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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The effects of grazing cover crops on animal performance, soil characteristics, and subsequent soybean production in east-central Mississippi

Bass, Bronson Scott 10 December 2021 (has links) (PDF)
Integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS) incorporate cropping systems and livestock production by grazing cover crops. With a growing awareness in recent years regarding agricultural sustainability, these systems have begun to be re-introduced into the southeastern U.S. This study evaluated cover cropping systems under grazed no-till (GNT), un-grazed no-till (UNT), and un-grazed conventional tillage (UCT) management, in Mississippi. Beef cattle (Bos spp.) performance was significantly less in the cover crop treatment of oats (Avena sativa) + crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum) + radish (Raphanus sativus; OCR) in both average daily gain (ADG; 3.03 lb hd-1 d-1) and total gain ac-1 (GAIN; 346 lb ac-1). Soybean (Glycine max) yield was unaffected by cover crop treatment and tillage. The lowest expected economic return was generated by OCR ($749.31 ac-1). Soil penetration resistance was unaffected by the influence of grazing. The greatest concentrations of soil organic carbon (1.44%) and soil nitrogen (0.20%) were observed in GNT.
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Ciclagem de macronutrientes em sistemas integrados de produção agropecuária no Centro-Sul do Paraná / Nutrient cycling in integrated crop-livestock systems in the Paraná Southern-Central

Carpinelli, Sandoval 17 March 2017 (has links)
Submitted by Eunice Novais (enovais@uepg.br) on 2018-03-15T13:24:23Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Sandoval Carpinelli.pdf: 1473498 bytes, checksum: 55c2940ffe8b169a79a9863fc0aa64c0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-15T13:24:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Sandoval Carpinelli.pdf: 1473498 bytes, checksum: 55c2940ffe8b169a79a9863fc0aa64c0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-17 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Os sistemas integrados de produção agropecuária (SIPA) possibilitam sinergismo entre as atividades agrícolas, pecuária e/ou florestal, realizadas na mesma área de cultivo, buscando maximizar os fatores de produção. Modificações no microclima, em SIPA, podem afetar a deposição e a decomposição do resíduo, bem como a liberação e a ciclagem dos nutrientes no sistema de produção. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram: (i) quantificar o aporte dos resíduo e de macronutrientes em SIPA, sob Cambissolo Háplico de textura média, nos Campos Gerais do Paraná; (ii) estimar a taxa de decomposição do resíduo e a liberação de macronutrientes da cultura de soja e da biomassa de forragem anual de inverno (consórcio de aveia preta e azevém anual), em SIPA. O delineamento experimental empregado foi o de blocos completos casualizados com três repetições. Os tratamentos consistiram de combinações de presença de componente arbóreo (eucalipto + grevílea) e doses (90 e 180 kg ha-1) de nitrogênio mineral (ureia – 450 g kg-1 de N) aplicado na pastagem anual de inverno. De modo a melhor representar o ambiente arborizado, foi feita a subdivisão da unidade experimental em cinco distâncias. O experimento foi implantado em 2006; no entanto, as avaliações inerentes a este trabalho foram realizadas no período compreendido entre os meses de dezembro/2014 a outubro/2015. Nesse período foram inseridos aleatoriamente litter bags de resíduo de forragem anual de inverno e de soja, nos tratamentos com ausência e presença do componente arbóreo, respectivamente. As amostragens do material contido nos litter bags foram realizadas aos 7, 15, 30, 60, 90 e 120 dias após a semeadura das culturas (tanto verão quanto de inverno). Foram realizadas as seguintes avaliações: quantidade e qualidade do resíduo vegetais, taxa de decomposição do resíduo vegetal remanescente e de liberação dos macronutrientes (nitrogênio - N, fósforo - P, potássio - K, cálcio - Ca, magnésio - Mg e enxofre - S) dos resíduos, tanto da fase de lavoura como da fase pastagem, ao longo do tempo. A interação entre os fatores avaliados afetou a liberação do S do resíduo do pasto e o K do resíduo de soja. O sistema arborizado, bem como a menor dose de nitrogênio, ocasionou menor massa de resíduo (tanto da pastagem como da lavoura) quando comparado aos demais tratamentos. A quantidade de resíduo da pastagem foi afetada pela distância das árvores. Maiores concentrações dos macronutrientes (K, Ca e Mg) no resíduo da pastagem, ao final do período de pastejo, foram observadas no sistema arborizado. A ausência do componente arbóreo ocasionou maiores concentração de Ca e Mg no resíduo da soja. Além da maior quantidade de massa de resíduo da soja na maior dose de N, tal resíduo apresentava maior concentração em K e S do que a menor dose. Variações na taxa de decomposições de massa seca remanescente dos resíduos da pastagem e soja também foram influenciadas pela distância em relação aos renques arbóreos. A liberação de N, P, K e Mg do resíduo pasto e de P, Mg e S do resíduo da soja não foi influenciada pelos tratamentos. A decomposição do resíduo da pastagem e seu respectivo efeito proporcionou uma maior ciclagem de nutrientes para a soja do que o oposto. / Integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS) enable synergism between agricultural, livestock and/or forestry activities carried out in the same area, focusing maximization of production factors. Changes in ICLS microclimates can affect the deposition and decomposition of plant residues, as well as macronutrient and nutrient cycling present in the system. The aims of this study were (i) to quantify the contribution of plant residues and macronutrients in ICLS, under loamy-sand Typic Distrudept, in the Paraná Campos Gerais area; and (ii) to estimate the decomposition of the residue and the release of macronutrients from the soybean crop and the biomass of annual winter forage (consortium of black oats and annual ryegrass) in ICLS. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with three replicates. The treatments consisted of combinations of the presence of an arboreal component (eucalyptus + Grevillea) and doses (90 and 180 kg N ha-1year-1) of mineral nitrogen (as urea - 450 g kg-1 N) applied to the annual intercropped pasture. In order to better represent the forested environment, the experimental unit was subdivided into five distances. The experiment was implemented in 2006. However, the evaluations inherent to this study were carried out from December 2014 up to October 2015. During this period, litterbags of a consortium of black oat residues with ryegrass and soybean were randomly inserted in the treatments with the absence and presence of the arboreal component, respectively. Samplings of the material contained in the litterbags were carried out at 7, 15, 30, 60, 90 and 120 days after crop sowing (both in summer and winter). The following evaluations were performed: amount and quality of the plant residue, decomposition rate of the remaining plant residue and macronutrient release (nitrogen - N, phosphorus - P, potassium - K, calcium - Ca, magnesium - Mg and sulfur - S) of the residue, both in the tillage phase and in the pasture stage, over time. The forested system, as well as the lower nitrogen dose, presented lower residue mass (both in the pasture and in the crop) compared to the other treatments. Tree distances also affected the amount of grass residue. The highest mean macronutrient concentrations (K, Ca and Mg) in the pasture residue at the end of the grazing period was observed in the arboreal system. The no-tree system resulted in higher concentrations of Ca and Mg in the soybean residue when compared to the arboreal system. In addition to the greater amount of soybean residue mass at the highest N dose, this residue presented higher N, K and S concentrations compared to the lowest dose. Variations in the decomposition rate of remaining pasture and soybean residue dry mass also occurred as a function of distance from tree trunks. The evaluated factors did not affect the release of P, K and Mg from the pasture residue and P, Mg and S from the soybean residue. The interaction between the evaluated affected S release from the pasture residue and K from the soybean residue. The decomposition of the residue of pasture and its respective effect rovided a greater cycling of nutrients for soybean.

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