The C mineralization of pig manure and cereal straw is still relatively little studied in Brazil. The aim of this work was to evaluate C mineralization of oat straw, pig slurry and pig deep-litter, applied on the surface or incorporated in a Hapludalf soil, in laboratory conditions. The experiment was a completely randomized design with four replications of the following treatments: soil; soil + incorporated straw; soil + surface straw; soil + incorporated pig deep-litter; soil + surface pig deep-litter; soil + incorporated pig slurry; soil + surface pig slurry; soil + incorporated straw + pig slurry; and soil + surface straw + pig slurry. During the 80 days of incubation, the CO2 emission was measured continuously. After this period, 59 % of pig slurry C had been mineralized and only 23 % of deep-litter C. The soil incorporation of organic materials did not result in higher C mineralization, compared with organic material on the soil surface. Ammoniacal N, applied with pig slurry did not increase C oat straw mineralization.
decomposition; microbial activity; organic fertilizers; CO2 emission
