Citation Information

  • Title : Recovering soil structure by management practices in a sandy clay loam Acrisol degraded by agricultural use.
  • Source : Proceedings of the 19th World Congress of Soil Science: Soil solutions for a changing world
  • Pages : 113-116
  • Year : 2010
  • Conference Name : Symposium 3.2.1 Highland agriculture and conservation of soil and water
  • Document Type : Journal Article
  • Language : English
  • Authors:
    • Mielniczuk, J.
    • Vezzani, F. M.
  • Climates: Tropical savannah (Aw).
  • Cropping Systems: No-till cropping systems.
  • Countries: Brazil.

Summary

Soil use for agricultural production may increase soil structure quality as long as conservation management practices are adopted. The aggregates and single particles distribution into diameter classes (9.51-4.76, 4.76-2.00, 2.00-0.25, 0.25-0.053, 0.25 mm) also were increased from 22.8% to 53.5% and the C stock reached 17.9 Mg/ha building a complex soil structure with the capacity to increase soil quality.

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