The techniques of the no tillage are complemental to the current techniques of conservation of the soil, which involve smaller mobilization and larger amount of vegetable covering in the surface of the soil. The work was accomplished in UNESP - Jaboticabal, Brazil, of November from 2003 to march of 2004 and had as objective evaluates the effect of cultures, handlings and marches of the set tractor-seeder in the sowing of the soybean in no tillage. The used experimental for installation was randomized block design in split-split-plot, with four replications. It was analyzed: initial stand, seed spacing uniformity, resistance to penetration, bulk density and soil moisture. The initial stand was not influenced by the treatments. The seed spacing uniformity was affected by the march of the tractor-seeder. The resistance to penetration suffered effect just in the layer from 0.20 to 0.25 m in the interaction cultures, handlings and marches of the tractor. The interaction cultures and handlings in the layer from 0.10 to 0.20 m for bulk density indicated the presence of compacted layer than 0 to 0.10 m and 0.20 to 0.30 m. The soil moisture was smaller in the superficial layers of the soil influenced by the handlings.
speed; handling; agricultural mechanization
