Nitrate adsorption in cerrado oxisoils

Os objetivos deste trabalho foram verificar a adsorção de nitrato e identificar as propriedades do solo que mais influenciam este fenômeno, em um Latossolo Vermelho-Escuro, com 56% de argila, em Planaltina, DF. Em 1996 foram coletadas amostras de solo nas profundidades de 0-20, 20-40, 40-80, 80-100 cm, de um experimento com cinco anos de duração, em uma área de cerrado típico e em duas áreas cultivadas com soja e milho, onde o solo apresentava inversão de carga em profundidade. Também foram coletadas amostras em um solo sob cerradão, com carga elétrica líquida negativa em profundidade. A relação entre nitrato adsorvido e nitrato na solução foi descrita pela equação de Freundlich e as relações entre o nitrato adsorvido e algumas propriedades físico-químicas do solo foram estudadas por meio de regressões múltiplas. O nitrato adsorvido aumentou com a profundidade em todos os tratamentos. Esta adsorção foi maior nos solos sob cerrado e cerradão. O deltapH não afetou a adsorção de nitrato. A correlação entre nitrato adsorvido, matéria orgânica e sulfato extraível foi negativa. A adsorção de nitrato aumentou com a redução da matéria orgânica em profundidade e com a redução de sulfato extraível.This work aimed to assess the rate of nitrate adsorption and identify the soil properties that most affect it, in a Dark-Red Latosol, with 56% clay content, in Planaltina, DF, Brazil. Soil samples were collected from areas with four different management systems, at depths of 0-20, 20-40, 40-80 and 80-100 cm. Three of the areas were obtained from an on-going five-year experiment, i.e., native grass savannah land and two areas cultivated with soybeans and maize that received different amounts of liming, sulphate and other nutrients and whose soils had inverted charges in depth. The fourth area was a woody savannah land, with negative net electric charge in depth. The relationship between nitrate adsorbed and nitrate in solution, was described by Freundlich equation, and the relationship between nitrate adsorbed and some soil physical-chemical properties was studied by multiple regression. Nitrate adsorption increased with soil depth in all treatments. Nitrate adsorption was higher in the native grass and woody savannah than in the other treatments. The deltapH as an index of net electric charge did not affect nitrate adsorption. There was a negative correlation between nitrate adsorption, organic matter and extractable sulphate. Nitrate adsorption increased with organic matter reduction in the deep layers of the soil and with decrease in extractable sulphate

Adsorção de nitrato em solos de cerrado do Distrito Federal

This work aimed to assess the rate of nitrate adsorption and identify the soil properties that most affect it, in a Dark-Red Latosol, with 56% clay content, in Planaltina, DF, Brazil. Soil samples were collected from areas with four different management systems, at depths of 0-20, 20-40, 40-80 and 80-100 cm. Three of the areas were obtained from an on-going five-year experiment, i.e., native grass savannah land and two areas cultivated with soybeans and maize that received different amounts of liming, sulphate and other nutrients and whose soils had inverted charges in depth. The fourth area was a woody savannah land, with negative net electric charge in depth. The relationship between nitrate adsorbed and nitrate in solution, was described by Freundlich equation, and the relationship between nitrate adsorbed and some soil physical-chemical properties was studied by multiple regression. Nitrate adsorption increased with soil depth in all treatments. Nitrate adsorption was higher in the native grass and woody savannah than in the other treatments. The ΔpH as an index of net electric charge did not affect nitrate adsorption. There was a negative correlation between nitrate adsorption, organic matter and extractable sulphate. Nitrate adsorption increased with organic matter reduction in the deep layers of the soil and with decrease in extractable sulphate.Os objetivos deste trabalho foram verificar a adsorção de nitrato e identificar as propriedades do solo que mais influenciam este fenômeno, em um Latossolo Vermelho-Escuro, com 56% de argila, em Planaltina, DF. Em 1996 foram coletadas amostras de solo nas profundidades de 0-20, 20-40, 40-80, 80-100 cm, de um experimento com cinco anos de duração, em uma área de cerrado típico e em duas áreas cultivadas com soja e milho, onde o solo apresentava inversão de carga em profundidade. Também foram coletadas amostras em um solo sob cerradão, com carga elétrica líquida negativa em profundidade. A relação entre nitrato adsorvido e nitrato na solução foi descrita pela equação de Freundlich e as relações entre o nitrato adsorvido e algumas propriedades físico-químicas do solo foram estudadas por meio de regressões múltiplas. O nitrato adsorvido aumentou com a profundidade em todos os tratamentos. Esta adsorção foi maior nos solos sob cerrado e cerradão. O ΔpH não afetou a adsorção de nitrato. A correlação entre nitrato adsorvido, matéria orgânica e sulfato extraível foi negativa. A adsorção de nitrato aumentou com a redução da matéria orgânica em profundidade e com a redução de sulfato extraível

