Dynamics of solar radiation and soybean yield in agroforestry systems



Document title: Dynamics of solar radiation and soybean yield in agroforestry systems
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000435728
ISSN: 0001-3765
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Ciencias Agronomicas e Ambientais, Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
2Universidade de Sao Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Piracicaba, Sao Paulo. Brasil
3Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
4Universidade Federal do Parana, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil
Year:
Season: Dic
Volumen: 90
Number: 4
Pages: 3799-3812
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract Soybean (Glycine max L.) monocropping have had a great socio-economic and environmental impact on the world and agroforestry systems has been considered an alternative for more sustainable production. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different arrangements of agroforestry systems of the species E. urophylla x E. grandis and P. dubium and the pruning of the trees on the dynamics of solar radiation and soybean yield. A field experiment was conducted in Southern Brazil. In order to achieve the objective of the study, the solar radiation transmissivity and the productive performance of the soybean were evaluated. In this study, the soybean yield was determined by the arrangement of the agroforestry system and forest species utilized. The soybean crop cultivated in the understory of the P. dubium trees showed the highest yield response. The use of silvicultural practices for the management of forest species should be considered to generate the balance of the productive system. In this context, tree pruning is a viable side for agroforestry systems, as it promotes an increase in the incidence of solar radiation in the understory, resulting in an increase in soybean yield, especially when integrated with P. dubium
Disciplines: Agrociencias
Keyword: Leguminosas,
Soya,
Prácticas de cultivo,
Transmisividad,
Radiación solar,
Producción sustentable,
Rendimiento
Keyword: Leguminosae,
Soybean,
Cropping systems,
Transmissivity,
Solar radiation,
Sustainable production,
Yield
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