scholarly journals Physical Quality of an Oxisol in Different Agricultural Systems in Brazilian Cerrado

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Diego Dos Santos Pereira ◽  
Rafael Montanari ◽  
Christtiane Fernandes Oliveira ◽  
Jean Carlos de Almeida Ramos ◽  
Alan Rodrigo Panosso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bulk Density ◽  
Total Porosity ◽  
Forest Plantations ◽  
Soil Resistance ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Physical Quality ◽  
Soil Physical Quality ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Resistance To Penetration

The soil physical quality is a way of evaluating the current condition of forest plantations that is growing in the southeast region of Mato Grosso do Sul State. In this sense, this work aimed to evaluate the impact of the forest plantations on the physical quality of an Oxisol (Haplic Acrustox) in Cerrado. The experiment was conducted in the Experimental area of the Teaching and Research Farm, of the Engineering college of Ilha Solteira (UNESP), located in the city of Selvíria-MS, situated in the conditions of the Brazilian Cerrado. The soil samples were collected at depths of 0.00-0.10; 0.10-0.20; 0.20-0.30 and 0.30-0.40 m in three areas cultivated for 30 years: area (1) Pine forest (Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis); (2) Eucalyptus forest (Eucalyptus camaldulensis); (3) Reforested ciliary forest, being used a completely randomized design, with 25 replications and 3 treatments. The analyzed attributes of the soil was: macroporosity (Ma), microporosity (Mi), total porosity (TP), bulk density (BD), real particle (RP), soil resistance to penetration (PR), gravimetric moisture (GM), volumetric moisture (VM) and sand, silt and clay contents. The three evaluated areas presented macroporosity below the critical limit (0.100 m³ m-³), thereby impairing the root development. The three evaluated areas affected the physical quality of the soil. Being the physical attributes that most influenced in the reduction of the soil physical quality was the bulk density, total porosity, microporosity, macroporosity and soil resistance to penetration.

scholarly journals Physical quality of an Oxisol under an integrated crop-livestock-forest system in the Brazilian Cerrado

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 608-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eurico Lucas de Sousa Neto ◽  
Itamar Andrioli ◽  
Roberto Giolo de Almeida ◽  
Manuel Cláudio Mota Macedo ◽  
Rattan Lal
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Total Porosity ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Physical Quality ◽  
Soil Physical Quality ◽  
Organic Carbon Pool ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul

Soil physical quality is an important factor for the sustainability of agricultural systems. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate soil physical properties and soil organic carbon in a Typic Acrudox under an integrated crop-livestock-forest system. The experiment was carried out in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Treatments consisted of seven systems: integrated crop-livestock-forest, with 357 trees ha-1 and pasture height of 30 cm (CLF357-30); integrated crop-livestock-forest with 357 trees ha-1 and pasture height of 45 cm (CLF357-45); integrated crop-livestock-forest with 227 trees ha-1 and pasture height of 30 cm (CLF227-30); integrated crop-livestock-forest with 227 trees ha-1 and pasture height of 45 cm (CLF227-45); integrated crop-livestock with pasture height of 30 cm (CL30); integrated crop-livestock with pasture height of 45 cm (CL45) and native vegetation (NV). Soil properties were evaluated for the depths of 0-10 and 10-20 cm. All grazing treatments increased bulk density (r b) and penetration resistance (PR), and decreased total porosity (¦t) and macroporosity (¦ma), compared to NV. The values of r b (1.18-1.47 Mg m-3), ¦ma (0.14-0.17 m³ m-3) and PR (0.62-0.81 MPa) at the 0-10 cm depth were not restrictive to plant growth. The change in land use from NV to CL or CLF decreased soil organic carbon (SOC) and the soil organic carbon pool (SOCpool). All grazing treatments had a similar SOCpool at the 0-10 cm depth and were lower than that for NV (17.58 Mg ha-1).

