturbed soil columns were removed from plots that received lime rates, and another experiment was carried out on them, testing two hybrids, one aluminum-sensitive and another moderately sensitive to aluminum, and two moisture levels, simulating the presence and absence of water stress. Surface liming ameliorated soil acidity in all depths studied, and improved root environment throughout profile. Corn root growth was influenced by lime application, mainly at 0-10 cm depth. Liming had a positive effect on nutrition, export and nutrient uptake, resulting in a significant increase in corn grain yield. In the undisturbed columns, soil amendment by surface liming benefited root growth, nutrient uptake and dry matter production of corn plants, mainly in a water stress condition. In general, there was no difference in the response of both sensitive hybrid and moderately sensitive hybrid to aluminum toxicity with liming. It is concluded that the corn crop performance is ameliorated by the reduction in soil acidity through surface liming under no-till, but the corn crop development is little influenced by soil acidity when water availability is adequate. However, in a water stress condition, the soil acidity severely compromises the corn crop development under no-till system. / Os efeitos da acidez do solo em sistema plantio direto precisam ser mais investigados em situações de seca. O comportamento da cultura do milho em resposta à aplicação superficial de calcário, considerando a tolerância genotípica ao alumínio e a umidade do solo foi avaliado em um estudo realizado em Latossolo Vermelho distrófico textura média, em Ponta Grossa (PR). O trabalho foi realizado em área experimental no campo e em colunas indeformadas de solo, coletadas na mesma área experimental. No campo, após a aplicação superficial de calcário em 2004, nas doses 0, 4, 8 e 12 t ha-1, em um delineamento de blocos completos ao acaso com 3 repetições, avaliaram-se as alterações nos atributos químicos do solo nas profundidades de 0-5, 5-10, 10-20, 20-40 e 40-60 cm, o crescimento radicular, a nutrição e extração de nutrientes, a massa seca da parte aérea e a produção de grãos de milho, cultivado em 2008-2009. Nas parcelas que receberam as doses de calcário, foram retiradas colunas indeformadas de solo para a realização de outro experimento, o qual envolveu a utilização de dois híbridos, um sensível e outro moderadamente sensível ao alumínio, e dois níveis de umidade do solo, simulando ausência e presença de deficiência hídrica. A calagem superficial corrigiu a acidez do solo em todas as camadas estudadas e proporcionou melhoria no ambiente radicular em todo o perfil. O crescimento radicular do milho foi favorecido pela aplicação de calcário, principalmente na camada de 0-10 cm. A calagem exerceu efeito positivo sobre a nutrição e extração de nutrientes, refletindo em aumento da produção de grãos de milho. Nas colunas indeformadas de solo, a correção do solo pela calagem na superfície beneficiou o crescimento radicular, a extração de nutrientes e a produção de massa seca das plantas de milho, principalmente em situação de deficiência hídrica. Em geral, não houve diferença na resposta à calagem dos híbridos sensível e moderadamente sensível ao alumínio. Concluiu-se que a cultura do milho é beneficiada pela correção da acidez por meio da calagem na superfície em plantio direto, porém a acidez não exerce grande limitação no desenvolvimento da cultura quando há adequada disponibilidade hídrica. Em situação de restrição hídrica, entretanto, a acidez do solo prejudica severamente o desenvolvimento do sistema radicular e a produção da cultura do milho em sistema plantio direto.