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Author(s): GALDINO, S.; SANO, E. E.; ANDRADE, R. G.; GREGO, C. R.; NOGUEIRA, S. F.; BRAGANTINI, C.; FLOSI, A. H. G. Pasture degradation is one of the major environmental and economic problems of Brazilian livestock production. Based on the estimates of soil loss in 140,297 km2 pasturelands of Goiás State and the Fe... ... |
Author(s): TAKETANI, N. F.; TAKETANI, R. G.; LEITE, S. G. F.; MELO, I. S. de; LIMA-RIZZO, A. C.; ANDREOTE, F. D.; CUNHA, C. D. da Abstract: The pollution originated from the petrochemical industry is currently one of the main environmental concerns. Most of this is due to the high volume of toxic hydrocarbons that are produced a... ... |
Author(s): MARTINEZ, C. O.; SILVA, C. M. M. de S.; FAY, E. F.; MAIA, A. de H. N.; ABAKERLI, R. B.; DURRANT, L. R. The herbicide sulfentrazone is classified as highly mobile and persistent and this study aimed to examine degradation of this compound on a Typic Hapludox soil that is representative of regions where... ... |
Author(s): MARTINEZ, C. O.; SILVA, C. M. M. de S.; FAY, E. F.; ABAKERLI, R. B.; MAIA, A. de H. N.; DURRANT, L. R. Sulfentrazone is amongst the most widely used herbicides for treating the main crops in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, but few studies are available on the biotransformation of this compound in Brazi... ... |
Author(s): ARAÚJO, A. S. F. de; EISENHAUER, N.; NUNES, L. A. P. L.; LEITE, L. F. C.; CESARZ, S. Land degradation reducing vegetation cover may affect the soil surface-active fauna because both aboveground and belowground invertebrates depend on complex plant communities. In this study, we evalua... ... |
Soil microbial properties and temporal stability in degraded and restored lands of Northeast Brazil. Author(s): ARAÚJO, A. S. F.; CESARZ, S.; LEITE, L. F. C.; BORGES, C. D.; TSAI, S. M.; EISENHAUER, N. Human activities, such as land use change, cause severe land degradation in many ecosystems around the globe with potential impacts on soil processes. Restoration practices aim at reverting such impac... ... |
Author(s): OLIVEIRA, F. R. A. de; SOUZA, H. A. de; CARVALHO, M. A. R. de; COSTA, M. C. G. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the addition of parts of leguminous trees on the growth and nutrition of maize (Zea mays L.), as well as on the chemical attributes of a degr... ... |
Author(s): SANTOS. C. A. dos; KRAWULSKI, C. C.; BINI, D.; GOULART FILHO, T.; KNOB, A.; MEDINA, C. C.; ANDRADE FILHO, G.; NOGUEIRA, M. A. Pasture degradation is a concern, especially in susceptible sandy soils for which strategies to recover them must be developed. Microbiological and biochemical soil health indicators are useful in the... ... |
Author(s): PRADO, C.; PEREIRA, R.; DURRANT, L.; SCORZA JUNIOR, R. P.; PIUBELI, F.; BONFÁ, M. Fipronil is an insecticide widely used in the agricultural and veterinary sectors for its efficacy in pest control. The presence of fipronil in the environment is mainly due to agricultural and domest... ... |
Author(s): POMPEU, R. C. F. F.; SOUZA, H. A. de; SERRANO, L. A. L.; TONUCCI, R. G.; ROCHA, J. E. da S.; FERNANDES, F. E. P. The use of organic inputs and/or soil cover promotes beneficial effects, mainly for crops, and this is one way to alleviate the problem of environmental degradation in the Brazilian semiarid region. T... ... |
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