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- Fruticulture in the Amazon contributes significantly to deforestation, biodiversity loss, and soil erosion, affecting the ecosystem and soil properties.
- The study aimed to evaluate how converting rainforest land to fruticulture impacts soil traits and organic matter in Brazil's Legal Amazon.
- Results indicated that fruticulture leads to increases in certain soil attributes like bulk density and sand content while decreasing soil quality and overall organic matter compared to intact rainforest, emphasizing the need for sustainable practices using native species to maintain soil health.
Article Abstract
Fruticulture in the Amazonian Rainforest is one of the main causes of deforestation, biodiversity loss, and soil erosion. Fruticulture plays a key role in the soil traits and soil organic matter (SOM) compartments by altering the soil ecosystem. Our aim was to assess the influence of Forest-Fruticulture conversion on soil traits, and SOM fractions in Brazil's Legal Amazon. The experiment was carried out in field conditions using four land uses as main treatments: , , , and the Amazon Rainforest. The soil physicochemical traits were analyzed using samples that were collected from 0-5, 5-10, and 10-20 cm soil depth by using grids (10 × 10 m) with 36 sampling points. Our results showed that the Fruticulture promoted an increase in bulk density, GMD, aggregate diameter, soil porosity, gravimetric moisture, sand, clay, carbon associated with humic acid, and, the sum of bases (K, Ca, and Mg), while the Amazon Rainforest showed the highest values of silt, soil P content, SOC, p-SOC, m-SOC, carbon associated with fulvic acid, humine, and soil C stock. Overall, the fruticulture farming systems have negative effects on SOM compartments. The results of our study highlight the importance of considering fruticulture with endemic plant species by promoting soil fertility and soil aggregation.
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