Anibal de Moraes

Universidade Federal do Paraná | UFPR · Department of Plant Sciences

Considering the increasing global population and demand for food, it is crucial to adopt agricultural practices that ensure both food security and environmental preservation. In this context, plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPM) and integrated crop-livestock-forestry systems (ICLF) have emerged as promising strategies for sustainable produc...

Microrganismos promotores de crescimento de plantas (MPCPs) têm surgido como alternativa promissora na busca por uma agricultura sustentável. Este estudo, de caráter teórico, baseou-se em levantamento bibliográfico de natureza exploratória e adotou uma abordagem qualitativa. Seu objetivo é fornecer informações abrangentes sobre os MPCPs, incluindo...

Background Soil animal communities include more than 40 higher-order taxa, representing over 23% of all described species. These animals have a wide range of feeding sources and contribute to several important soil functions and ecosystem services. Although many studies have assessed macroinvertebrate communities in Brazil, few of them have been pu...

Different fertilization strategies can be adopted to optimize the productive components of an integrated crop–livestock systems. The current research evaluated how the application of P and K to soybean ( Glycine max (L.) Merr.) or Urochloa brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) R. D. Webster cv. BRS Piatã associated with nitrogen or without nitrogen in th...

Os sistemas pecuários sustentáveis devem proporcionar elevados rendimentos de produção, respeitando simultaneamente o bem-estar animal. O sistema silvipastoril (SPS: silvipastoril – árvores, pasto e gado) oferece uma estratégia de gestão de gado mais holística. O SPS incorpora árvores, forragem e proteção dos animais durante o pastoreio. No entanto...

Soil animal communities include more than 40 higher-order taxa, representing over 23% of all described species. These animals have a wide range of feeding sources and contribute to several important soil functions and ecosystem services. Although many studies have assessed macroinvertebrate communities in Brazil, few of them have been published in...

The growing interest in integrated agricultural production systems has increased the search for information about the arboreal component, thus, information about the correlations and associations between dendrometric and allometric variables are important. This study investigated the results obtained through simple correlation analysis and its brea...

Pasture management oriented towards sustainable intensification and stability of yield must consider the ideal balance between the mass of leaves removed by grazing and the mass left as residual. The former supports high animal production and the later supports an optimum soil–plant carbon balance. This study aimed to evaluate the optimal herbage l...

Integrated crop-livestock-forestry systems are promising alternatives to landscape impoverishment caused by monoculture systems. However, nutrient management in integrated systems still needs to be more comprehensively resolved. As soil microbial biomass (MB) is a soil nutrient reservoir that can contribute to crop nutrition, this study aimed to un...

We proposed and evaluated a new approach (“Farm-school project”) to develop children's awareness about the role of people in agricultural production and environmental quality. The materialization of the “Farm-school” project was performed by a theoretical-practical 4-hour visit at an experimental farm. 240 Elementary school students were evaluated...

Integrated crop–livestock systems (ICLS) are production models that promote sustainable intensification and integrate agricultural and forestry production systems, generating a combination of economic and environmental benefits. Knowledge is still scarce about the growth and productivity of the tree component in ICLS, and there is a lack of long-te...

In the context of a growing demand for food in the near future, scarcity of natural resources and climate change , the PISA program was designed to promote sustainable development of agricultural systems. In this article, we present a detailed description of PISA, as well as a case study of one of PISA's projects, in which we assessed sustainabilit...

The objective of this work was to compare the height-diameter relationship, described by nonlinear biological models, in Eucalyptus benthamii in monoculture forestry and in three different integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS): crop-forestry, livestock-forestry, and crop-livestock-forestry. The trees were evaluated during seven years after plant...

Single farming systems (SFS) such as monocultures may negatively affect soil structural quality. This study tested the hypothesis that integrated farming systems (IFS), i.e., the combination of cropping and forestry and/or livestock farming, improves soil structural quality, root development and soil organic carbon. An experimental area was set up...

