<b>Alterations in carbon fractions in a Typic Quartzipisamment under different systems of soil management</b> - DOI: 10.4025/actasciagron.v28i3.938

  • Edicarlos Damacena de Souza UFRGS
  • Marco Aurélio Carbone Carneiro UFG
  • Helder Barbosa Paulino UFG
  • Carlos Alberto Silva UFLA
  • Salatier Buzetti UNESP

Abstract

The knowledge of soil organic carbon fractions can contribute to infer about the best soil management. This paper aimed to measure the effect of different soil managements on total organic carbon, light and heavy carbon fractions, microbial biomass and respiration in a Typic Quartzipisamment under Brazilian cerrados. Organic carbon was not influenced by soil management. However, the light fraction of carbon, microbial biomass and activity was different among crop systems. The heavy carbon fraction was very stable under the soil and crop systems used. Carbon of the light fraction and of microbial biomass can be used as indicators of soil quality in short term. Area under native cerrado showed higher carbon content in the low fraction and consequently higher microbial activity.

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Author Biography

Edicarlos Damacena de Souza, UFRGS
Possui graduação em Agronomia pela Universidade Federal de Goiás (2004) e mestrado em Agronomia pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2005), em processo de doutoramento na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Tem experiência na área de Agronomia, com ênfase em Fertilidade do Solo e Adubação, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: nutrição do feijoeiro, fracionamento do carbono, cobertura do solo, fisica do solo e solos de cerrado. No doutorado está trabalhando com fracionamento de fósforo, carbono e nitrogênio em sistema de integração agricultura pecuária Currículo Lattes
Published
2008-03-04
How to Cite
Souza, E. D. de, Carneiro, M. A. C., Paulino, H. B., Silva, C. A., & Buzetti, S. (2008). <b>Alterations in carbon fractions in a Typic Quartzipisamment under different systems of soil management</b&gt; - DOI: 10.4025/actasciagron.v28i3.938. Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, 28(3), 305-311. https://doi.org/10.4025/actasciagron.v28i3.938
Section
Soils

 

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