Lime and gypsum application on the wheat crop

Scientia Agricola

Eduardo Fávero Caires¹  Itacir Cesar Feldhaus¹  Gabriel Barth¹  Fernando José Garbuio¹ 

[1],UEPG Depto. de Ciência do Solo e Engenharia Agrícola

关键词: Triticum aestivum L.;    root growth;    calcium;    sulphur;    no-tillage system;    Triticum aestivum L.;    crescimento radicular;    cálcio;    enxofre;    sistema plantio direto;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-90162002000200023

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Root growth and crop yield can be affected by chemical modifications of the soil profile owing to lime and gypsum applications. A field trial was carried out on a dystrophic Clayey Rhodic Hapludox at Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil, aiming to evaluate lime (without or with incorporation into the soil) and gypsum effects on root growth, mineral nutrition and grain yield of wheat (cv. OR 1). A randomized complete block design was used, with three replications, in a split-plot experiment. Treatments with dolomitic limestone (without lime and 4.5 t ha-1 of lime applied on the surface, in total rate and 1/3 of the requirement per year during 3 years, or incorporated into the soil) were applied in July 1998 (main plots) and the rates of gypsum (0, 3, 6 and 9 t ha-1) in October 1998 (subplots). Wheat was evaluated in the 2000 winter season. In conditions of water deficit absence, there was no limitation in root growth in depth, for exchangeable Ca of 6 mmol c dm-3. Lime incorporation of lime increased the Mg concentration in the leaves, but wheat yield was not influenced by the correction of soil acidity through liming treatments. Gypsum increased the concentrations of Ca and S in wheat leaves, with significant effects on grain yield. The critical level of S-SO4(2-) in the 0-20 cm soil layer, extracted by ammonium acetate 0.5 mol L-1 in acetic acid 0.25 mol L-1, was 25.8 mg dm-3.

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