This work was carried out at the field conditions in a Typic Haplustox soil with green-cane crop with the objective to evaluate long-term effect of soil tillage systems with and without tillage of stump in soil physical properties. A complete randomized blocks in split-split-plots arrangement of treatments were used. The principal treatments were four soil tillage systems: (i) control of stumps with two harrowing, subsoiling plus a levelling harrowing; (ii) control of stumps with herbicide and a subsoiling; (iii) control of stumps with herbicide; (iv) control of stumps with herbicide, subsoiling plus a levelling harrowing. Secondary treatments were stump tillage systems: with and without stump tillage. The split-split-plot treatments were the evaluation time: before and after the 4th cane harvest. Total porosity, macroporosity, microporosity and bulk density were evaluated, besides the tillering and yield of the crop. After four harvests of green-cane there were reduction of the macroporosity with increase of the microporosity in the soil layers below 10 cm, and an increase of soil bulk density in the layer between 20 and 50 cm. Soil bulk density wasn't altered in a consistent way as affected by all treatments. Stump tillage promoted an increased in the macroporosity with decrease of the microporosity, and the inverse effect was observed after the harvest. Soil tillage system and stump tillage didn't affect both tillering and yield of green-cane.
bulk density; porosity; Saccharum
