Crop yield and nutrient balance influenced by shoot biomass management and pig slurry application

ABSTRACT Crop systems that export large amounts of nutrients from the farm may require higher doses of animal manure than those needed for grain production. This study aimed to evaluate the yield of crops and to determine the simplified nutrient balance in three management systems of shoot biomass of crops (cover-grain, cover-silage and hay-silage) associated with five fertilization treatments (control, soluble fertilizer and three doses of pig slurry). The experimental design was a split plot, arranged in randomized blocks with four replicates. The management systems of shoot biomass did not affect the yield of the winter pasture, but there was an increase in yield with the application of pig slurry. The summer crops responded differently to fertilization, depending on the purpose for which they were grown, whether for grain or silage. In the three management systems of shoot biomass, there was an excess of Zn and Cu from the application of 25 m3 ha-1; N from 50 m3ha-1; and P, K and Ca + Mg at the dose of 100 m3ha-1

Interest in the development of a soil composite indicator to establish risk models

Interest in the development of a soil composite indicator to establish risk models. Meeting on Soil and Wetland Ecotoxicology (SOWETOX 2007

Atributos de solo e de plantas afetados pelo manejo da pastagem anual de inverno em sistema de integração lavoura-pecuária Soil and crop attributes affected by winter pasture management in integrated crop-livestock system

O uso continuado do sistema de integração lavoura-pecuária pode promover alterações em atributos físicos do solo, bem como afetar a produtividade das culturas semeadas em sucessão à pastagem. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito de formas de semeadura e do intervalo entre a retirada dos animais e a dessecação da pastagem anual de inverno sobre atributos físicos do solo, fitomassa aérea remanescente da pastagem e produtividade das culturas semeadas em sucessão. Foi instalado um experimento em propriedade rural em Campos Novos, SC, que utiliza o sistema integração lavoura-pecuária, onde foram aplicados os seguintes tratamentos: duas formas de semeadura da pastagem no outono (semeadura direta sem e com posterior revolvimento do solo com grade niveladora), alocados nas parcelas principais, e quatro intervalos de retirada dos animais antes da dessecação da pastagem (retirada dos animais aos 28, 14 e 1 dia antes da dessecação e testemunha, sem pastejo), alocados nas subparcelas. Foram determinados a fitomassa aérea de pastagem remanescente por ocasião da dessecação, os atributos físicos do solo após a dessecação da pastagem e o rendimento de grãos de soja e milho. A forma de semeadura da pastagem anual de inverno não afetou os atributos físicos do solo e o rendimento das culturas de soja e milho cultivadas em sucessão à pastagem, enquanto o aumento do intervalo entre a retirada dos animais e a dessecação aumentou a fitomassa aérea remanescente da pastagem por ocasião da dessecação.<br>Continued use of the crop-livestock system in agricultural areas can promote changes in soil physical attributes, as well as affect the productivity of crops grown in rotation with pasture. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of methods of sowing and the interval between the withdrawal and desiccation of pasture on soil physical attributes, aboveground biomass of pasture and productivity of crops sown in succession. It was conducted an experiment in a rural property in Campos Novos, which uses the crop-livestok system, with the following treatments: two types of pasture seeding in autumn (direct seeding without and with subsequent soil harrowing), allocated in main plots, and four intervals of removing animals from the pasture before desiccation (removal of the animals at 28, 14 and 1 day before the desiccation and control, without grazing), allocated as subplots. It was determined the aboveground biomass of pasture, the soil physical attributes after desiccation of grassland and yield of soybeans and corn. The form of winter pasture seeding does not affect the soil physical attributes and crop productivity, while increasing the interval between the withdrawal and desiccation of winter pasture increases the production of the aboveground biomass of the pasture

The natural history of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, 2, 3, and 6: a 2-year follow-up study.

To obtain quantitative data on the progression of the most common spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) and identify factors that influence their progression, we initiated the EUROSCA natural history study, a multicentric longitudinal cohort study of 526 patients with SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, or SCA6. We report the results of the 1- and 2-year follow-up visits.Comparative StudyJournal ArticleMulticenter StudyResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe