DINÂMICA DO CARBONO E AGREGAÇÃO DO SOLO INFLUENCIADA PELO USO DE FÓSFORO EM SISTEMA INTEGRADO DE PRODUÇÃO AGROPECUÁRIA

Abstract

The soil organic matter (SOM) perform an important role in the agriculture sustainability, and depending of the management system used, the soil can behave as a source or drainage of carbon (C) to the atmosphere. The objective of this study was to comprehend the impact of the use of phosphorous (P) sources in the soil organic carbon (SOC) pools and in the soil aggregation, managed in the crop-livestock integration system (CLIS), in no-till, adopting as a reference the native vegetation. The experiment design was completely randomized blocks in factorial 2x3, with four replicates. The experiment was established in April 2009 with five treatments: (i) control: without P application; (ii) TSP60: application of 60 kg ha-1 in the form of triple superphosphate (TSP); (iii) TSP120: application of 120 kg ha-1 of P in the form of TSP; (iv) MTP60: application of 60 kg ha-1 of P in the form of magnesium thermophosphate (MTP); (v) MTP120: application of 120 kg ha-1 of P in the form of MTP. In addition, we used as a reference a nearby native vegetation area. The soil was sampled in march 2013, at the depths of 0-5, 5-10, 10-20 cm for aggregate analysis and 0-5, 5-10, 10-20, 20-40, 40-60, 60-80 and 8-100 cm for total organic carbon (TOC) analysis, total and labile polysaccharides (PT and PL), hot water extractable organic carbon (HWEOC), permanganate oxidizable organic carbon (POXC), pyrophosphate oxidizable organic carbon (PIOC), recalcitrant carbon (Crec), particulate organic carbon (POC) and mineral associated organic carbon (MAOC). The treatments with TSP promoted higher stocks in all the SOC labile pools at 0-100 layer. The treatment with TSP presented higher POC, HWEOC and POXC stocks, which was 22.65 and 22.53; 21.99 and 22.49; 4.98 and 4.85 Mg ha-1, respectively, for TSP60 and TSP120, respectively at 0-100 cm layer. The extra-large macroaggregate class (8-19 mm) at the depth of 0-20 cm presented the highest TOC stocks regarding the other aggregate classes and the TSP at the rate of 60 kg ha-1 promoted the highest TOC stock. The C sequestration rate estimated by the unicompartimental model of C balance was 10 times higher in the 8-19 aggregate class at the depth of 0-20 regarding the 0.053-0.25 mm aggregate class. The C sequestration rate for the treatments control, TSP60, TSP120 MTP60 and MTP120 were 0.82, 1.06, 1.14, 1.09 and 1.06 Mg ha-1, respectively. The minimum amount of crop residue necessary to maintain the carbon balance for the treatments control, TSP60, TSP120 MTP60 and MTP120 respectively were from 6.98, 8.17, 7.93, 7.98 and 8.0 Mg ha-1 to 0.32, 0.23, 0.27, 0.20 and 0.22 Mg ha-1, in the 2-19 and 0.25-0.053 classes, respectively. The phosphate fertilization with soluble source in no-till in CLIS in short-term promoted higher benefits to soil structure and higher C stock in the SOC pools and in the aggregates, than the partial soluble source, indicating higher potential in reverting the soil degradation process.