Soil pollution by heavy metals such as copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) has deserved special attention as it may represent risks to the quality of the environment. In Brazil particularly in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the ...

The intensive and disordered use of the soil has been taking many ecosystems to the degradation, besides the ciliary ones that, in spite of they be considered by the legislation as Permanent Preservation Areas, they have ...

Organic fertilizers promote improvements in soil properties and are important in providing balanced nutrients to plants. The officials parameters adopted by the Commission of Chemistry and Soil Physics in the States of Rio ...

The retention and availability of water in the soil are controlled by soil structure and its temporal variation is associated with the weather and the crops needs. Water also controls the aeration and soil penetration ...

Areas under intensive tobacco crop cultivation have been impacting the water balance and increasing soil erosion in Southern Brazil. Application of large amounts of mineral fertilizers, higher than the ...

In Brazil, the grape is produced in several regions, but in the South that the culture of the vine has great economic importance because it has suitable climatic conditions for growing this species. The application continues ...

Oxyreduction reactions resulting from the soil flood promote lighest availability of nutrients from fertilizer application, soil solution. Although the management of drainage, necessary to improve plant establishment ...

The occupation of forest ecosystems in mountainous region of the Rio Grande do Sul state occurred with the establishment of agriculture and livestock at small family production units (FPU). Qualitatively and quantitatively ...

The aim of this study is to propose information that can help the pedoenvironmental zoning of Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil for the county of Erechim, identifying, with the aid of geoprocessing techniques, the areas with ...

Soil has increasingly being recognized as having an important role in ecosystems as well as for food production and global climate regulation. For this reason, the demand for relevant and updated information on soil is ...