scholarly journals INTERVALO HÍDRICO ÓTIMO EM ÁREA DE CANA-DE-AÇÚCAR COM DIFERENTES CICLOS DE COLHEITA MECANIZADA

Irriga ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Oswaldo Julio Vischi Filho ◽  
Zigomar Menezes de Souza ◽  
Gustavo Soares de Souza ◽  
Allan Charlles Mendes de Sousa ◽  
Reginaldo Barboza da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Saccharum Officinarum ◽  
Soil Resistance ◽  
Physical Quality ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Cycle System ◽  
Commercial Farming ◽  
Soil Physical Quality ◽  
Least Limiting Water Range ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Resistance To Penetration

INTERVALO HÍDRICO ÓTIMO EM ÁREA DE CANA-DE-AÇÚCAR COM DIFERENTES CICLOS DE COLHEITA MECANIZADA  OSWALDO JULIO VISCHI FILHO1; ZIGOMAR MENEZES DE SOUZA1; GUSTAVO SOARES DE SOUZA2; ALLAN CHARLLES MENDES DE SOUSA1 E ; REGINALDO BARBOZA DA SILVA3  1Laboratório de Solos,Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Experimental Bananal do Norte, Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural, [email protected] Executiva, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho”, Campus de Registro, SP, [email protected]  1 RESUMO Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a qualidade física do solo, por meio do intervalo hídrico ótimo (IHO), visando diagnosticar o comportamento estrutural de solo sob cultivo de cana-de-açúcar crua em diferentes ciclos produtivos. O experimento foi desenvolvido em lavoura comercial de cana-de-açúcar em um Latossolo Vermelho distrófico (LVd) com textura média. Os tratamentos foram: um (CM1) e três (CM3) ciclos produtivos da lavoura (em média seis anos por ciclo) com colheita mecanizada. O solo foi amostrado nas linhas de plantio e nas entrelinhas, distante 0,30 m da linha de plantio, nas camadas de 0,00-0,10, 0,10-0,20, 0,20-0,30 e 0,30-0,40 m. A qualidade física do solo foi avaliada por meio do IHO. O IHO foi maior no sistema de colheita mecanizada com três ciclos (CM3), quando relacionado com o sistema com um ciclo (CM1), sugerindo que esse sistema contribuiu para a melhoria das condições físicas do solo avaliado como densidade, porosidade, resistência do solo à penetração e capacidade de armazenamento de água. A maior faixa de água não limitante ao desenvolvimento radicular da cana no sistema CM3 foi decorrente da utilização efetiva do preparo mínimo da linha de plantio, permitindo uma recuperação dos atributos físicos do solo. O IHO foi maior na linha de plantio em relação à entrelinha. Palavra-Chave: Saccharum officinarum, água no solo, qualidade física do solo, resistência do solo à penetração.  VISCHI FILHO, O. J.; SOUZA, Z. M.; SOUZA, G. S.; SOUSA, A. C. M.; SILVA, R. B.LEAST LIMITING WATER RANGE ON SUGARCANE AREA WITH DIFFERENT CYCLES OF MECHANICAL HARVEST  2 ABSTRACT The present study aimed to assess the soil physical quality, through Least Limiting Water Range (LLWR), aiming to diagnose the soil structural behavior, under sugarcane cultivation at different times of handling. The experiment was conducted on a sugarcane commercial farming on Oxisol Typic Acrudox with medium texture. The treatments were: one (CM1) and three (CM3) handling cultivation cycles (six years average for cycle) through mechanical harvest system. Soil samples were collected on the planting rows and on between rows, distance of 0.30 m from planting rows, at layers of 0.00-0.10; 0.10-0.20; 0.20-0.30 e 0.30-0.40 m. Soil physical quality was assessed by LLWR. The LLWR was higher in mechanical harvesting system with three cycles (CM3), when related to one cycle system (CM1), suggesting that this system has contributed for the improvement of assessed soil physical conditions such as  bulk density, soil porosity, soil resistance to penetration and water storage. The largest LLWR at sugarcane root development on CM3 system was due to the effective use of row planting reduced tillage, allowing recovery of soil physical properties. The LLWR was higher on planting rows than between rows. Keywords: Saccharum officinarum, soil water, soil physical quality, soil resistance to penetration.

