Agronomy · 2022
Effects of Second-Season Crops on Soybean Cultivation in Compacted Soil in Brazilian Cerrado
Ferreira, C. J. B., da Silva, A. G., de Oliveira Preto, V. R., Tormena, C. A., Braz, G. B. P., de Freitas Souza, M., da Silva, A. L. B. R.
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Abstract
In no-tillage systems, soil compaction has caused negative impacts on crop productivity and soil quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate the soil physical quality after different crops of the second season: maize, sorghum, and millet in compacted and uncompacted soils, in addition to evaluating the performance of soybean in succession in Rhodic Ferralsol under no-tillage (NT) in the Brazilian Cerrado biome. A field experiment was conducted during the second season of 2019 and the first season of 2019/20 in Rio Verde, Brazil. The experimental design used randomized blocks in a 3 × 2 factorial scheme, with six replications. The first factor corresponded to the cultivation of maize, sorghum, and millet; the second factor was the cultivation of these crops in compacted and uncompacted soils. The physical properties of the soils in the 0–0.1 and 0.1–0.2 m depth layers were evaluated after the second season of cultivation, in addition to the agronomic characteristics of the soybean cultivated in succession. The results indicate that the compaction influenced the soil physical quality, mainly in the 0.1–0.2 m layer, reflecting a decrease in the performance of the soybean crop (i.e., the plant height, number of pods per plant, and grain yield). The use of the second-season crop of millet improved the soil physical properties of penetration resistance and macroporosity and improved the water/air relation. The use of millet provided a reduction of up to 20% in the soil penetration resistance. About 10% more soybean was produced after cultivation in succession to millet compared to maize and sorghum.
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In no-tillage systems, soil compaction has caused negative impacts on crop productivity and soil quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate the soil physical quality after different crops of the second season: maize, sorghum, and millet in compacted and uncompacted soils, in addition to evaluating the performance of soybean in succession in Rhodic Ferralsol under no-tillage (NT) in the Brazilian Cerrado biome. A field experiment was conducted during the second season of 2019 and the first season of 2019/20 in Rio Verde, Brazil. The experimental design used randomized blocks in a 3 × 2 factorial scheme, with six replications. The first factor corresponded to the cultivation of maize, sorghum, and millet; the second factor was the cultivation of these crops in compacted and uncompacted soils. The physical properties of the soils in the 0–0.1 and 0.1–0.2 m depth layers were evaluated after the second season of cultivation, in addition to the agronomic characteristics of the soybean cultivated in succession. The results indicate that the compaction influenced the soil physical quality, mainly in the 0.1–0.2 m layer, reflecting a decrease in the performance of the soybean crop (i.e., the plant height, number of pods per plant, and grain yield). The use of the second-season crop of millet improved the soil physical properties of penetration resistance and macroporosity and improved the water/air relation. The use of millet provided a reduction of up to 20% in the soil penetration resistance. About 10% more soybean was produced after cultivation in succession to millet compared to maize and sorghum.
In no-tillage systems, soil compaction has caused negative impacts on crop productivity and soil quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate the soil physical quality after different crops of the second season: maize, sorghum, and millet in compacted and uncompacted soils, in addition to evaluating the performance of soybean in succession in Rhodic Ferralsol under no-tillage (NT) in the Brazilian Cerrado biome. A field experiment was conducted during the second season of 2019 and the first season of 2019/20 in Rio Verde, Brazil. The experimental design used randomized blocks in a 3 × 2 factorial scheme, with six replications. The first factor corresponded to the cultivation of maize, sorghum, and millet; the second factor was the cultivation of these crops in compacted and uncompacted soils. The physical properties of the soils in the 0–0.1 and 0.1–0.2 m depth layers were evaluated after the second season of cultivation, in addition to the agronomic characteristics of the soybean cultivated in succession. The results indicate that the compaction influenced the soil physical quality, mainly in the 0.1–0.2 m layer, reflecting a decrease in the performance of the soybean crop (i.e., the plant height, number of pods per plant, and grain yield). The use of the second-season crop of millet improved the soil physical properties of penetration resistance and macroporosity and improved the water/air relation. The use of millet provided a reduction of up to 20% in the soil penetration resistance. About 10% more soybean was produced after cultivation in succession to millet compared to maize and sorghum.
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