RESUMO A eficiência do trator agrícola pode ser acrescida com sua assertiva adequação operacional, sendo a lastragem um dos fatores fundamentais para obtenção de bons níveis de desempenho, pois está intimamente relacionada com o rendimento energético e operacional. Desta forma, o objetivo deste experimento foi avaliar o efeito de lastragem hidráulica e sólida, sob diferentes frações, no desempenho do trator agrícola. O experimento em faixas foi conduzido no delineamento de blocos casualizados, sendo os tratamentos compostos pelas cinco configurações massa de base (B0), B0 + 40% hidráulico (LH 40%), B0 + 40% sólido (LS 40%), B0 + 75% hidráulico (LH 75%) e B0 + 75% sólido (LS 75%), e quatro velocidades, com cinco repetições, totalizando 100 unidades experimentais. Para determinar a eficiência do trator 4 x 2 TDA com potência nominal de 125,2 kW foram monitorados os parâmetros de patinamento dos rodados, rotação do motor, consumo horário e específico de combustível, força, potência e rendimento na barra de tração, velocidade operacional e eficiência térmica do motor. Os dados coletados foram submetidos a análise de variância, e quando significativo, ao teste de Tukey e análise de regressão. Através dos resultados obtidos foi observado que a utilização da lastragem hidráulica na fração de 75% apresentou desempenho energético e operacional superiores, destacando-se as variáveis rotação do motor, força na barra de tração, velocidade operacional e consumo específico de combustível. Verificou-se que o incremento da velocidade operacional pode proporcionar ganho sobre a eficiência energética e operacional, no entanto, pode gerar sobrecarga no motor em algumas configurações de lastragem.

ABSTRACT The efficiency of the agricultural tractor can be increased with its assertive operational adequacy, ballasting being one of the fundamental factors for obtaining good performance levels, as it is closely related to energy and operational performance. Thus, the objective of this experiment was to evaluate the effect of hydraulic and solid ballast, under different fractions, on the performance of the agricultural tractor. The banded experiment was conducted in a randomized block design, with the treatments consisting of the five configurations of base mass (B0), B0 + 40% hydraulic (HB 40%), B0 + 40% solid (SB 40%), B0 + 75% hydraulic (HB 75%) and B0 + 75% solid (SB 75%), and four target speeds, with five repetitions, totaling 100 experimental units. To determine the efficiency of the tractor, 4 x 2 AFWD with a rated power of 125.2 kW, the parameters of wheel slip, engine rotation, hourly and specific fuel consumption, power, power, and efficiency in the drawbar, operating speed and thermal efficiency of the engine were monitored. The collected data were subjected to analysis of variance/ when significant, submitted to the Tukey test and regression analysis. The obtained results verified that using the hydraulic ballast in the fraction of 75% presented superiority in the energetic and operational performance, highlighting the engine rotation, force in the drawbar, operational speed, and specific fuel consumption. The increase in operational speed can provide gains in energy and operational efficiency; however, it can generate overload on the engine in some ballast configurations.

ABSTRACT The intensification of soil use, as in integrated croplivestock system (ICLS), might promote soil structural degradation. A field method to evaluate the soil structural quality is the Visual Evaluation of Soil Structure (VESS). Studies on the application of this method to ICLS are few. This work aimed to evaluate the structural quality of a Dystrudept under ICLS and different grazing intensities through VESS. Thus, the soil structure was evaluated in light grazing (LG) and heavy grazing (HG) in comparison to a neighboring native forest (NF) as reference area. After the grazing period, 10 trenches were dug in each area to collect soil monoliths. The identification of structural differences and the attribution of visual scores were carried out according to the VESS. In NF and HG soils, up to 30 cm deep, it was possible to identify 2 layers with distinct structures, while, in the LG, up to 3 layers were identified. The NF soil presented the best structural quality. Regarding both grazing intensities, there was degradation of the structural quality between soil layers when compared to the NF. The increase in grazing intensity in ICLS promoted in-depth degradation of the soil structural quality. The VESS method was shown suitable to evaluate soils under ICLS management with LG and HG.

ABSTRACT Liming represents a management procedure that can affect the soil structure and its thermodynamic processes. In this context, the aims of this study were to assess (i) the effects of the surface and incorporated liming on the clay dispersion, soil water availability, and aeration capacity; (ii) the influence of soil chemical alterations in its physical attributes. For this, a field experiment was installed in a family farming property, located in the southeastern region of the State of Paraná, in a Dystrudept soil. The treatments were 3 application modes (on the surface, incorporated via plowing and incorporated via subsoiling and harrowing), with and without 15 Mg∙ha–1 of lime, aiming to increase the base saturation in the topsoil (0 – 0.20 m) to approximately 70%. Eighteen months after application, undisturbed and disturbed soil samples were collected from the 0 – 0.10 and 0.10 – 0.20 m layers to evaluate the waterdispersed clay (WDC), water content at the field capacity (θFC) and at the permanent wilting point (θPWP), plant available water capacity (PAWC), relative water capacity (RWC), aeration capacity (AC), granulometry and the soil structural and chemical attributes. WDC content in the 0 – 0.10 m layer increased when the soil was revolved and it was influenced exclusively when lime was applied on the soil surface. With surface liming there were increase in θFC, θPWP, PAWC and RWC, and reduction in AC in the 0 – 0.10 m layer. In the 0.10 – 0.20 m layer isolated effects were verified of the modes application and liming on θFC, PAWC and RWC, while θPWP was not influenced by treatments. The soil water availability and aeration capacity alterations were mainly affected by micro and macroporosity increases, pH reduction, Al3+ precipitation, and substitution of this ion in the exchange complex by Ca2+ and Mg2+.

