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Author(s): STEINER, C.; TEIXEIRA, W. G.; ZECH, W.

Carbon emissions in slash and burn agriculture. Black carbon in soil - Terra Preta de Índio. Slash and Char an alternative to slash and burn. Alternative slash and char in practice. Advantages of slas... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2007

Author(s): SHIMIZU, M. K.; KATO, O. R.; FIGUEIREDO, R. de O.; VASCONCELOS, S. S.; SÁ, T. D. de A.; BORGES, A. C. M. R.

Traditional shifting cultivation in the Amazon region has caused negative environmental and social effects due to the use of fire. This type of agriculture has been criticized because it results in em... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2014

Author(s): MELEM JUNIOR, N. J.; BRITO, O. R.; FRANCHINI, J. C.; RICHART, A.; CARNEIRO, C. E. A.; RODRIGUES, L. A.; FERREIRA, E. G.; FUJIMURA, A. M.; FONSECA, I. C. B.; CAMOLEZZI, G. B.; TREVISAN, A. T.; GUEDES, M. C.; BRITO, R. M.

The carbon of microbial biomass is a good indicator to soil changes. This work had the objective of evaluating the effect of organic residue burning on soil microbial biomass carbon content (C-bio) in... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2007

Author(s): LEAL, O. dos A.; JIMÉNEZ-MORILLO, N. T.; GONZÁLEZ-PÉREZ, J. A.; KNICKER, H.; COSTA, F. de S.; JIMÉNEZ-MORILLO, P. N.; CARVALHO JUNIOR, J. A. de; SANTOS, J. C. dos; DICK, D. P.

Slash-and-burn of Amazon Forest (AF) for pasture establishment has increased the occurrence of AF wildfires. Recent studies emphasize soil organic matter (SOM) molecular composition as a principal dri... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2023

Author(s): CASTRO, R. M. da S.; RUIVO, M. de L. P.; PICCININ, J. L.; RODRIGUES, E. F.

This study evaluated the nutrient content of the litter, testing different treatments with burning and no burning, of the vegetation, to identify which one provides better efficiency in operation and... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2013

Author(s): DICK, D. P.; LIMA, M. O.; COSTA, F. de S.; COSTA, J. B. da

In the Amazon region, forest burning is still common in spite of the governmental control. Pyrogenic C produced by the fire, due to its aromatic structure, may represent a C pool of small turnover rat... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2017

Author(s): TORQUATO, S. A.; VEGRO, C. L. R.; JESUS, K. R. E. de

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2014

Author(s): LIMA, M. O.; DICK, D. P.; COSTA, F. de S.; COSTA, J. B. da; LARA, L. Z.; PERALBA, M. do C.

This study aimed to investigate the impact of vegetation burning on the content and chemical composition of soil organic matter (SOM) along a profile of a sandy Acrisol in Southwestern Amazon, Brazil,... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2016

Author(s): GAROFALO, D. F. T.; KONDO, V. Y.; VICENTE, L. E.; SILVA, M. G. da; KOGA-VICENTE, A.; RAMOS, N. P.; PACKER, A. P.

Abstract: In Brazil, burning of residues as an agricultural practice occurs mainly in sugarcane cultivation, which accounts for about 98% of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the burning of agri... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2019

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