Biomassa microbiana e constituintes lábeis da matéria orgânica do solo sob diferentes sistemas de manejo fitotécnico e cobertura vegetal

Abstract

The objective of this work was to study the spatial variability of microbial biomass (BMS) and labile soil organic matter pools (MOS), under different systems of management and plant cover. The experiment was conducted in a Haplic Planosol soil on an Integrated Agroecological Production System (SIPA) at Embrapa Agrobiology Center/UFRRJ/Pesagro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro. The evaluated management systems were: alley cropping, pasture, and forest garden as a reference area. It was used as sampling system three grids of regular spacing of 2.5 meters, consisting of 25 georeferentiated points, where soil samples at 10cm depth were taken. The following labile constituents were determined: free light fraction (FLL), water soluble C and N, C and N of BMS, and glomalin content. The areas of alley cropping and pasture showed spatial dependence to the attributes of MOS. The occurrence of larger spatial dependence of the parameters associated to microbial biomass in the alley cropping system (Corg, FLL, BMS-N and respiration), probably was due to external factors related to management, such as: intensive rotational cropping system, diversity of cultures and different inputs of organic matter to soil (pruning material and organic compost).