Changes in soil temperature and moisture due to sugarcane straw removal in central-southern Brazil



Título del documento: Changes in soil temperature and moisture due to sugarcane straw removal in central-southern Brazil
Revista: Scientia Agricola
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000455536
ISSN: 0103-9016
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Piracicaba, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology, Uppsala. Suecia
3Universidade de Sao Paulo, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo. Brasil
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Volumen: 79
Número: 6
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, analítico
Resumen en inglés Crop residues left in the field cover and protect the soil surface, and regulate key processes and functions, such as gas and water exchanges. However, the Brazilian sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) sector has begun to use straw as feedstock to produce bioenergy. We conducted a field study to evaluate the effects of sugarcane straw removal in soil temperature and moisture changes at three sites (with different soil textures: Site 1 - clayey Oxisol, Site 2 - medium texture Oxisol, and Site 3 - sandy Ultisol) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The experimental design was randomized blocks with four rates of straw removal: i) no removal (NR); ii) moderate removal (MR); iii) substantial removal (SR), and iv) total removal (TR). Soil temperature was measured by sensors in the 0- to 5- and 5- to 10-cm soil layers. Undisturbed soil samples were collected from the 0- to 20- and 20- to 40-cm layers to determine soil moisture. Intensive straw removal (HR and TR) increased the soil temperature between 2 and 3 °C and the thermal amplitude between 5 and 9 °C in the 0- to 5-cm layer, compared to MR and NR. Soil moisture decreased between 0.03 and 0.07 g g–1 in the 0- to 20-cm layer with intensive straw removal. The sandy soil was more susceptible to straw removal. Therefore, straw maintenance on the soil surface plays an essential role in temperature regulation and preservation of higher soil moisture, especially in regions with severe water deficits and long periods of water stress
Disciplinas: Agrociencias
Palabras clave: Gramíneas,
Suelos,
Residuos industriales,
Caña de azúcar,
Humedad del suelo,
Bioenergía
Keyword: Gramineae,
Soils,
Industrial wastes,
Bioenergy,
Sugar cane,
Soil moisture
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