Fast immersion to test the stability of aggregates in water: consequences for interpreting results from tropical soil classes
| Autor: | Patriciani Estela Cipriano, Geslin Mars, Moacir de Souza Dias Junior, Matias Siueia Junior, Rodrigo Fonseca da Silva |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy; Vol 42 (2020): Publicação contínua; e42453 Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy; v. 42 (2020): Publicação contínua; e42453 Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) instacron:UEM Acta Scientiarum: Agronomy, Vol 42, Pp e42453-e42453 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1807-8621 1679-9275 |
| Popis: | Aggregates are the primary structural components of soil and have been used as an indicator of soil quality in conservation systems. The objective of this study was to analyse the effect of slow pre-wetting on the results of the aggregate stability test for different classes of tropical soils. Data were arranged in a 2 x 4 factorial design with three replications, in which the first factor comprised the two methods of pre-treatment on soil aggregates: without pre-wetting (WOPW), which considered the moisture of the aggregates in the field, and with pre-wetting (WPW), which considered the slow wetting of aggregates through capillarity on wet filter paper for 24h. The second factor consisted of four soil classes: Typic Dystrustept (Cambissolo Aplico distrófico in Embrapa), Typic Hapludult (Argissolo Amarelo distrófico), Rhodic Kandiudult (Nitossolo Vermelho distrófico), and Anionic Acrudox (Latossolo Vermelho distróferrico) and considered horizons A and B. The pre-wetting significantly increased the values of the weighted average diameter, geometric mean diameter and aggregate stability index. In soils with high organic carbon content, the practice of pre-moistening did not provide variation in aggregation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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