Os objetivos deste trabalho foram determinar as concentrações de P disponível extraído pelos métodos de Mehlich-1 (M1), Resina trocadora de íons (RTI) e Morgan Modificado (MM), após 36 meses de experimentação com aplicação de fosfatos em um sistema de integração lavoura-pecuária (SILP). Ainda, verificar qual método de extração proporciona melhor correlação com atributos da cultura do milho. O delineamento empregado foi em esquema fatorial incompleto, com quatro repetições. Foram aplicadas doses de P2O5, na superfície do solo, por ocasião da semeadura da forrageira de inverno, nas formas de superfosfato triplo (SFT), fosfato natural reativo (FNR) e termofosfato magnesiano (TFM). Após 36 meses, procederam-se coletas de solos das camadas de 0-5; 5-10; 10-15; 15-20 cm, visando determinar as concentrações de P disponível. Na cultura do milho foram quantificados o rendimento de massa seca (RMS), o rendimento de grãos (RG), o acúmulo de fósforo na massa seca (P-MS) e a exportação de fósforo (P-Ex). A RTI extraiu maiores quantidades de P disponível, seguida do extrator de M1 e do MM. Nos tratamentos que receberam aplicação de SFT, os extratores de M1 e RTI obtiveram eficiência semelhante quando correlacionados com os atributos de RMS, RG, P-MS e P-Ex do milho. Para as fontes insolúveis em água (FNR e TFM), o P extraído pela RTI melhor se correlacionou com o P-MS e o P-Ex. A solução de MM foi ineficiente para prever a biodisponibilidade de P para o milho, cultivado em solo que recebeu a aplicação de doses e fontes de P, em SILP.

The objectives of this study were to assess the concentrations of available phosphorus (P) extracted using the Mehlich-1 (M1), ion exchange resin (IER) and modified Morgan (MM) methods after 36 months of experimentation with the application of phosphates in a crop-livestock integration system (CLIS). Moreover, this study aimed to assess which extraction method provides the best correlation of P concentrations with the maize crop attributes. The treatments consisted of applying annual doses of P2O5 on the soil surface of the total area during the sowing of winter forage crops in the form of triple superphosphate (TSP), rock phosphate (RP) or magnesium thermophosphate (MTP). After 36 months of experimentation, soil samples were collected from the 0-5, 5-10, 10-15 and 15-20 cm layers to assess the concentrations of available P. The dry matter yield (DMY), the grain yield (GY), the accumulation of phosphorus in the dry matter (P-DM) and the export of phosphorus (P-Ex) were quantified in maize. The IER method extracted greater amounts of available P, followed by the M1 and MM extractions. The treatments that included the application of TSP and either the M1 or IER extractions had similar efficacies when correlated with the DMY, GY, P-DM and P-Ex attributes of maize. The P extracted by the IER was most correlated with P-DM and P-Ex for the water-insoluble P sources (RP and MTP). The MM solution was ineffective at predicting the availability of P for maize grown in a soil with that had received varying doses and sources of P applications in a CLIS.

As ações antrópicas, como os sistemas de uso e manejo do solo, promovem alterações em sua estrutura. Estas alterações podem ser restritivas ao desenvolvimento das plantas em manejos do solo que envolva sua mobilização, tendo seus efeitos negativos potencializados pela maior intensificação de uso. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar os atributos físico-hídricos de um Latossolo Bruno argiloso em sistemas integrados de produção sob distintos manejos de solo. Para isso avaliou-se a camada superficial (0.0-0.10 m) e subsuperficial (0.10-0.20 m) do solo nos sistemas de cultivo convencional (CT), mínimo (MT), plantio direto (NT) e plantio direto escarificado (CNT) sob diferentes usos da cultura do azevém [planta de cobertura (C), pastejo (G) e silagem (S)]. Determinou-se a densidade (Db), porosidade total (TP), macro (Ma) e microporosidade (Mi), as curvas de retenção de água (CRA) e a retenção de água em função do raio de poro (r). O uso do azevém como C proporcionou menores Db e Mi e maiores TP e Ma nos sistemas CT, MT e CNT. Não foram verificadas diferenças entre G e S para todos os manejos, em ambas as camadas de solo. As CRA da camada superficial entre CT, MT e CNT apresentaram comportamento semelhante. No NT, C proporcionou uma maior retenção de água. Entretanto, G e S proporcionaram maior a retenção de água em função dos raios de poros no NT.

Anthropic action, such as the soil use and management systems, promote changes in the soil structure. These changes might hamper the development of plants in soil management practices that involve its mobilization, and the negative effects might be increased due to intensive use. The aim of this study was to evaluate the physico-hydrical properties of a Haplohumox in integrated production systems under different soil managements. The soil superficial (0.0-0.10 m) and sub-superficial (0.10-0.20 m) layers were evaluated in the different systems: conventional tillage (CT), minimum tillage (MT), no-tillage (NT) and chiseled no-tillage (CNT), taking into consideration the annual ryegrass cropped for different uses [cover crop (C), grazing (G) and silage (S)] during the winter. Soil bulk density (Db), total porosity (TP), macro (Ma) and microporosity (Mi), water retention curves (SWRC) and water retention due to pore size (r) were determined. The annual ryegrass used as C produced lower Db and Mi and higher TP and Ma in CT, MT and CNT systems. No difference was verified between G and S in any of the management systems or soil layers. The superficial layer SWRC presented similar behavior regarding CT, MT and CNT. Under NT, C resulted in higher water retention. However, G and S provided higher water retention due to the pore size in this system.