Dry matter, carbon and nitrogen of soybean and corn roots in conventional tillage and no‑tillage systems

• Autor(a) principal: Bordin, Ivan
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Neves, Carmen Silvia Vieira Janeiro, Medina, Cristiane de Conti, Santos, Julio Cezar Franchini dos, Torres, Eleno, Urquiaga, Segundo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.sct.embrapa.br/index.php/pab/article/view/1087
• topic: Glycine max; Zea mays; root length density; soil management; soil tillage; Glycine max; Zea mays; densidade de comprimento de raízes; manejo do solo; sistemas de preparo

The objective of this work was to examine whether soil tillage systems affect the distribution and accumulation of dry matter (DM), carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) of root systems of soybean (Glycine max) and corn (Zea mays) in a clayey Typic Haplorthox. Volumetric rings were used for root sampling down to 1 m depth. The distribution in depth and accumulation of DM, C and N of soybean and corn roots were not affected by soil tillage systems. Root length density was 0.7–1.4 cm cm-3 for soybean and 1.2–1.6 cm cm-3 for corn in the 0–0.10 m layer and decreased in the other layers. Root DM input was 1.94–2.01 Mg ha-1 in soybean and 2.50–3.79 Mg ha-1 in corn. For soybean, C and N root inputs were 0.61–0.63 Mg ha-1 and 36.9–38.2 kg ha-1, respectively. For corn, C and N root inputs were 0.72–1.10 Mg ha-1 and 18.78–28.48 kg ha-1, respectively. Independently of the tillage system, 80% of the roots were concentrated in the upper surface layer 0.43 to 0.54 m deep for soybean and in the upper surface layer 0.40 to 0.46 m deep for corn.