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Effect of Soil Compaction Alleviation on Quality and Yield of Potato

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Soils of tropical environments are exposed to the process of degradation when the natural ecosystems are converted to unsustainable agro-ecosystems. Soil compaction, which is part of that degradation process, is widely found in Brazilian cultivated areas, especially in the potato fields in which the intensive soil revolving operations promote the disruption of aggregates. Furthermore, potato is very sensitive to the problems associated to the soil compaction, such as the low development of roots and the diseases that are favored by high humidity in the tuber. In this way, a tillage system based on deep alleviation of soil compaction for the potato crop is presented in this chapter. This system, named “deep soil loosening” was evaluated in two Brazilian producing regions in Bahia and São Paulo States and provided higher yields, which were associated to the improvement of soil physical attributes. Thus, the “deep soil loosening” system is suggested as an alternative to improve potato production in compacted areas and, also, as a tool for promote the recuperation of soils damaged by compaction.

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Acknowledgments

MAFES agricultural technology (www.mafes.net) and Agronomy School of the São Paulo University, ESALQ (www.esalq.usp.br), which, in association, developed and evaluated the deep soil loosening system presented in this chapter; CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) for scholarship from February, 2007 to March, 2008 and FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo – process number 2007/05562-6) for scholarship and financial support from April to December, 2008.

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    Carlos Francisco Ragassi, Carlos Alberto Lopes & Ítalo Moraes Rocha Guedes

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Ragassi, C.F., Lopes, C.A., Guedes, Í.M.R. (2012). Effect of Soil Compaction Alleviation on Quality and Yield of Potato. In: He, Z., Larkin, R., Honeycutt, W. (eds) Sustainable Potato Production: Global Case Studies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4104-1_24

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