RESUMOApesar do conhecimento existente sobre a erosão das terras cultivadas, há situações de uso e manejo do solo que necessitam de estudos mais aprimorados. Apoiado nisso, realizou-se esta pesquisa com o objetivo de avaliar a erosão hídrica pluvial do solo na cultura do milho (Zea mays L.), implantada em área de campo nativo, nos métodos de preparo escarificação e semeadura direta e nos tipos de adubação mineral (fertilizante contendo N e P) e orgânica (cama seca de aviário). O estudo foi desenvolvido a campo, na EEA/UFRGS, em Eldorado do Sul (RS), no verão de 2006/2007, aplicando-se chuva simulada sobre um Argissolo Vermelho distrófico típico com textura francoarenosa na camada superficial e declividade média de 0,13 m m -1 . Foram realizados dois testes de erosão na pesquisa, cada um deles na intensidade constante de chuva de 64 mm h -1 e com duração de 1,5 h, usando-se o aparelho simulador de chuva de braços rotativos. O primeiro teste foi realizado logo após a implantação dos tratamentos, na semeadura do milho, e o segundo 75 dias mais tarde, no florescimento da cultura. Avaliaram-se atributos de solo e planta nas parcelas experimentais e de erosão hídrica no escoamento superficial. Observou-se que o crescimento da cultura e as perdas pela erosão
Cropping systems and N fertilisation affect soil acidification mainly due to the removal of alkaline plant material from the field and nitrate leaching. The study evaluated the acidification of a subtropical soil under no till cropping systems with different C and N addition rates for 19 years. The contributions of leguminous and non-leguminous crops (fallow/maize, black oat/maize, black oat + vetch/maize, black oat + vetch/maize + cowpea, lablab + maize, pigeon pea + maize, and digitaria) and mineral N fertiliser (0 and 180 kg N/ha.year as urea) to total acidification were estimated. Cropping systems and N fertilisation significantly affected soil pH, which ranged from 4.3 to 5.1. The presence of leguminous species and mineral N promoted greater decreases in soil pH and net soil acidification, which resulted in increases in exchangeable Al content and Al saturation. Black oat + vetch/maize with N fertilisation promoted the highest soil net acidification rate (2.65 kmol H+/ha.year), while digitaria had the lowest (1.07 kmol H+/ha.year). Leguminous species and N fertilisation increased soil acidification through changes in the C cycle associated with the removal of alkaline plant material by grains. Leguminous-based cropping systems promoted higher maize yields than those comprising essentially gramineous species, indicating an opportunity for a reduction in N fertiliser rates. With N application, however, maize yield did not differ among cropping systems, despite differences in soil pH and exchangeable Al.
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