Eraldo Rodrigues da Silva

Physico-Chemical Characteristics and Carbon Balances in a Fluvic Entisol after Six Years of Fertilization with Manure and Gliricidia

Dário Costa Primo, Rômulo Simões Cezar Menezes, Renison Neponuceno de Araujo Filho, Emmanuel Damilano Dutra, Eraldo Rodrigues da Silva, Romildo Nicolau Alves, Everardo Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio, Antonio Celso Dantas Antonino & Eduardo Henrique Lima de Lucena · Journal of Experimental Agriculture International · 2018

Soils in the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil have low natural fertility and therefore, plant growth and productivity can be adversely affected. The application of mineral fertilizers is economically unfeasible by farmers in this region. The use of organic inputs found in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JEAI/2018/41694

Cotton Growth and Nutrient Uptake after Rock Phosphate, Gliricidia Prunings or Chemical Fertiliser Application in Soils of Semiarid Northeast Brazil

Dário Costa Primo, Rômulo Simões Cezar Menezes, Renisson Neponuceno de Araújo Filho, Aldo Torres Sales, Emmanuel Damilano Dutra, Eraldo Rodrigues da Silva, Rosa Virginia Tavares Grangeiro, Everardo Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio, João Lucas Aires Dias, Victor Casimiro Piscoya & Moacyr Cunha Filho · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2018

Several studies have demonstrated that organic fertilisers or ground rocks may be a viable alternative to industrialised chemical fertilisers in some agricultural systems. The present study aimed to compare the effects of ground phosphate rocks, gliricidia prunings and chemical f...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJPSS/2018/44177