Integrated crop-livestock versus conventional systems: Effects on the chemical and physical characteristics of an Oxisol
Jeferson Garcia Augusto
Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro Avançado de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Bovinos de Corte, Sertãozinho, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorClaudia Cristina Paro de Paz
Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro Avançado de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Bovinos de Corte, Sertãozinho, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorGabriela Geraldi Mendonça
Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamentode Nutrição e Produção Animal, Pirassununga, Brazil
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Mara Regina Moitinho
School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, São Paulo State University (FCAV–UNESP), Jaboticabal, Brazil
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Mara Regina Moitinho, School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, São Paulo State University (FCAV–UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorLeonardo Sartori Menegatto
Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro Avançado de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Bovinos de Corte, Sertãozinho, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorDenizart Bolonhezi
Sugarcane Research Center, Agronomic Institute of Campinas (IAC), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorMárcia Saladini Vieira Salles
Instituto de Zootecnia, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorFlávia Fernanda Simili
Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro Avançado de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Bovinos de Corte, Sertãozinho, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorJeferson Garcia Augusto
Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro Avançado de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Bovinos de Corte, Sertãozinho, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorClaudia Cristina Paro de Paz
Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro Avançado de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Bovinos de Corte, Sertãozinho, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorGabriela Geraldi Mendonça
Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamentode Nutrição e Produção Animal, Pirassununga, Brazil
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Mara Regina Moitinho
School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, São Paulo State University (FCAV–UNESP), Jaboticabal, Brazil
Correspondence
Mara Regina Moitinho, School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, São Paulo State University (FCAV–UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorLeonardo Sartori Menegatto
Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro Avançado de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Bovinos de Corte, Sertãozinho, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorDenizart Bolonhezi
Sugarcane Research Center, Agronomic Institute of Campinas (IAC), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorMárcia Saladini Vieira Salles
Instituto de Zootecnia, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorFlávia Fernanda Simili
Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro Avançado de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Bovinos de Corte, Sertãozinho, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Studies have reported improvements in soil quality in integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS) when compared to conventional systems. The hypothesis of this study was that ICLS improve Oxisol quality due to the use of intercropping, adding pasture and cattle to the systems. The aim of the study was to evaluate the chemical and physical characteristics of an Oxisol and pasture production in the integrated system versus conventional system. We compared two conventional systems: crop system (maize grain production) and livestock system (beef cattle on single pasture) and, four ICLS: maize plus Marandu palisade grass sown simultaneously without herbicide (ICLS-1); maize plus Marandu palisade grass sown simultaneously with herbicide (ICLS-2); maize plus Marandu palisade grass in lagged sowing (ICLS-3); and maize plus Marandu palisade grass sown simultaneously in maize rows and inter-rows with herbicide (ICLS-4). A randomized block design with six treatments and three replicates was used. The results suggest improvements in soil quality, including soil organic carbon (ICLS-4), total nitrogen, and nitrogen stocks (ICLS-1, ICLS-2, and ICLS-4). The intercropping technique influenced pasture production and soil quality during the implementation of integrated systems. The lowest soil strength was obtained for the crop system compared to systems with grazing animals but there were no changes in the soil physical characteristics that could compromise the production system.
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All datasets were generated and analyzed in the current study.
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