The objective of this work was to evaluate the quality of the soil and its relation with soybean (Glycine max) yield in an integrated crop-livestock system (ICLS), with intercropping between grasses and legumes in the pasture phase. The experiment was carried out in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, on a dystrophic Oxisol, in which grasses (Megathyrsus maximus 'BRS Tamani' and Urochloa brizantha 'BRS Piatã'), intercropped with cowpea (Vigna unguiculata 'BRS Tumucumaque') and pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan 'BRS Mandarim'), were cultivated after soybean harvest. A randomized complete block design was used, with three replicates, in a split-plot arrangement, in which grasses were considered as plots, and legumes as subplots. Legume intercrops provided increases of C and total N stocks. The intercrops caused the increase of C and N of the microbial biomass, whereas the single cultures contributed to stress in the soil microbiota. The activity of the urease enzyme was sensitive to management changes in the short term, but acid phosphatase and β-glucosidase were poorly sensitive indicators. Soil quality is high with intercropping between grasses and legumes, with positive effects on soybean grain yield.

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The objective of this work was to evaluate changes in soil quality due to different times of adoption of the no-tillage system in “murundu” (mound) fields converted to agriculture, as well as to identify the best indicators to explain these changes. The study was carried out on a Plinthic Altisol, in the municipality of Portelândia, in the state of Goiás, Brazil. The treatments consisted of different times of conversion and of adoption of the no-tillage system - 8, 12, and 17 years - and of native area between the mounds and on top of the mounds (reference area). After 17 years of the adoption of no-tillage, there was an increase in organic carbon and nitrogen, as well as in their particulate fractions in relation to the reference area. The microbiological attributes showed greater values in the 17-year no-tillage period compared with the native area. For soil aggregation, 12 years of adoption of the no-tillage system were enough to show an increase in this variable. The main attributes to be used as soil quality indicators are microbial biomass carbon, the carbon management index, and the microbial quotient.

El trabajo fue realizado en plantaciones de Eucaliptus urograndis en el estado de Mato Grosso, Brasil. El objetivo fue determinar los indicadores técnicos y económicos del corte de árboles. Se realizó un estudio sobre la dinámica de trabajo de la operación con la máquina cortadora-apiladora (feller-buncher), tomando información sobre el tiempo del ciclo operacional, el volumen de producción, consumo de combustibles, lubricantes y otras informaciones proporcionadas por el propietario de la máquina. Para el estudio de tiempo fue utilizado el cronometraje directo durante toda la jornada de trabajo y para el cálculo de los costos fue empleada la metodología propuesta por Sessions (1992). El resultado de la productividad efectiva fue de 113,66 m 3 he-1 , el costo operacional de 89,37 USD h-1 y el costo de producción de 0,79 USD m-3. Palabras clave: cosecha de madera, mecanización forestal, operaciones forestales.

Discriminação da cobertura vegetal em uma região do Cerrado mato-grossense por meio do índice de vegetação por diferença normalizadaDiscrimination of vegetation cover in a region of the Cerrado of Mato Grosso through the normalized difference vegetation index RESUMO Nas últimas décadas, a intensificação do processo de substituição da vegetação natural do Cerrado por áreas associadas às atividades antrópicas tem causado grandes impactos nas paisagens, nesse sentido, compreender a dinâmica dos diferentes sistemas ambientais em decorrência dos impactos causados pela variabilidade climática e pela ação humana, tem sido o esforço de vários pesquisadores. Assim, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o potencial do índice de vegetação por diferença normalizada (NDVI) aplicado a imagens do satélite LANDSAT 8 para discriminar as classes de vegetação no período úmido e seco em uma região do Cerrado mato-grossense. Os valores de NDVI foram obtidos através da razão entre a diferença das refletividades do infravermelho próximo (ρIV) e do vermelho (ρV), e os dados foram processados no programa QGIS versão 3.10. Os resultados dessa pesquisa permitem concluir que o índice de vegetação NDVI utilizado permitiu analisar a dinâmica da vegetação no Vale do São Lourenço -MT. A vegetação da área de estudo comportou-se de acordo com a disponibilidade de água no perfil do solo, com maiores valores do índice de vegetação na estação chuvosa e baixa atividade fotossintética na estação seca.