Soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization caused by pig slurry application under different soil tillage systems

  • Balota E
  • Machineski O
  • Truber P
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The objective of this work was to evaluate the change in soil C and N mineralization due to successive pig slurry application under conventional tillage (CT) and no tillage (NT) systems. The experiment was carried out in a clayey Latossolo Vermelho eutrófico (Rhodic Eutrudox) in Palotina, PR, Brazil. Increasing doses of pig slurry (0, 30, 60 and 120 m³ ha-1 per year) were applied in both tillage systems, with three replicates. Half of the pig slurry was applied before summer soil preparation, and the other half before the winter crop season. The areas were cultivated with soybean (Glycine max L.) and maize (Zea mays L.) in the summers of 1998 and 1999, respectively, and with wheat (Triticum sativum Lam.) in the winters of both years. Soil samples were collected at 0-5, 5-10, and 10-20 cm depths. Under both CT and NT systems, pig slurry application increased C and N mineralization. However, increasing pig slurry additions decreased the C to N mineralization ratio. Under the NT system, C and N mineralization was greater than in CT system.O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar as alterações na mineralização de C e N do solo resultantes da aplicação de dejetos líquidos de suínos (DLS) em sistemas de preparo do solo convencional (CT) e plantio direto (NT). O experimento foi conduzido em um Latossolo Vermelho eutrófico, de textura argilosa, em Palotina, PR, Brasil. Doses crescentes de DLS (0, 30, 60 e 120 m³ ha-1 por ano) foram aplicadas nos dois sistemas de preparo do solo, com três repetições. Metade das dosagens de DLS foi aplicada antes do preparo do solo da cultura de verão e a outra metade antes do da cultura de inverno. As áreas foram cultivadas com soja (Glycine max L.) e milho (Zea mays L.) nos verões de 1998 e 1999, respectivamente, e trigo (Triticum sativum Lam.) nos invernos de ambos os anos. As amostras de solos foram coletadas nas profundidades de 0-5, 5-10 e 10-20 cm. A aplicação de DLS aumentou a mineralização de C e de N, tanto no sistema CT como no NT. Contudo, o aumento da dose de DLS diminuiu a razão de mineralização entre C e N. No sistema de NT, a mineralização de C e de N foi maior que no CT.

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Balota, E. L., Machineski, O., & Truber, P. V. (2010). Soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization caused by pig slurry application under different soil tillage systems. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 45(5), 515–521. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0100-204x2010000500011

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