Crop-Livestock Integration Improves Physical Soil, Agronomic and Environmental Aspects in Soybean Cultivation

Autor: Jordaanny Danyelly Pereira Lima, Aline Borges Torino, Luciana Maria da Silva, Lucas Freitas do Nascimento Júnior, Marlete Ferreira de Brito, Kátia Aparecida de Pinho Costa, Bruno Montoani Silva, Eduardo da Costa Severiano
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Plants, Vol 12, Iss 21, p 3746 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2223-7747
DOI: 10.3390/plants12213746
Popis: Soybean is one of the most widely grown crops in the world and technologies are increasingly needed to increase productivity without impacting environmental degradation. In this context, the aim was to evaluate the action of forage plants of the genus Brachiaria sp. in crop–livestock integration on physical soil, agronomic and environmental aspects of soybean cultivation. The experiment was conducted in a subdivided plot design with seven integrated systems corresponding to the previous cultivation of Paiaguas palisadegrass, Xaraes palisadegrass and Ruziziensis grass in monocropping and intercropped with maize, as well as maize in monocropping. In the subplots, two grass management systems were evaluated: free growth and a grazing simulation cut. The bulk density and least limiting water range were assessed using soil samples and, after the pastures were desiccated when the soybean crop was planted, straw decomposition and plantability. A soil physics diagnosis by the bulk density and least limiting water range showed that the Paiaguas palisadegrass and Xaraes palisadegrass improved the soil environment due to biological soil loosening. The remaining mulch biomass did not affect soybean sowing and the adoption of Brachiaria sp. grass in the off-season, in addition to contributing to the provision of environmental services, and did not compromise grain productivity in succession.
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