Evaluation of soil physical quality of irrigated agroecosystems in a semi-arid region of North-eastern Brazil

Soil Research ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 455 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. P. Pereira ◽  
M. E. Ortiz-Escobar ◽  
G. C. Rocha ◽  
R. N. Assis Junior ◽  
T. S. Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Bulk Density ◽  
Soil Bulk Density ◽  
Natural Vegetation ◽  
Water Retention Curve ◽  
Retention Curve ◽  
Physical Quality ◽  
Soil Physical Quality ◽  
Eastern Brazil ◽  
North Eastern

Concern about soil physical quality has grown in recent years, particularly in view of serious problems caused by intensive soil use. We hypothesised that improper soil management in irrigated areas damages the structure of sensitive soils in some regions in North-eastern Brazil. The aim of the study was to evaluate the physical quality of irrigated soils planted with annual and perennial crops, compared with soils under natural vegetation in Ceará State, Brazil. Measurements were made of least limiting water range (LLWR), the S index, and relative density. Undisturbed soil samples were collected at two depths (5–10 and 20–25 cm) in four cultivated areas (banana, guava, pasture, and maize/bean in succession) and two natural vegetation areas (NV1, NV2) adjacent to the cultivated areas. All sites were in the Jaguaribe-Apodi Irrigated District, Limoeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil. The LLWR was determined using the water retention curve, soil resistance to penetration, and soil bulk density, which are parameters needed to obtain the upper and lower limits of LLWR. The S index was obtained from the water retention curve. The relative density was obtained from the relationship between bulk density and maximum density obtained from the Proctor test. The S index varied as a function of soil management. The variation in LLWR differed between the studied areas as a function of soil bulk density. The relative densities for NV1 and NV2 were lower than for cultivated areas, showing that intensive soil use has caused compaction. The studied parameters seem to be good indicators of soil physical quality, and it was noticed that soils under cultivation suffer an alteration of their structure relative to soils under natural vegetation.

scholarly journals Water retention and s index of an oxisol subjected to weed control methods in a coffee crop

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 471-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphael Henrique da Silva Siqueira ◽  
Mozart Martins Ferreira ◽  
Elifas Nunes de Alcântara ◽  
Bruno Montoani Silva ◽  
Raphael Comanducci Silva
Keyword(s):  
Bulk Density ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Water Retention ◽  
Total Porosity ◽  
Soil Bulk Density ◽  
Structural Quality ◽  
Control Methods ◽  
Herbicide Application ◽  
Physical Quality

Weed control in different crops affects the chemical, physical, and biological properties of the soil and consequently its structural quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate, using water retention characteristics and the S index, the physical quality of an Oxisol (Red-Yellow Latosol), subjected to weed control during the cultivation of coffee. The following weed control methods were evaluated: harrowing, brushcutting, residue crushing, manual weeding, post-emergence herbicide application, pre-emergence herbicide application, and maintenance of soil cover with peanut forage, Brachiaria grass, and spontaneous vegetation (no weed treatment). The following properties were determined for physical characterization of the soil: bulk density, total porosity, macroporosity, microporosity, water retention, and the S index. The weed control method significantly affected the physical properties and water retention in the subsurface layer of the Oxisol. Soil bulk density, total porosity, macroporosity, and microporosity were significantly correlated with the S index. According to the S index, the physical quality of the soil was classified as very good for the various weed control methods investigated.

scholarly journals COMPACTAÇÃO DO SOLO E INTERVALO HÍDRICO ÓTIMO NO CRESCIMENTO DA PARTE AÉREA E PRODUTIVIDADE DA CULTURA DO MILHO

Irriga ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 272-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ona Da Silva Freddi ◽  
José Frederico Centurion ◽  
Ricardo Garcia Aratani ◽  
Amauri Nelson Beutler
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Soil Compaction ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Shoot Growth ◽  
Total Porosity ◽  
Soil Resistance ◽  
Seed Productivity ◽  
Least Limiting Water Range ◽  
Resistance To Penetration