Reabsorción cervical externa por filtración de un material aclarante

External cervical resorption is a pathological process, with an etiology that is not completely understood. Possible predisposing factors are orthodontic treatment, trauma, internal whitening, bruxism, etc. Internal whitening is an effective and minimally invasive method for the whitening non-vital teeth. This method is associated with a risk of resorption, which if not treated, can lead to tooth loss. This case report describes the management of two upper incisors with external cervical resorption, with a previous history of root canal treatment and internal whitening.La reabsorción cervical externa es un proceso patológico con una etiología no comprendida en su totalidad. Los posibles factores predisponentes son el tratamiento de ortodoncia, los traumatismos, el blanqueamiento interno, el bruxismo, entre otros. El blanqueamiento interno es una forma efectiva y mínimamente invasiva de blanquear dientes no vitales, con un riesgo asociado con reabsorción, que al no ser tratado podría provocar incluso la pérdida dentaria. Este reporte de caso describe el manejo de dos incisivos superiores con reabsorciones cervicales externas, que tienen como antecedente tratamiento de conducto y blanqueamiento interno

Quesungual slash and mulch agroforestry system (QSMAS): Improving crop water productivity, food security and resource quality in the sub-humid tropics

The knowledge and principles generated by CPWF-PN15 confirm that QSMAS can be a model production system for implementing conservation agriculture to achieve food security and sustainable development in drought-prone areas of hillsides in the sub-humid tropics, while providing ecosystem services in the face of land degradation and climate change. As an adoptable option to replace the slash and burn traditional system, QSMAS can improve smallholder livelihoods through eco-efficient use and conservation of natural resources. Participatory validation activities suggest that the conservation agriculture principles embedded in QSMAS can be readily accepted by resource- poor farmers and local authorities in similar agroecosystems

LivestockPlus: The sustainable intensification of forage-based agricultural systems to improve livelihoods and ecosystem services in the tropics

As global demand for livestock products (such as meat, milk, and eggs) is expected to double by 2050, necessary increases to future production must be reconciled with negative environmental impacts that livestock cause. This paper describes the LivestockPlus concept and demonstrates how the sowing of improved forages can lead to the sustainable intensification of mixed crop–forage–livestock–tree systems in the tropics by producing multiple social, economic, and environmental benefits. Sustainable intensification not only improves the productivity of tropical forage-based systems but also reduces the ecological footprint of livestock production and generates a diversity of ecosystem services (ES), such as improved soil quality and reduced erosion, sedimentation, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Integrating improved grass and legume forages into mixed production systems (crop–livestock, tree–livestock, crop–tree–livestock) can restore degraded lands and enhance system resilience to drought and waterlogging associated with climate change. When properly managed tropical forages accumulate large amounts of carbon in soil, fix atmospheric nitrogen (legumes), inhibit nitrification in soil and reduce nitrous oxide emissions (grasses), and reduce GHG emissions per unit livestock product. The LivestockPlus concept is defined as the sustainable intensification of forage-based systems, which is based on three interrelated intensification processes: genetic intensification – the development and use of superior grass and legume cultivars for increased livestock productivity; ecological intensification – the development and application of improved farm and natural resource management practices; and socio-economic intensification – the improvement of local and national institutions and policies, which enable refinements of technologies and support their enduring use. Increases in livestock productivity will require coordinated efforts to develop supportive government, non-government organization, and private sector policies that foster investments and fair market compensation for both the products and ES provided. Effective research-for-development efforts that promote agricultural and environmental benefits of forage-based systems can contribute towards implemention of LivestockPlus across a variety of geographic, political, and socio-economic contexts