Removal of Different Quantities of Straw on the Soil Surface: Effects on the Physical Attributes of the Soil and the Productivity of Sugarcane Yield in Southeast Brazil
“…The soil in the area is classified as a Oxisol (Santos et al, 2018). The terrain is flat, with a slope of up to 3%, and the soil is deep and has a clayey texture.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this production system, experiments whose objective is proposing conservation management practices in different edaphoclimatic environments are essential with a view to the sustainability of these systems, especially in environments with soil in physical and/or chemical restrictions and water deficit over the year. In this context, maintaining the remaining straw on the soil surface after mechanized harvesting of raw sugarcane influences some chemical, physical, and biological properties of the soil, such as the increase in the soil organic matter (Bordonal et al, 2018), a rise in water infiltration and conservation of water content in the soil (Santos et al, 2022), in addition to reducing the susceptibility to soil compaction (Castioni et al, 2019) as the maintenance of straw in the soil can preserve quality soil structure, which results in increased productivity and longevity of sugarcane (Silva et al, 2022;Arcoverde et al, 2023).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Given the high economic and environmental costs of degraded soil recovery, it is recommended to follow the structural quality of the soil using the physical quality indicators, such as macroporosity, microporosity, total porosity, density, and resistance to soil penetration ; and also of the plant, such as richness in sugars and stalk and sugar productivity (Silva et al, 2022). Monitoring these indicators constitutes relevant information for decision-making and the selection of soil management practices inserted in sugarcane production environments to provide the appropriate balance between soil sustainability, high yields, and minimized costs ( Marasca et al, 2016).…”
Conservation management practices are beneficial to the physical quality of the soil and agricultural sustainability. The objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of remaining straw levels (0; 5; 10 and 15 Mg ha-1) on soil physical attributes and sugarcane productivity components (third cut), in three seasons - 1 ( variety RB 855156), 2 (variety RB 835486) and 3 (variety RB 835054). For physical analyses of density, macroporosity, microporosity, and total porosity, soil samples were collected in 0.00-0.05; 0.05-0.10; 0.10-0.15, and 0.15-0.20 m layers. The soil resistance to penetration (RP) was evaluated up to 0.40 m deep, at the experimental setting up (third cut), and after 12 months, following the fourth cut. The number of stems ha-1, total recoverable sugar (TRS), the productivity of industrializable stalks (ISP), and sugar (TAH) were evaluated. At the end of the sugarcane harvest (first season), a reduction was found in the density and an increase in total porosity up to 0.20 m, an increase in macropores, in the 0.00-0.05 and 0.10-0.15 m layers, and RP reduction, in the 0.00-0.10 m layer. At the end of the second and third harvest seasons, RP increases of up to 0.30 m stand out. Straw levels did not influence stalk and sugar productivity in the first and second seasons, and in the third harvest season, maximum stalk and sugar productivity was obtained by maintaining 5 Mg ha-1 of straw.
“…The soil in the area is classified as a Oxisol (Santos et al, 2018). The terrain is flat, with a slope of up to 3%, and the soil is deep and has a clayey texture.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this production system, experiments whose objective is proposing conservation management practices in different edaphoclimatic environments are essential with a view to the sustainability of these systems, especially in environments with soil in physical and/or chemical restrictions and water deficit over the year. In this context, maintaining the remaining straw on the soil surface after mechanized harvesting of raw sugarcane influences some chemical, physical, and biological properties of the soil, such as the increase in the soil organic matter (Bordonal et al, 2018), a rise in water infiltration and conservation of water content in the soil (Santos et al, 2022), in addition to reducing the susceptibility to soil compaction (Castioni et al, 2019) as the maintenance of straw in the soil can preserve quality soil structure, which results in increased productivity and longevity of sugarcane (Silva et al, 2022;Arcoverde et al, 2023).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Given the high economic and environmental costs of degraded soil recovery, it is recommended to follow the structural quality of the soil using the physical quality indicators, such as macroporosity, microporosity, total porosity, density, and resistance to soil penetration ; and also of the plant, such as richness in sugars and stalk and sugar productivity (Silva et al, 2022). Monitoring these indicators constitutes relevant information for decision-making and the selection of soil management practices inserted in sugarcane production environments to provide the appropriate balance between soil sustainability, high yields, and minimized costs ( Marasca et al, 2016).…”
Conservation management practices are beneficial to the physical quality of the soil and agricultural sustainability. The objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of remaining straw levels (0; 5; 10 and 15 Mg ha-1) on soil physical attributes and sugarcane productivity components (third cut), in three seasons - 1 ( variety RB 855156), 2 (variety RB 835486) and 3 (variety RB 835054). For physical analyses of density, macroporosity, microporosity, and total porosity, soil samples were collected in 0.00-0.05; 0.05-0.10; 0.10-0.15, and 0.15-0.20 m layers. The soil resistance to penetration (RP) was evaluated up to 0.40 m deep, at the experimental setting up (third cut), and after 12 months, following the fourth cut. The number of stems ha-1, total recoverable sugar (TRS), the productivity of industrializable stalks (ISP), and sugar (TAH) were evaluated. At the end of the sugarcane harvest (first season), a reduction was found in the density and an increase in total porosity up to 0.20 m, an increase in macropores, in the 0.00-0.05 and 0.10-0.15 m layers, and RP reduction, in the 0.00-0.10 m layer. At the end of the second and third harvest seasons, RP increases of up to 0.30 m stand out. Straw levels did not influence stalk and sugar productivity in the first and second seasons, and in the third harvest season, maximum stalk and sugar productivity was obtained by maintaining 5 Mg ha-1 of straw.
“…Along with conservationist soil management practices, the maintenance of remaining straw after mechanized harvesting of sugarcane on the soil surface influences some chemical, physical, and biological properties in the agricultural environment, such as the increase in soil organic matter (Bordonal et al, 2018), decreased thermal fluctuations in the surface soil layers (Santos et al, 2022), increased water infiltration, conservation of water content in the soil (Santos et al, 2022), and reduced susceptibility soil compaction (Castioni et al, 2019), as straw maintenance on the soil can preserve its structural quality, increasing the productivity and longevity of sugarcane (Silva et al, 2022).…”
Sugarcane requires planning aimed at maintaining production levels, technological quality, and longevity of the sugarcane field, as it is a semi-perennial crop. To this end, the adoption of soil management systems associated with the maintenance of remaining straw are some of the strategies aimed at protecting the soil structure and its properties vital to the sustainability of agricultural systems. In this context, this study aimed to evaluate the influence of soil management systems and remaining straw with and without ratoon chiseling on the optimum water range (OWR) and load-bearing capacity (LBC) of the soil. The experimental design consisted of randomized blocks in a split-plot scheme, with four replications. The plots were composed of no-tillage and conventional tillage, the subplots consisted of three levels of remaining straw (0, 50, and 100%), and the subsubplots consisted of the use or not of chiseling. Samples with preserved structures were collected at depths of 0.05 and 0.15 m for the analysis of the physical indicators OWR and LBC. Maintaining 100% straw associated with the use of chiseling resulted in an increase in OWR in both soil management systems and depths. Maintaining straw at 50 and 100% also led to lower LBC values in the evaluated soil management systems and depths, suggesting an improvement in soil physical quality. The use of chiseling of ratoons in conventional tillage promoted higher LBC values, indicating possible additional soil compaction in these areas.
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