COMPACTAÇÃO DO SOLO E INTERVALO HÍDRICO ÓTIMO NO CRESCIMENTO DA PARTE AÉREA E PRODUTIVIDADE DA CULTURA DO MILHO  Onã da Silva Freddi; José Frederico Centurion; Ricardo Garcia Aratani; Amauri Nelson BeutlerDepartamento de Solos e Adubos, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterináiras, Jaboticabal, SP, [email protected]  1 RESUMO O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar a compactação do solo proporcionada pelo tráfego de tratores sobre o intervalo hídrico ótimo (IHO) e o crescimento e produtividade do milho em um Latossolo Vermelhode textura argilosa. Os tratamentos foram constituídos por cinco intensidades de compactação e quatro repetições em delineamento inteiramente casualizado. Foram coletadas amostras indeformadas de solo nas camadas de 0,02–0,05, 0,08–0,11, 0,15–0,18 e 0,22-0,25 mpara determinação da macroporosidade, microporosidade, porosidade total, densidade do solo, resistência à penetração e o IHO. Os parâmetros da cultura avaliados foram à altura das plantas e inserção da primeira espiga, o diâmetro do colmo, o número de espigas por planta, a massa seca das plantas e de 1000 grãos e a produtividade. A compactação do solo restringiu todos os parâmetros da cultura avaliados com exceção apenas para o número de espigas e a massa de 1000 grãos. O IHO foi reduzido pela resistência do solo à penetração mesmo no tratamento com solo preparado com densidade média de 1,12 Mg m-3. Apenas o tratamento com quatro passadas do trator de 11 Mg apresentou densidade do solo acima da densidade crítica determinada no IHO, que foi de 1,37 Mg m-3, no qual a produtividade de milho foi significativamente menor. UNITERMOS: Zea mays, resistência do solo à penetração, densidade do solo  FREDDI, O. S.; CENTURION, J. F.; ARATANI, R. G; BEUTLER, A. N. SOIL COMPACTION AND LEAST LIMITING WATER RANGE ON CORN SHOOT GROWTH AND SEED PRODUCTIVITY  2 ABSTRACT The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of soil compaction caused by tractor wheel traffic on the limiting water range (LLWR), shoot growth and levels of compaction and four replications in a completely randomized experimental design. Soil samples with preserved structure were collected in the layers: 0.02-0.05; 0.08-0.11; 0.15-0.18 and 0.22-0.25m to determine macroporosity, microporosity, total porosity, bulk density, resistance to penetration and LLWR. The evaluated corn parameters were: plant and first spike height, steam diameter, number of spikes per plant, plant dry matter, dry matter of 1000 seeds and seed productivity. The soil compaction restricted all corn parameters except the number of spikes per plant and dry matter of 1000 seeds. The LLWR was reduced by the soil resistance to penetration, even in the tilled soil with bulk density of 1.12 Mg m-3. Only the treatment with 11 Mg tractor, repeated four times on the area, demonstrated bulk density above critical bulk density in the LLWR that was 1.37 Mg m-3, where the seed productivity was significantly smaller. KEY WORDS: Zea mays, soil resistance to penetration, bulk density

scholarly journals Physical quality of an Oxisol cultivated with maize submited to cover crops in the pre-cropping period

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-2178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiana de Souza Pereira ◽  
Itamar Andrioli ◽  
Amauri Nelson Beutler ◽  
Cinara Xavier de Almeida ◽  
Faber de Souza Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Cover Crops ◽  
Soil Bulk Density ◽  
Conventional Tillage ◽  
No Tillage ◽  
Physical Quality ◽  
Soil Physical Quality ◽  
Tillage System

