@article{Mattei_Rabello de Oliveira_Costa Crusciol_Rocha de Moraes Rego_Piano_da Silveira_2021, title={EFFECT OF INTERCROPPING BETWEEN TROPICAL FODDER PLANTS WITH CORN AND NITROGEN FERTILIZATION ON SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES}, volume={8}, url={https://periodicosonline.uems.br/index.php/agrineo/article/view/6318}, DOI={10.32404/rean.v8i4.6318}, abstractNote={<p>The use of diversified crop systems within the same area has received attention as an alternative to monoculture and benefits soil and yield. This study evaluates the effect of nitrogen fertilization and tropical fodder plants on soil physical properties. The experiment was conducted between October 2017 and January 2020 under randomized blocks design, arranged in a sub-sub plot scheme, with additional control and four repetitions. The plots contained fodder species (<em>Urochloa brizantha</em> and <em>Megathyrsus maximus</em>) intercropped with corn and the additional control (single corn). The subplots comprised the types of fodder plants management (haymaking and grazing), and the sub-sub plots contained the presence or absence of nitrogen fertilization. The following characteristics were evaluated: soil density (Ds), total porosity (Pt), macro (Ma) and microporosity (Mi), and soil resistance to penetration (Rp). After the management, the use of nitrogen (N) in topdressing of fodder plants increased Ma in the 0-0.05 m layer in the first year. Ds was above the critical limit for plant development. However, it tended to reduce. Adopting an integrated crop-livestock system, independently of the fodder species and the type of management used, did not compromise soil physical quality. Thus, it is an excellent alternative to diversity production.</p>}, number={4}, journal={REVISTA DE AGRICULTURA NEOTROPICAL}, author={Mattei, Eloisa and Rabello de Oliveira, Paulo Sérgio and Costa Crusciol, Carlos Alexandre and Rocha de Moraes Rego, Carlos Augusto and Piano, Jeferson Tiago and da Silveira, Lucas}, year={2021}, month={Dec.}, pages={e6318} }