This study aimed at evaluating soil nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) emissions from integrated farming systems. Soil N2O and CH4 fluxes were assessed in a subtropical Cambisol in southern Brazil, using manual static chambers, over two years, in five farming systems (cropland, livestock, integrated crop-livestock, integrated livestock-forestry,...

ABSTRACT Weed competition is a challenge to rice monocropping growers in the context of herbicide resistant weeds and difficult weeds to manage using chemical control. Diversifying crop rotations through integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS) can be an alternative to face this challenge. As weed seedbank reflects management practices, this study...

Individual tree attributes, such as stem volume and biomass, are usually predicted by using traditional field-derived allometric models. However, these models are derived from data collected from small areas and lack a level of detail of tree components (e.g., stem, branches, and leaves). Remote sensing techniques such as the Quantitative Structure...

Lidar point clouds have been frequently used in forest inventories. The higher point density has provided better representation of trees in forest plantations. So we developed a new approach to fill this gap in the integrated crop-livestock-forest system, the sampling forest inventory, which uses the principles of individual tree detection applied...

We assessed the effects of high-intensity and low-frequency (HILF) vs. low-intensity and high-frequency (LIHF) grazing on herbage production and performance of beef cattle grazing sorghum pastures. The experimental design was a complete randomized block with two treatments and four replicates (paddocks), carried out in 2014/15. The management targe...

Temperament often depends on the animals’ reaction to people, social and environmental conditions. However, little is known about the influence of changes in the pasture environment on cattle temperament. Thus, this study was designed to evaluate if an animals’ temperament changes in response to being kept in a silvopastoral system. This study eval...

No âmbito global se reconhece o potencial dos sistemas integrados como uma via sustentável para alimentar nove bilhões de pessoas em 2050. Esses sistemas são capazes de incrementar a resiliência ambiental pelo aumento da diversidade biológica e pela efetiva e eficiente ciclagem de nutrientes, o que acarreta a melhoria da qualidade do solo, além de...

Integrating trees in agricultural landscapes is a promising option to sustainably provide goods for society while increasing biodiversity, securing animal welfare, and generating profits for stakeholders. The choice of the species and knowing how timber quality is affected when trees are integrated to crop and/or livestock enterprises can provide a...

Weeds are a concern to farmers mainly by reducing crop yield, especially in organic farming where herbicides are not an option. Additionally, reducing reliance on herbicides is among the goals to achieve sustainable crop production. By investigating alternatives for weed control, several studies have shown that grassland is more competitive with we...

Determining herbage intake is pivotal for studies on grazing ecology. Direct observation of animals allows describing the interactions of animals with the pastoral environment along the complex grazing process. The objectives of the study were to evaluate the reliability of the continuous bite monitoring (CBM) method in determining herbage intake i...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are important microorganisms that act as sensitive soil quality indicators. The increase in plant diversity in Integrated Crop Livestock Systems under no-tillage (ICLS-NT) can also alter the diversity of species of fungi and bring benefits to the system. This study had the objective of evaluating the AMF diversity...

Aims This study evaluated the optimal herbage level from both plant and animal perspectives, through the adjustment of instantaneous herbage accumulation rate as estimed by the Gompertz curve model and short-term intake rate of sheep. Schedonorus arundinaceus (tall fescue) was used as an experimental model. Methods Weekly tall fescue herbage accumu...

The high dimensionality of data generated by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV)-Lidar makes it difficult to use classical statistical techniques to design accurate predictive models from these data for conducting forest inventories. Machine learning techniques have the potential to solve this problem of modeling forest attributes from remotely sensed dat...

We assessed the short-term (3.5 years) contributions of no-tillage (NT) relative to conventional tillage (CT), and of integrated crop-livestock systems combined with no-tillage (ICL-NT) relative to NT, on soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) and their physical fractions (free-light, occluded-light and heavy), in condition of maize silage production. An...

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of tree pruning on the incidence and intensity of the damages caused by cattle to 26-month-old Eucalyptus benthamii, in a silvopastoral system, in the municipality of Pinhais, in the state Paraná, Brazil. The experiment was performed in a randomized complete block design, with two treatments - l...