The intensive use of land alters the distribution of the pore size which imparts consequences on the soil physical quality. The Least Limiting Water Range (LLWR) allows for the visualization of the effects of management systems upon either the improvement or the degradation of the soil physical quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate the physical quality of a Red Latosol (Oxisol) submited to cover crops in the period prior to the maize crop in a no-tillage and conventional tillage system, using porosity, soil bulk density and the LLWR as attributes. The treatments were: conventional tillage (CT) and a no-tillage system with the following cover crops: sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) (NS), pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke) (NP) and lablab (Dolichos lablab L.) (NL). The experimental design was randomized blocks in subdivided plots with six replications, with the plots being constituted by the treatments and the subplots by the layers analyzed. The no-tillage systems showed higher total porosity and soil organic matter at the 0-0.5 m layer for the CT. The CT did not differ from the NL or NS in relation to macroporosity. The NP showed the greater porosity, while CT and NS presented lower soil bulk density. No < 10 % airing porosity was found for the treatments evaluated, and value for water content where soil aeration is critical (θPA) was found above estimated water content at field capacity (θFC) for all densities. Critical soil bulk density was of 1.36 and 1.43 Mg m-3 for NP and CT, respectively. The LLWR in the no-tillage systems was limited in the upper part by the θFC, and in the bottom part, by the water content from which soil resistance to penetration is limiting (θPR). By means of LLWR it was observed that the soil presented good physical quality.

scholarly journals Revisiting the S-index for soil physical quality and its use in Brazil

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quirijn de Jong van Lier
Keyword(s):  
Bulk Density ◽  
Water Retention ◽  
Total Porosity ◽  
Critical Value ◽  
Water Retention Curve ◽  
Dynamic Processes ◽  
Soil Physics ◽  
Physical Quality ◽  
Soil Physical Quality ◽  
Additional Value

The S-index was introduced in 2004 in a publication by A.R. Dexter. S was proposed as an indicator of soil physical quality. A critical value delimiting soils with rich and poor physical quality was proposed. At present, Brazil is world leader in citations of Dexter's publication. In this publication the S-theory is mathematically revisited and extended. It is shown that S is mathematically correlated to bulk density and total porosity. As an absolute indicator, the value of S alone has proven to be incapable of predicting soil physical quality. The critical value does not always hold under boundary conditions described in the literature. This is to be expected because S is a static parameter, therefore implicitly unable to describe dynamic processes. As a relative indicator of soil physical quality, the S-index has no additional value over bulk density or total porosity. Therefore, in the opinion of the author, the fact that bulk density or total porosity are much more easily determined than the water retention curve for obtaining S disqualifies S as an advantageous indicator of relative soil physical quality. Among the several equations available for the fitting of water retention curves, the Groenevelt-Grant equation is preferable for use with S since one of its parameters and S are linearly correlated. Since efforts in soil physics research have the purpose of describing dynamic processes, it is the author's opinion that these efforts should shift towards mechanistic soil physics as opposed to the search for empirical correlations like S which, at present, represents far more than its reasonable share of soil physics in Brazil.

scholarly journals Characterising and improving the deteriorating trends in soil physical quality under banana

Soil Research ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 574 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Rasiah ◽  
J. D. Armour ◽  
P. W. Moody ◽  
A. B. Pattison ◽  
S. Lindsay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Type ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Total Porosity ◽  
Grass Cover ◽  
Organic C ◽  
Physical Quality ◽  
Tillage Practices ◽  
Soil Physical Quality ◽  
Forest Sites ◽  
The Impact

