In this study, the microclimate changes in silvopastoral systems are quantified at different time and spatial scales and compared with single-pasture systems. The study was conducted in a silvopastoral system in São Carlos, Brazil (22°01' South and 47°53' West). The silvopastoral system consisted of grass pastures [Urochloa (sin. Brachiaria) decumbens cv. Basilik] lined with strips of native trees spaced at 17 m. Continuous microclimate measurements (air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and incident photosynthetically active radiation) were carried out from September 2010 to September 2012 at two positions of the silvopastoral system (2.0 and 8.5 m from the rows of trees) and at a pasture under full sunlight, located in an adjacent area. The soil moisture was monitored weekly from 24 March 2010 to 1 April 2012 at distances of 0.0, 2.0, 4.75, and 8.5 m from the rows of trees. The rows of native trees reduced wind speeds (46% reduction) and changed the photosynthetically active radiation incidence pattern on the pasture (up to 40% reduction of incidence at the point nearest to the trees). The combined action of these factors promoted thermal and air humidity changes on the pasture at the different points measured. With respect to soil moisture, there was greater soil moisture removal at the sampling points near the rows of native trees under the silvopastoral system, mainly due to enhanced exploration by tree roots at greater depths in dry spells or early dry periods, when compared with the midpoints between the rows.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar o plantio direto de cebolinha orgânica sob cobertura do solo viva e morta, com efeito residual da aplicação de composto orgânico. Para tanto, foi utilizado o delineamento em blocos casualizados, em esquema de parcela subdividida, com quatro repetições. As parcelas corresponderam aos sistemas de plantio direto com cobertura viva de Arachis pintoi, cobertura viva de plantas espontâneas e cobertura com palhada de resteva natural que foram comparados ao preparo convencional do solo com canteiro e sem cobertura. As subparcelas representavam as doses residuais de composto orgânico 35, 70 e 105t ha-1 ano-1 (base seca). O plantio direto na palha proporcionou resultados superiores ao preparo convencional do solo e aos dois sistemas de plantio direto sob cobertura viva de A. pintoi e plantas espontâneas. O efeito residual da adubação orgânica foi crescente com aumento da dose de adubo no plantio direto na palhada e não ocorreu no plantio direto com as coberturas vivas.

The objective of this research was to analyze the effect of the no-tillage organic green onion under living and dead soil cover, with residual application of composted mulch. The experimental design was used in randomized blocks with four replicates, in split-plot arrangement with four replications. The plot corresponded to the planting system (no-tillage with living mulch of Arachis pintoi, living mulch of native weed, straw mulch and conventional tillage). In each plot the split-plot were represented by the residual doses of organic compost 35, 70 e 105t ha-1 year-1 in the dry compost. The no-tillage in the straw provided superior results to the conventional tillage of the soil and to the two no-tillage systems under living mulch of A. pintoi and native weed. The residual effect of the organic manuring grew with the increase of the fertilizer dose in the no tillage straw, which didn't happen in the no-tillage with living mulch.