Managing for resilience in agriculture will be required to overcome future challenges such as growing food demand, climatic uncertainty, scarce raw materials and economic instability. Identifying resilience-enhancing practices is therefore fundamental for developing sustainable agroecosystems. We aimed to assess the resilience of two agricultural s...

The study of factors influencing animal intake can provide a better understanding of the dynamics of the pasture ecosystem and serve as a basis for managing livestock in a more efficient way. We measured different sward surface heights of tall fescue in the process of short-term intake rate of sheep. There was a significant effect of sward surface...

Accurate forest parameters are essential for forest inventory. Traditionally, parameters such as diameter at breast height (DBH) and total height are measured in the field by level gauges and hypsometers. However, field inventories are usually based on sample plots, which, despite providing valuable and necessary information, are laborious, expensi...

It is widely agreed that competition is an important factor that regulates plant populations and shapes communities in agricultural landscapes. Many studies have suggested that crop and grassland competition can be used for cost-effective sustainable weed control. However, effective weed management requires a precise knowledge of the effects of agr...

Capítulo publicado nos Anais do V Simpapasto V Simpósio de Produção Animal a Pasto 21 e 22 de Novembro de 2019 Maringá - Paraná Métodos de pastoreio: uma perspectiva alternativa a décadas de debate e pouco avanço conceitual

Sunflower is an important crop for Integrated Crop-livestock Systems (ILCS), and one of the main management difficulties identified in this crop is weed control, especially under no-till conditions when chemical weed control is not allowed. Therefore, the aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of greater sunflower population density on wee...

Soil fertility under no‐tillage farming may be affected by agricultural complexity. By transforming most of the ingested pasture into urine and faeces, ruminants catalyse nutrient cycling by breaking down complex plant molecules, which can help to maintain or even improve soil fertility. We evaluated how integrating annual crops and the ruminant gr...

Agricultural activity, if not well managed, is an important source of water pollution mainly by surface runoff. The aim of this study was to evaluate losses of water, soil and soluble nutrient (phosphorus, nitrogen and carbon) via runoff in large plots (hillslope from 3,000 to 11,000 m 2) at slope of 4 to 5% in annual crops (corn and sunflower) and...

Weeds are a major constraint on food and feed production, and the excessive use of herbicides to control them is a global concern for food security, human health, and environmental sustainability. Under no-tillage systems, cover crop residues provide a physical barrier to weed emergence that reduce weed infestations and reliance on herbicides. In i...

It is widely agreed that competition regulates plant populations and shapes communities. Many studies have suggested that crop and grassland competition can be used for cost-effective sustainable weed control. However, effective weed management requires a precise knowledge of the effects of agronomic practices and there is a lack of quantitative in...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the establishment of the pasture of Panicum maximum cv. Aries in an environmentally protected area under levels of interspecific interaction with the weed community. The experiment started after sowing P. maximum, and it was carried out in a randomized block design with four replications and the following facto...

With the objective to evaluate the effect of phosphorus levels (0, 50, 100 and 200 kg of K2O ha-1) on green dry matter (GDM) yield and morphogenetic and structural characteristics of Axonopus aureus, was evaluated under field conditions in Roraima´s savannas. Potassium fertilization increased significantly (P<.05) GDM yields, absolute growth rate (...

Brazilian agriculture contributes significantly to nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) emissions, so the understanding of such emissions at the field is crucial for mitigation strategies. This study quantified the impact of N application and sheep grazing on the N2O and CH4 emissions from a subtropical Ferralsol under an integrated crop-livestock...

Mapas conceituais sao ferramentas para avaliar o processo de ensino-aprendizagem e servem para testar e dar suporte à teoria da aprendizagem significativa. O presente estudo e uma revisao de literatura integrativa, que buscou alcancar uma melhor compreensao sobre como os mapas conceituais sao usados na avaliação de professores, e sua contribuicao n...

