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Soil management and application of agricultural gypsum in a Planosol for soybean cultivation

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT: This study investigated the effects of soil management systems, tillage, and application of gypsum agricultural to soil, on soybean development in lowland areas. The experiment was carried out on an Alfisol in a randomized complete block design in a factorial arrangement. The two soil tillage practices were without deep tillage and with deep tillage. Gypsum treatments were no gypsum application, 500kg of gypsum ha-1, 1000kg of gypsum ha-1, and 1500kg of gypsum ha-1. Deep tillage resulted in less soil resistance to root penetration during ryegrass cultivation during the soybean offseason, 11 months after applying the management treatments, resulting in higher dry mass of ryegrass in the offseason and higher soybean yield in the following year.

Source: Ciência Rural

DOI: 10.1590/0103-8478cr20161102

Authors: Enio Marchesan, Felipe Tonetto, Gustavo Mack Teló, Lucas Lopes Coelho, Bruno Behenck Aramburu, Vinicius Severo Trivisiol

Institutions: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

Language: English

Topic: Soil Management and Crop Yield

Subfield: Soil Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Life on land

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $133