Effect of Conservation Management on Oxisol in a Sugarcane Area Under a Pre-Sprouted Seedling System

Ingrid Nehmi de Oliveira (), Zigomar Menezes de Souza, Denizart Bolonhezi, Rose Luiza Moraes Tavares (), Renato Paiva de Lima, Reginaldo Barboza da Silva, Fernando Silva Araújo, Lenon Henrique Lovera and Elizeu de Souza Lima
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Ingrid Nehmi de Oliveira: School of Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas 13083-970, SP, Brazil
Zigomar Menezes de Souza: School of Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas 13083-970, SP, Brazil
Denizart Bolonhezi: Sugarcane Research Center, Agronomic Institute of Campinas (IAC), Ribeirão Preto 14032-800, SP, Brazil
Rose Luiza Moraes Tavares: Postgraduate Program in Plant Production, Universidade de Rio Verde, Rio Verde 75901-970, GO, Brazil
Renato Paiva de Lima: School of Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas 13083-970, SP, Brazil
Reginaldo Barboza da Silva: Department of Agronomy and Natural Resources, College of Agricultural Sciences of Vale do Ribeira, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Registro 11900-000, SP, Brazil
Fernando Silva Araújo: Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, State University of Piauí (UESPI), Parnaiba 64202-262, PI, Brazil
Lenon Henrique Lovera: School of Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas 13083-970, SP, Brazil
Elizeu de Souza Lima: School of Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas 13083-970, SP, Brazil

Agriculture, 2024, vol. 14, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: Conservation soil management, such as no-tillage and Rip Strip ® , can be developed as an alternative to degradation processes such as compaction. This study aimed to compare conventional and conservation soil tillage regarding their soil physical attributes, root system, and stalk yield for two years. The experiment was conducted on the premises of Fazenda Cresciúma in an area of Typic Eutrudox in the municipality of Jardinópolis, state of São Paulo, Brazil, with an experimental design in random blocks. The treatments evaluated for the transplanted sugarcane were as follows: CT—conventional tillage with disk harrow; CTS—conventional tillage with disk harrow and subsoiling; MT—minimum tillage with Rip Strip ® ; NT—no-tillage. The variables evaluated were dry root mass, soil bulk density (Bd), total porosity (TP), and stalk yield for sugarcane plant and first ratoon harvest. The results allowed us to observe that CT was the system that most reduced the TP (varying 0.44–0.47 m 3 m −3 ), while MT was the one that presented fewer changes (TP varying 0.47–0.51 m 3 m −3 ). NT obtained the highest stalk yield (123 Mg ha −1 ) in the sugarcane plant cycle and greater amounts of roots in depths below 0.80 m. Conservation tillage by Rip Strip ® proved to be a viable system for use in sugarcane because it provides greater dry root mass on the surface and maintenance of physical attributes compared to conventional tillage.

Keywords: Rip Strip; strip-till; soil compaction; mixed linear models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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