Impact of sugarcane trash on fertilizer requirements for São Paulo, Brazil

The area under mechanized sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) harvesting is expanding in Brazil, increasing the return of trash to the soil. The main questions regarding this management are: (i) after adopting unburned mechanical harvesting, how long will it take to observe decreases in fertilizer requiremen...

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Main Authors: Paulo Cesar Ocheuze Trivelin, Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco, Rafael Otto, Danilo A. Ferreira, André Cesar Vitti, Caio Fortes, Carlos E. Faroni, Emidio C. A. Oliveira, Heitor Cantarella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-10-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162013000500009&lng=en&tlng=en