Fertility and acidity status of latossolos (oxisols) under pasture in the Brazilian Cerrado

The Cerrado region, with over 50 million hectares of cultivated pasture, provides 55% of Brazilian beef production. Previous investigations have shown that about 70-80% of this pasture is affected by some kind of degradation, leading to low productivity. However, until now, few surveys have been car...

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Main Authors: Pedro R.S. Vendrame, Osmar R. Brito, Maria F. Guimarães, Éder S. Martins, Thierry Becquer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2010-12-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652010000400026