Soybean root growth and crop yield in reponse to liming at the beginning of a no-tillage system

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo

Edson Campanhola Bortoluzzi²  Guilherme Luis Parize¹  Jackson Korchagin¹  Vanderlei Rodrigues Da Silva¹  Danilo Dos Santos Rheinheimer¹  João Kaminski¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de Passo FundoPasso Fundo RS ,Brazil

关键词: dolomitic limestone;    calcitic limestone;    soil physical resilience;    cone index;    calcário dolomítico;    calcário calcítico;    resiliência física do solo;    resistência mecânica à penetração;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-06832014000100026

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Analyzing the soil near crop roots may reveal limitations to growth and yield even in a no-tillage system. The purpose of the present study was to relate the chemical and physical properties of soil under a no-tillage system to soybean root growth and plant yield after five years of use of different types of limestone and forms of application. A clayey Oxisol received application of dolomitic and calcitic limestones and their 1:1 combination in two forms: surface application, maintained on the soil surface; and incorporated, applied on the surface and incorporated mechanically. Soil physical properties (resistance to mechanical penetration, soil bulk density and soil aggregation), soil chemical properties (pH, exchangeable cations, H+Al, and cation exchange capacity) and plant parameters (root growth system, soybean grain yield, and oat dry matter production) were evaluated five years after setting up the experiment. Incorporation of lime neutralized exchangeable Al up to a depth of 20 cm without affecting the soil physical properties. The soybean root system reached depths of 40 cm or more with incorporated limestone, increasing grain yield an average of 31 % in relation to surface application, which limited the effect of lime up to a depth of 5 cm and root growth up to 20 cm. It was concluded that incorporation of limestone at the beginning of a no-tillage system ensures a favorable environment for root growth and soybean yield, while this intervention does not show long-term effects on soil physical properties under no-tillage. This suggests that there is resilience in the physical properties evaluated.

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