Lime and gypsum application on the wheat crop

Authors

  • Eduardo Fávero Caires UEPG; Depto. de Ciência do Solo e Engenharia Agrícola
  • Itacir Cesar Feldhaus UEPG; Depto. de Ciência do Solo e Engenharia Agrícola
  • Gabriel Barth UEPG; Depto. de Ciência do Solo e Engenharia Agrícola
  • Fernando José Garbuio UEPG; Depto. de Ciência do Solo e Engenharia Agrícola

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-90162002000200023

Keywords:

Triticum aestivum L., root growth, calcium, sulphur, no-tillage system

Abstract

Root growth and crop yield can be affected by chemical modifications of the soil profile owing to lime and gypsum applications. A field trial was carried out on a dystrophic Clayey Rhodic Hapludox at Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil, aiming to evaluate lime (without or with incorporation into the soil) and gypsum effects on root growth, mineral nutrition and grain yield of wheat (cv. OR 1). A randomized complete block design was used, with three replications, in a split-plot experiment. Treatments with dolomitic limestone (without lime and 4.5 t ha-1 of lime applied on the surface, in total rate and 1/3 of the requirement per year during 3 years, or incorporated into the soil) were applied in July 1998 (main plots) and the rates of gypsum (0, 3, 6 and 9 t ha-1) in October 1998 (subplots). Wheat was evaluated in the 2000 winter season. In conditions of water deficit absence, there was no limitation in root growth in depth, for exchangeable Ca of 6 mmol c dm-3. Lime incorporation of lime increased the Mg concentration in the leaves, but wheat yield was not influenced by the correction of soil acidity through liming treatments. Gypsum increased the concentrations of Ca and S in wheat leaves, with significant effects on grain yield. The critical level of S-SO4(2-) in the 0-20 cm soil layer, extracted by ammonium acetate 0.5 mol L-1 in acetic acid 0.25 mol L-1, was 25.8 mg dm-3.

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Published

2002-06-01

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Section

Soils and Plant Nutrition

How to Cite

Lime and gypsum application on the wheat crop . (2002). Scientia Agricola, 59(2), 357-364. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-90162002000200023