Straw decomposition of nitrogen-fertilized grasses intercropped with irrigated maize in an integrated crop-livestock system

The greatest limitation to the sustainability of no-till systems in Cerrado environments is the low quantity and rapid decomposition of straw left on the soil surface between fall and spring, due to water deficit and high temperatures. In the 2008/2009 growing season, in an area under center pivot i...

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Main Authors: Cristiano Magalhães Pariz, Marcelo Andreotti, Salatiér Buzetti, Antonio Fernando Bergamaschine, Nelson de Araújo Ulian, Luciano Coletti Furlan, Paulo Roberto de Lima Meirelles, Francielli Aparecida Cavasano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo 2011-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-06832011000600019&lng=en&tlng=en