Can the Straw Remaining on the Ground Reduce the Wheelsets Impact on Sugarcane Crop?

Filho, Aldir Carpes Marques; Medeiros, Simone Daniela Sartório de; Martins, Murilo Battistuzzi; Moura, Michel dos Santos; Lanças, Kléber Pereira

doi:10.1007/s12355-022-01128-0

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“…The highest hourly fuel consumption (L h −1 ) was observed on bare ground, primarily due to the lower reactive forces of the ground around the wheelsets, which caused more significant deformations and rolling resistance. Marques Filho et al [19] suggested that vegetation cover on the ground can effectively alleviate the stress caused by wheelsets. Providing larger contact areas and reduced footprint depths potentially offers a solution to the problem of reducing machine fuel consumption.…”

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“…No-tillage and minimal-tillage soil conservation management systems contribute to soil protection [17,18]. Furthermore, vegetation cover (straw) can mitigate the effects of the wheels on crops [19]. Additionally, confining machines to permanent traffic lanes restricts compaction effects and tends to limit compaction to the carriageways, allowing more significant root development in areas without traffic [20].…”

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Controlled Traffic Farm: Fuel Demand and Carbon Emissions in Soybean Sowing

Martins,

Marques Filho,

Seron

et al. 2024

AgriEngineering

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Soil compaction between crop rows can increase a machine’s performance by reducing rolling resistance and fuel demand. Controlled Traffic Farm (CTF) stands out among modern techniques for increasing agricultural sustainability because the machines continuously travel along the same path in the field, reducing plant crush and compacting the soil in the traffic line. This study evaluated fuel consumption and CO2 emissions at different CTF intensities in different soil management strategies for soybean crop. The experimental design involved randomized blocks in a split-plot scheme with four replications. The plots constituted the three types of soil management: conventional tillage, no-tillage with straw millet cover, and no-tillage with brachiária straw cover. The subplots constituted for agricultural tractors were passed over in traffic lines (2, 4, and 8 times). We evaluated agricultural tractor fuel consumption, CO2 emissions, and soybean productivity. The straw cover and tractor-pass significantly affected the fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of the soybean cultivation. Fuel consumption and CO2 emissions were reduced due to the machine-pass increase, regardless of soil management. Thus, a CTF reduces rolling resistance and increases crop environmental efficiency. Bare-soil areas increased by 20.8% and 27.9% with respect to fuel consumption, compared to straw-cover systems. Brachiária straw and millet reduce CO2 emissions per hectare by 20% and 28% compared to bare soil. Lower traffic intensities (two passes) showed (13.72%) higher soybean yields (of 4.04 Mg ha−1). Investigating these effects in other types of soil and mechanized operations then becomes essential.

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Controlled Traffic Farm: Fuel Demand and Carbon Emissions in Soybean Sowing

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Marques Filho,

Seron

et al. 2024

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“…The highest means obtained were NT (3.29 MPa) and MT (2.43 MPa) in superior absolute values, CT (2.07 MPa) and CTI (1.87 MPa) in sequence, and finally, control treatment 1.80 (MPa). In NT, vegetation cover directly interferes with machine load soil distribution [16]. Adequate ground cover levels promote maintenance of a higher water content and reduce SPR effects [6,30,31].…”

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“…Luz et al [7] found similar results, indicating traditional soil management does not benefit to alleviate compaction when compared to a conservationist system. According to Souza et al [15], soil preparation is a high-cost operation in sugarcane renovation fields, and results from soil preparation are not maintained during the crop cycle; this occurs due to heavy machine traffic and rearrangement of soil particles in wheel interaction (Marques Filho et al) [16] and weathering agents such as rain and wind [18].…”

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Productivity and Quality Sugarcane Broth at Different Soil Management

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The quality of sugarcane broth can be affected by soil management. In compacted soils the productivity is reduced, and the raw material is poor. This research aimed to evaluate productivity and quality of sugarcane for four soil management types: (CT) heavy harrow + light harrow; (CTI) Subsoiler + light harrow; (MT) Subsoiler and (NT) no soil movement. The variables investigated were resistance to soil penetration (SPR), the chemical raw material quality (broth) and crop yield. In crop rows, SPR did not reach severe levels up to 0.3 m for sugarcane root development. However, below this layer, MT, NT, and CTI reached SPR limiting values of 2.50, 2.35 and 1.95 MPa, respectively. In inter-crop rows, compaction was concentrated in soil surface layers (0–0.3 m). In addition, all adopted managements presented SPR above the critical value (2 MPa). The soil preparation forms qualitatively affected the sugarcane broth, showing higher fiber and protein contents in NT, MT, and CT. The PS, Brix, TRS, and Pol were not affected by soil management. Still, higher absolute values were found in the NT, indicating an increase in broth quality when applying conservation management. The highest yields were obtained by reduced tillage (MT), surpassing the lowest yield management (NT) with an increase of 10.5 Mg ha−1.

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