RESUMO:As técnicas de colheita da cultura de cana nem sempre seguem preceitos conservacionistas, fato que pode influenciar atributos físicos do solo com consequente alteração da velocidade de infiltração de água no solo. O trabalho realizado teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito de diferentes sistemas de colheita (manual e mecanizada) da cana-de-açúcar (crua e queimada), sobre as características de infiltração e verificar a adequação de modelos matemáticos para a estimativa da taxa de infiltração de água no solo. Foi utilizado um simulador de chuva portátil calibrado para aplicar uma precipitação de 60 mm h -1 . Os testes de infiltração de água no solo foram realizados em três sistemas de colheita: colheita manual de cana queimada, colheita mecanizada de cana crua e colheita mecanizada de cana queimada. A qualidade do ajuste dos modelos foi avaliada por meio de regressões não lineares entre os valores estimados e os valores médios observados em cada tratamento estudado. Nos tratamentos onde foi empregada a colheita mecânica, observou-se uma redução da taxa de infiltração final em relação à área sob colheita manual de cana queimada. A equação de Horton foi a mais adequada para a estimativa da taxa de infiltração de água no solo estudado.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: equação de horton, sistemas de colheita, infiltrômetro de aspersão. WATER INFILTRATION IN SOIL CULTIVATED WITH SUGARCANE: UNDER DIFERENT CROPPING SYSTEMS AND MODELS OF ADJUSTMENT OF INFILTRATION EQUATIONS ABSTRACT:The sugarcane harvesting techniques do not always follow the precepts of soil conservation, which may influence soil physical properties with consequent change in the rate of soil water infiltration. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of different cropping systems (manual cutting and automated cutting) of sugarcanes (green and burned), on water infiltration in the soil and to determine the adequacy of mathematical models to estimate the rate of water infiltration in the soil profile. It was used a portable rainfall simulator calibrated to apply rainfall of 60 mm h -1 .Tests of water infiltration in the soil were carried out in three cropping systems: manual harvesting of burnt cane, mechanical harvest of green cane and mechanical harvesting of burnt cane. The quality of the adjustment of models was evaluated by non-linear regression between the estimated values and the mean observed for each treatment. In the treatment where mechanical harvesting was applied it was observed a decreasing in the final infiltration rate compared to the area under manual harvesting of burnt cane. The equation of Horton was the most suitable to estimate the water infiltration rate in soil.
Mechanical harvesting has increasingly been used in sugarcane production units, and it has often resulted in reduced structural quality of the soil due to soil compaction caused by machine traffic. Thus, sugarcane ratoon crops have often been chiseled to overcome such a problem. The aim of the current study is to assess some physical properties of a Latossolo Vermelho Distroférrico (Rhodic Hapludox) that was chiseled after the third harvest in a sugarcane ratoon crop. The study was conducted in a commercial crop area throughout the 2011/2012 crop year. A randomized block experimental design was used, with five replications. The treatments consisted of five chiseling operations in sugarcane ratoon crops, namely: T1 -single-shank ripper with chiseling to a depth of 0.15 m; T2 -single-shank ripper with chiseling to a depth of 0.30 m; T3 -two-bar ripper with chiseling to a depth of 0.15 m, T4 -two-bar ripper with chiseling to a depth of 0.30 m; and T5 -control group, with no chiseling. Overall, soil chiseling is effective for improving the physical quality of the soil to a depth of 0.15 m, regardless of the equipment and the depth. Two-bar-ripper-based soil chiseling to a depth of 0.30 m provides increased sugarcane yield.
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