Compaction caused by mechanized operations in a Red- Yellow Latosol cultivated with coffee over time Compactação causada pelas operações mecanizadas em um Latossolo Vermelho-Amarelo cultivado com cafeeiros ao longo do tempo

The main source of soil structure degradation in coffee plantation is the machinery traffic because these operations may cause soil compaction affecting the crop development. This study aimed to generate the load-bearing capacity models for a Red-Yellow Latosol and to determine through the use of th...

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Main Authors: Paula Cristina Caruana Martins, Moacir de Souza Dias Junior, Maria Luiza de Carvalho Andrade, Paulo Tácito Gontijo Guimarães
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Lavras 2012-08-01
Series:Ciência e Agrotecnologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542012000400002