Availability of soil water under tillage systems, mulch management and citrus rootstocks
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2010-01-01
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Fidalski, Jonez
Auler, Pedro Antonio Martins
Beraldo, José Marcos Garrido [UNESP]
Marur, Celso Jamil
Faria, Rogério Teixeirade
Barbosa, Graziela Moraesde Cesare
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The increased availability of soil water is important for the management of non-irrigated orange orchards. The objective of this study was to evaluate the availability of soil water in a Haplorthox (Rhodic Ferralsol) under different tillage systems used for orchard plantation, mulch management and rootstocks in a Pêra orange orchard in northwest Paraná, Brazil. An experiment in a split-split-plot design was established in 2002, in an area cultivated with Brachiaria brizantha grass in which three tillage systems (no tillage, conventional tillage and strip-tillage) were used for orchard plantation. This grass was mowed twice a year between the rows, representing two mulch managements in the split plots (no mulching and mulching in the plant rows). The split-split-plots were represented by two rootstocks (Rangpur lime and Cleopatra mandarin). The soil water content in the plant rows was evaluated in the 0-20 cm layer in 2007 and at 0-20 and 20-40 cm in 2008-2009. The effect of soil tillage systems prior to implantation of orange orchards on soil water availability was less pronounced than mulching and the rootstocks. The soil water availability was lower when Pêra orange trees were grafted on Cleopatra mandarin than on Rangpur lime rootstocks. Mulching had a positive influence on soil water availability in the sandy surface layer (0-20 cm) and sandy clay loam subsurface (20-40 cm) of the soil in the spring. The production of B. brizantha between the rows and residue disposal in the plant rows as mulch increased water availability to the Pêra orange trees.
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Brachiaria brizantha, No tillage, Soil management, Soil texture, Time domain reflectometry
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Revista Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo, v. 34, n. 3, p. 917-924, 2010.