Deterioration in soil physical quality under intensive tillage practices is a norm rather than an exception. The objectives of this study were to (i) evaluate total porosity (TP) as an indicator parameter to assess the impact of banana cropping on compaction and infiltration in soils, and (ii) assess the effectiveness of different interrow grass-covers in minimising the deteriorating trends. Depth-incremented TP under banana rows and interrows from 4 sites, corresponding forest sites, and from 3 interrow grass-cover treatments were computed from bulk density measurements. The TP results show the compacted depth ranged from 0.35 to 0.45 m in banana rows and from 0.35 to 1.0 m in the interrows. The TP in 0.10 m depth increments decreased in the order: forest > rows > interrows, and was positively correlated with soil organic C (OC) and negatively with wheel traffic stress (WTS). The multiple regression analysis showed that 77% of the variability in TP was accounted for by clay + silt, OC, and WTS. We show that a threshold compaction index (DIt) of 0.81–0.83 can be estimated from TP regardless of the soil type. Depending on the soil type and the cultural practices followed, infiltration decreased from 0.75 mm/s in rainforest to 0.23 mm/s under banana in 1 soil type compared with 2.55 mm/s in forest and 0.85 mm/s under banana in another. After 18 months of interrow grass-covers we found the deterioration in TP was minimum under the indigenous grass-cover but not under the 2 improved species. We conclude the interrow grass-covers were effective in minimising WTS associated compaction and reduction in infiltration.

scholarly journals S-Index as an indicator of physical quality in soils of the Paraná state

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 458-464
Author(s):  
João H. Caviglione
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Carbon Content ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Total Porosity ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Native Forest ◽  
Organic Carbon Content ◽  
Physical Quality ◽  
Soil Physical Quality

ABSTRACT From the 1990s, the demand for soil quality indicators has increased with the agricultural sustainability approaches. The S-index was proposed as an indicator of soil physical quality. The objective was to evaluate the sensitivity of S-index as an indicator of soil physical quality and its correlation with bulk density, organic carbon content, macroporosity, microporosity, total porosity and clay, sand and silt contents, under field conditions in the diversity of the Paraná state. Samples were collected from 21 sites with textures from clay and heavy clay, in the layers of 0-0.1 and 0.1-0.2 m, in soil under native forest and in cultivated soil. Eight soil physical attributes were determined. A soil-water retention curve with six moisture points was fitted and the S-index was calculated for each condition. The Wilcoxon Test showed differences in S-index between soil managements with p-value = 0.0015 in the 0-0.1 m layer and less than 0.0001 in the 0.1-0.2 m layer. The observed S-index showed to be a sensitive indicator of soil physical quality and with a significant Pearson correlation with bulk density (‑0.826), macroporosity (0.760), total porosity (0.836), and organic carbon content (0.583).

scholarly journals Compaction and Physical Attributes of the Soil After the Development of Cover Plants

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romário Pimenta Gomes ◽  
Anderson Cristian Bergamin ◽  
Laércio Santos Silva ◽  
Milton César Costa Campos ◽  
Vínicius Augusto Filla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bulk Density ◽  
Cover Crops ◽  
Soil Depth ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Total Porosity ◽  
Grass Species ◽  
Soil Protection ◽  
Soil Resistance ◽  
Physical Attributes ◽  
Resistance To Penetration

Compaction problems in heavily tilled soils have been commonly mitigated with the use of cover plants. Aiming to evaluate the effects of compaction on the physical properties of a plyntic Haplic-Alitic Cambisol soil after development of different cover crops, a complete randomized blocks design experiment, with 3 × 3 factorial arrangement and four replications, was conducted. Treatments consisted of cultivation of two legume species, crotalaria (Crotalaria juncea L.) and stylosanthes cv. Campo Grande (Estilosantes capitata + Estilosantes macrocephala) and a grass species, brachiaria (Urochloa brizhantha cv. Marandu), subjected to soil compaction: CM–Conventional soil management (tillage) without additional compaction; CMc4 and CMc8–conventional soil management with additional compaction using a 6 Mg tractor in four and eight wheel passes. Conventional management with additional compaction does not affect significantly the physical attributes at a soil depth of 0.10-0.20 m, and only the soil moisture does not differ according to the soil management, irrespective of the depth and kind of cover plant. Traffic levels in four passes result in an increased soil bulk density and macroporosity in the 0.0-0.05 m, and in soil resistance to penetration and total porosity in the layer up to 0.10 m. Cover crops are important in maintaining soil physical quality to reduce the negative effects of compacting forces, especially to stylosanthes cv. Campo Grande that provided greater soil protection in systems with or without addition of compaction, conditioning the lowest values of bulk density and soil resistance to penetration.

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