The optimal soil pH for most annual crops in Brazil varies between 5.7 and 6.0. Numerous methods have been developed for estimating lime requirement (LR), but they vary widely in their predictions and fail to raise pH to desired values for optimum crop production in the highly weathered soils of Brazil. The objectives of this study were to (i) compare seven traditional methods for estimating LR in Brazilian soi...
Litter decomposition dynamics and nutrient release are also dependent on their biochemical composition, and such information is important for adequate nutritional management but is still incipient for plants like teak. This study aimed to evaluate the decomposition dynamics, nutrient release, and biochemical composition of clonal teak litter. The study was conducted in areas of clonal teak stands, in São José d...
In Brazil, empirical models are traditionally used to determine lime requirement (LR), but their reliability is doubtful in most cases, since they can lead to under- or overestimation of LR for different soil types. In this study, the most critical characteristics influencing LR were selected to develop reliable models for predicting LR that raise soil pH to optimum values for crop production in Brazil. Soil sa...
Tissue analysis results are interpreted by comparing them with nutrient standards; however, using universal standards may lead to a misleading nutritional diagnosis. This study aimed to evaluate the degree of universality of Kenworthy and DRIS norms for irrigated ‘Prata-Anã’ (AAB) and ‘Grande Naine’ (AAA) banana plants grown in two environments. The study was carried out using a database containing leaf nutrien...
The adoption of more productive and nutrient-demanding genotypes, in addition soils with low availability of nutrients of soils under forest plantations, lead high fertilizer demand and justify research that seeks to rationalize the use of these inputs. Therefore, we aimed with this research to determine classes of interpretation of soil fertility using boundary line (BL) and estimate macronutrient sufficiency ...
Knowing the accumulation of nutrients in mango plants is essential for calibrating fertilization programs aiming to increase yield in nutritionally unbalanced orchards. The work aimed to evaluate mango nutritional efficiency through nutrient accumulation and partitioning in plants of Palmer cultivar grown in sand soils at São Francisco Valley, Northwest Brazil. Commercial orchards located in Bahia and Pernambuc...
As sucessivas colheitas na base de folhas (FO) e galhos finos (GF), sem a necessária reposição nutricional, têm proporcionado quedas na produtividade brasileira de erva-mate nos últimos 20 anos. Neste sentido, o objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar a influência do intervalo de colheita e da adubação fosfatada na disponibilidade de fósforo (P) no solo, na produtividade e no estado nutricional da erva-mate. O experim...
Com o presente trabalho objetivou-se avaliar, através dos métodos linha de fronteira e chance matemática, o estado nutricional de pitaias submetidas a combinações de doses crescentes de nitrogênio-potássio (N-K) e fósforo-zinco (P-Zn). Foram aplicadas cinco doses de N (0; 150; 300; 450 e 600 mg dm-3) e K (0; 75; 150; 225 e 300 mg dm-3) no experimento I, e cinco doses de P (0; 75; 150; 255 e 300 mg dm-3) e Zn (0...
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a produtividade de minicepas e o enraizamento de miniestacas de clones híbridos de Eucalyptus globulus em resposta a concentrações de nitrogênio em fertirrigação de minijardim clonal. Para isso, utilizaram-se cinco clones, sendo: dois clones de Eucalyptus urophylla x Eucalyptus globulus (C-04 e C-16); dois clones de Eucalyptus grandis x Eucalyptus globulus (C-26 e C-30) e u...
O fósforo é um dos nutrientes mais importantes para a soja, porém apresenta uma dinâmica complexa no solo e pode tornar-se indisponível. A aplicação parcelada e localizada desse nutriente pode ser tática eficiente para aumentar sua disponibilidade. Assim, objetivou-se avaliar o efeito do parcelamento da dose de P aplicada ao solo e do recobrimento das sementes com fosfato de sódio monobásico na nodulação, no cr...