Nitrate leaching in a Typic Haplustox planted with mayze after successive applications of sewage sludge

Abstract

The objective of this work was to evaluate nitrate leaching caused by applications of sewage sludge and mineral fertilizer in a Typic Haplustox cultivated with mayze. N aplication rates in five crops, in the treatment with mineral fertilizer (AM), were 51, 90, 100, 90 and 100 kg ha-1. In the sludge treatments (L0N, L1N, L2N, L4N and L8N), the rates of available N applied to each crop were equivalent to zero, one, two, four, and eight times those of AM. N-NO3- leaching occurred in all treatments, following the order AM