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Inga edulis Mart. intercropped with pasture improves soil quality without compromising forage yields

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This study evaluated the effect of Inga edulis trees on soil quality attributes and forage yield and moisture in a pasture field in the county of Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Soil samples were collected under the canopy and beyond the canopy projection of five I. edulis trees, at four distances from the tree trunks to beyond the canopy projection, along the radius line. A randomized block design was used, in which five trees represented five blocks and the four distances from the trees corresponded to the treatments. The forage yield and moisture, soil moisture and chemical attributes, density and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) spores and the presence of nodule-forming nitrogen-fixing bacteria in legumes were evaluated. The statistical analysis was performed using ANOVA and the Scott-Knott test (p = 0.05). No statistical differences between forage yield and moisture were found in the soil under or beyond the canopy projection. The soil quality was elevated, indicated by the improved soil pH, base saturation, sum of bases and effective cation exchange capacity in the samples collected closer to I. edulis. No changes in the density and diversity of AMF spores or in the nodulation and development of inoculated seedlings were observed in soil collected at different distances from the trees. Consequently, I. edulis trees can be intercropped with pasture to increase the soil quality without affecting forage yields.

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The authors thank the farmer families of the Union of Rural Producers of Carrancas, the Group Puris, DSc. Fernanda Carvalho, the Postgraduate Program in Forestry Engineering, the UFLA Soil Science Department, the Department of Soils of the Federal University of Viçosa, the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES), the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Research Foundation of the State of Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG).

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  1. Postgraduate Program in Forestry Engineering, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Mailbox 37, Lavras, MG, 37200-900, Brazil

    Aroldo Felipe de Freitas & Nelson Venturin

  2. Postgraduate Program in Soil Science, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Mailbox 3037, Lavras, MG, 37200-900, Brazil

    Joana Junqueira Carneiro & Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira

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    Ana Isabella Guimarães Ferreira, Gil Pedro de Oliveira Lara, Rafael de Moura Miranda & Luiza Figueira de Siqueira

  4. Postgraduate Program in Soil and Plant Nutrition, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil

    Irene Maria Cardoso

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de Freitas, A.F., Junqueira Carneiro, J., Venturin, N. et al. Inga edulis Mart. intercropped with pasture improves soil quality without compromising forage yields. Agroforest Syst 94, 2355–2366 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-020-00555-w

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