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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/40205| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Soil attributes and production of eucalyptus in monoculture and silvopastoral systems in the north of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Authors: | Pedro Henrique Lopes Santana Leidivan Almeida Frazão Leonardo David Tuffi Santos Luiz Arnaldo Fernandes Regynaldo Arruda Sampaio |
| Abstract: | The objective of this study was to evaluate the chemical and physical attributes of soil, and the productivity of Eucalyptus cultivated in monoculture and silvopastoral systems. The experiment started in 2009 and evaluated the following four systems: native vegetation system (Cerrado), a degraded pasture, a Eucalyptus urograndis monoculture (E. urophylla × E. grandis) and a silvopastoral system (E. urograndis combined with Brachiaria brizantha cv. “Marandu”). The experimental design used was completely randomized. In each system, four soil samples were collected from the 0-20 cm depth layer, and the chemical and physical attributes of the soil were evaluated. The diameters of all Eucalyptus trees at 1.30 m above the ground as well as the total height were measured. Subsequently, the trees dimensions were measured and their individual volumes obtained by applying the Smalian formula. The correlation between the parameters for Eucalyptus production and soil attributes was established using the Pearson’s correlation coefficient method. The planting of Eucalyptus in monoculture and silvopastoral systems contributed to the improvement of the soil’s chemical and physical attributes, which indicates the potential of these systems for recovery of degraded pastures. The silvopastoral system yielded the highest average volume of wood per tree (0.2228 m3), with a productivity of 111.4 m3/ha. The Eucalyptus monoculture yielded 0.1895 m3 per tree and 315.71 m3/ha due to the higher density of the crop. The growth and productivity of Eucalyptus showed highly correlation with the soil attributes, thus suggesting that well-managed crops are an indicator of the soil quality recovery. |
| Subject: | Solos - Qualidade Florestas - Proteção |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.17265/2161-6264/2016.06.001 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/40205 |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | http://www.davidpublisher.org/index.php/Home/Article/index?id=32179.html |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Journal of agricultural science and technology B |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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