Carbono e nitrogênio em agregados de Latossolo submetido a diferentes sistemas de uso e manejo

Abstract

The objective of this work was to evaluate the changes occured in the forms of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), in aggregates of an Oxisol with loam texture, submitted to different uses and managements, in Capinópolis, MG, Brazil. Soil samples were collected in the different layers 0-5, 5-10 and 10-20 cm. The treatments were: no-tillage, during four years, succession corn (ensilage)/soybean (PDs); no-tillage during four years, succession corn/corn/corn/soybean (PDg); no-tillage with tifton (hay) for tree years and soybean in the last year (PDtf); conventional tillage system for 30 years with crop system (corn/soybean), being soybean in the last four years (SC); and native forest (MN). Three aggregate classes (4-2; 2-0.25 e 0.25-0.105 mm) were studied, from which humic fractions were extracted (fulvic acids, humic acids and humins). The largest contents of humic substances were associated with the larger aggregates. There was decrease of C and N contents with decrease in the size of aggregates classes. The less recalcitrant organic matter was associated with the smaller aggregates. The use and management systems cause changes in the C and N contents in the different classes of aggregate sizes, and the soil cultivation reduces the C and N contents of the humic fractions.