2010
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-90162010000400016
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Abstract: Methods for evaluation the soil structure quality based on field evaluations are useful to determine strategies for soil management, with the advantage of requirement the use of little equipment and the possibility of immediate interpretation. A new methodology was recently developed to temperate soils for this purpose, called Visual Soil Structure Assessment (Ball et al., 2007). It was tested the hypothesis that it is possible to apply and advance in the interpretation of the results from use of Visual Soils … Show more

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“…However, using the profil cultural method, we were able to evaluate the soil profile of the surface up to a 1.00 m depth and determine the structures under tillage (sugarcane) and grazing (Figure 2). The results show that different management systems in Oxisols have resulted in a specific distribution of structures, with different structural characteristics in the soil profile, as has also been shown by Giarola et al (2010) and Guimarães et al (2013). After compaction, the occurrence of clods in state Dμ (in the process of compaction, with some structural porosity visible; see figure 1b) at depths from 0.15 to 0.30 m was most likely caused by the presence of grass roots (Brachiaria decumbens in this case) over the 30-years period.…”
Section: Soil Profilesupporting
confidence: 64%
“…However, using the profil cultural method, we were able to evaluate the soil profile of the surface up to a 1.00 m depth and determine the structures under tillage (sugarcane) and grazing (Figure 2). The results show that different management systems in Oxisols have resulted in a specific distribution of structures, with different structural characteristics in the soil profile, as has also been shown by Giarola et al (2010) and Guimarães et al (2013). After compaction, the occurrence of clods in state Dμ (in the process of compaction, with some structural porosity visible; see figure 1b) at depths from 0.15 to 0.30 m was most likely caused by the presence of grass roots (Brachiaria decumbens in this case) over the 30-years period.…”
Section: Soil Profilesupporting
confidence: 64%
“…Another distinctive feature of VESS is its ability to distinguish between topsoil layers width different structural characteristics. Giarola et al (2010) and Guimarães et al (2011Guimarães et al ( , 2013 stressed the importance of evaluating soil layers individually rather than giving only a weighted average score, because doing so can improve the choice of management practices adopted to preserve or improve overall structural soil quality.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A análise da morfologia dos solos permite a caracterização dos horizontes antropizados (diagnóstico qualitativo do estado físico do solo) e pode ser feita, por exemplo,pelo método do perfil cultural que analisa, conjuntamente e visualmente,o efeito do manejo na estrutura do solo e desta no sistema radicular (Tavares Filho et al, 1999;Neves et al, 2003;Pereira Neto et al, 2007) e pela avaliação visual da estrutura do solo (Ball & Douglas, 2003;Ball et al, 2007;Giarola et al, 2010). Esses métodos, associados com alguns indicadores de qualidade física dos solos, permitem ser replicados nas mais diversas situações dando boas indicações sobre o nível de sustentabilidade do sistema de manejo de solo em uso.…”
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