Maize-tropical forages intercropping: an evaluation above and below the soil surface DOI Creative Commons
Lucas Freitas Nogueira Souza

Published: Feb. 26, 2024

Maize-tropical forages intercropping: an evaluation above and below the soil surface Tropical soils, which cover 80% of Brazil's agricultural land, are susceptible to erosion, leading biodiversity loss reduced carbon sequestration, fertility, organic matter content.The use plant residues or crop cover, particularly from tropical forage species like Urochloa spp.and Megathyrsus spp., was identified as effective means preventing erosion.These species, when intercropped with maize, produces residue that degraded slowly, providing longer protection.However, managing competition among proved challenging.Factors such climatic conditions, characteristics, nitrogen rate, herbicide management, intercropping sowing pattern affected growth productivity maize forage.This study aimed perform a meta-analysis maize-brachiaria data, evaluate performance in integrated way, analyze characteristics root system monoculture systems.Intercropping systems, demonstrated superior over monocropping several aspects.Relative monocropping, grain yield by 5.6% Brachiaria grass biomass production 64%.However, under specific conditions subtropical climate, early season sowing, certain fertilization rates, these penalties were minimized.Despite reduction, systems showed better resource utilization productivity, 25% higher total at harvest.The land equivalent ratio (LER) consistently higher, indicating optimized utilization.Intercropping significantly increased biomass, volume, length, contributing aggregation, protection against nutrient cycling, deep fixation.Intercropping boosted profits average 92.1% compared monocropping.In conclusion, offer robust strategy for simultaneous diversification intensification use, minor no trade-off yield, highlighting their potential sustainable agriculture.Despite some penalties, management practices climate could outperform terms production, development, utilization, profitability, sustainability.

Language: Английский

Soil microbial attributes and soybean yield response to off-season crop diversification in an Oxisol in Southern Brazil DOI
Aghata C. R. Charnobay, Artur Berbel Lírio Rondina, Alvadi Antônio Balbinot

et al.

Applied Soil Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 209, P. 106040 - 106040

Published: March 23, 2025

Language: Английский

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Soil fertility matters! A new conceptual model for carbon stewardship in neotropical croplands taking climate-smart agricultural practices into account DOI
Laudelino Vieira da Mota Neto, João Paulo Ribeiro‐Oliveira, Marcelo Valadares Galdos

et al.

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 978, P. 179407 - 179407

Published: April 16, 2025

Language: Английский

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Maize-tropical forages intercropping: an evaluation above and below the soil surface DOI Creative Commons
Lucas Freitas Nogueira Souza

Published: Feb. 26, 2024

Maize-tropical forages intercropping: an evaluation above and below the soil surface Tropical soils, which cover 80% of Brazil's agricultural land, are susceptible to erosion, leading biodiversity loss reduced carbon sequestration, fertility, organic matter content.The use plant residues or crop cover, particularly from tropical forage species like Urochloa spp.and Megathyrsus spp., was identified as effective means preventing erosion.These species, when intercropped with maize, produces residue that degraded slowly, providing longer protection.However, managing competition among proved challenging.Factors such climatic conditions, characteristics, nitrogen rate, herbicide management, intercropping sowing pattern affected growth productivity maize forage.This study aimed perform a meta-analysis maize-brachiaria data, evaluate performance in integrated way, analyze characteristics root system monoculture systems.Intercropping systems, demonstrated superior over monocropping several aspects.Relative monocropping, grain yield by 5.6% Brachiaria grass biomass production 64%.However, under specific conditions subtropical climate, early season sowing, certain fertilization rates, these penalties were minimized.Despite reduction, systems showed better resource utilization productivity, 25% higher total at harvest.The land equivalent ratio (LER) consistently higher, indicating optimized utilization.Intercropping significantly increased biomass, volume, length, contributing aggregation, protection against nutrient cycling, deep fixation.Intercropping boosted profits average 92.1% compared monocropping.In conclusion, offer robust strategy for simultaneous diversification intensification use, minor no trade-off yield, highlighting their potential sustainable agriculture.Despite some penalties, management practices climate could outperform terms production, development, utilization, profitability, sustainability.

Language: Английский

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0