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ASSESSING AVAILABLE SOIL SULPHUR FROM PHOSPHOGYPSUM APPLICATIONS IN A NO-TILL CROPPING SYSTEM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2014

SUSANA CHURKA BLUM ,
FERNANDO JOSÉ GARBUIO ,
HÉLIO ANTÔNIO WOOD JORIS  and
EDUARDO FÁVERO CAIRES
SUSANA CHURKA BLUM*
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Avenida General Carlos Cavalvanti 4748, Ponta Grossa, Paraná 84030-900, Brazil
FERNANDO JOSÉ GARBUIO
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Avenida General Carlos Cavalvanti 4748, Ponta Grossa, Paraná 84030-900, Brazil
HÉLIO ANTÔNIO WOOD JORIS
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Avenida General Carlos Cavalvanti 4748, Ponta Grossa, Paraná 84030-900, Brazil
EDUARDO FÁVERO CAIRES
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Avenida General Carlos Cavalvanti 4748, Ponta Grossa, Paraná 84030-900, Brazil
*
†Corresponding author. Email: sschurka@yahoo.com.br; Current address: Institute of Rural Development, Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira, Campus da Liberdade, Redenção, Ceará 62790-000, Brazil.
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Summary

The complex dynamics of the sulphur (S) cycle has prompted several questions concerning its bioavailability and evaluation by different extraction methods, and few studies under field conditions have been performed to elucidate available S on Brazilian soils under no-till (NT) cropping systems. A field experiment examined the effects of phosphogypsum (PG) applications on nutrient uptake and availability of S to maize and wheat crops under an NT system aiming to establish critic levels of S on an Oxisol (clay, kaolinitic, Rhodic Hapludox) in Parana state, Brazil. PG at the rates of 0, 3, 6 and 9 t ha−1 was applied on the surface of the plots in 1998 upon conversion from pasture to an NT cropping system, and in 2004 subplots received either 0 or 6 t ha−1 of PG on the surface. Effects of PG applications on nutrient uptake and available soil SO4-S to the maize and wheat crops were evaluated in 2004–2005. Increasing the surface-applied PG rate in 1998 increased Mg uptake by maize, and N, K, Ca and Mg uptake by wheat plants. Reapplication of PG in 2004 increased the uptake of N and P by maize, and the uptake of N, K, Ca and Mg by wheat plants. The PG rates surface-applied in 1998 have resulted in a long-term residual effect on soil by increasing SO4-S in surface and subsoil layers 6.5 and 7.5 years after application, affecting aboveground biomass, S uptake and S content in the leaves of the wheat crop. The reapplication of PG in 2004 increased maize S uptake, S content in leaves and grains and S exported by maize harvest, and increased wheat aboveground biomass, S uptake and S content in leaves. These effects were due to increasing available soil SO4-S from different depths extracted by 0.5 M ammonium acetate (NH4OAc) along with 0.25 M acetic acid (HOAc) and 0.01 M calcium phosphate (Ca(H2PO4)2). Both extractants were very similar in their ability to assess available soil S in these crops, and the 0–0.20-m layer is shown to be adequate for evaluating the concentration of available SO4-S in maize and wheat cultivated under NT.

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Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 50 , Issue 4 , October 2014 , pp. 516 - 532
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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