APRESENTAÇÃO O Núcleo de Inovação Tecnológica em Agropecuária (NITA), criado em 2011, é um dos grupos da Aliança SIPA. A associação Aliança SIPA é constituída por um arranjo institucional, liderada pelo NITA, da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), pelo Grupo de Pesquisa em Sistema Integrado de Produção Agropecuária (GPSIPA), da Universidade Fede...

This study aims to evaluate the impact of two complementary public policies, one federal, Low Carbon Agriculture program (ABC), and one from Santa Catarina state, the cattle beef development program of Santa Catarina. By the official rural credit of the ABC program, the federal government aims the sustainability of beef cattle by production practic...

While global demand for food increases, agri- cultural expansion faces more stringent environ- mental preservation demands and sustainability laws aimed to prevent deforestation (Nascente and Crusciol, 2012). Integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS) are diversified agroecosystems that can contribute to sustainable intensification, increasing food p...

This is a correction to: Journal of Animal Science, Volume 96, Issue 8, 28 July 2018, Pages 3513–3525, https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/sky085. The sentence “According to some estimates, one young grazing animal on each of these unused hectares of cover crop could yield as much as 700 million tonnes of equivalent live-weight – a considerable contributi...

Effective integrated weed management in agricultural landscapes depends on the ability to identify and manage processes that drive weed dynamics. The current study reports the effects of grazing management and crop rotation strategies on the seedbank and emerged weed flora in an integrated crop-livestock system (ICLS) experiment during a 12-year pe...

Soil organic and inorganic phosphorus (P) compounds can be influenced by distinctive environmental properties. This study aims to analyze soil P composition in natural ecosystems, relating organic (inositol hexakisphosphate, DNA and phosphonates) and inorganic (orthophosphate, polyphosphate and pyrophosphate) compounds with major temporal (weatheri...

Erratum to: “Animal production and soil characteristics from integrated crop-livestock systems: toward sustainable intensification” by Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho et al. Journal of Animal Science 2018; doi: 10.1093/jas/sky085. The author listed as “William de Souzsa Filho,” should be listed as “William de Souza Filho”.

Sustainable intensification of land-use practices has never been more important to ensure food security for a growing world population. When combined under thoughtful management, cover cropping and crop-livestock integration under no-till systems can benefit from unexpected synergies due to their unique features of plant-animal diversification and...

Sustainable intensification of land-use practices has never been more important to ensure food security for a growing world population. When combined under thoughtful management, cover cropping and crop-livestock integration under no-till systems can benefit from unexpected synergies due to their unique features of plant-animal diversification and...

Os ganhos na eficiência da produção agrícola e pecuária estão no centro de uma série de questões ambien-tais contemporâneas. Dentre os processos em debate estão a expansão das áreas de uso agrícola, que contribui para a conversão de ecossistemas sensíveis e ameaçados de extinção (Tilman et al., 2001; Oliveira et al., 2017), para as emissões de gase...

This paper aims to discuss the impact of the introduction of pastures and grazing animals in agricultural systems. For the purposes of this manuscript, we focus on within-farm integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS), typical of Southern Brazil. These ICLS are designed to create and enhance the synergisms and emergent properties have arisen from ag...

Sclerotia produced by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum are the central component of epidemics as they are long-term survival structures. Integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLSs) are sustainable options for agricultural diversification; however, there are few studies about its influence on plant diseases. This work investigated the influence of two arrange...

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito da aplicação de doses de N em três épocas diferentes: em cobertura na pastagem de inverno; em pré-semeadura e em cobertura no milho, sobre a produtividade de grãos e componentes de rendimento do milho, em um Sistema Integrado de Produção Agropecuária. O experimento foi realizado em Guarapuava-PR, em de...

Weed competition on soybean (Glycine max) growth and yield was expected to be different when managed in an agroforestry system as compared with sole-cropping without trees. Therefore agronomic practices to control weeds might need to be modified in agroforestry systems. We analyzed weed competition effects on soybean growth, grain yield, and yield...

Avaliou-se o efeito da adubação fosfatada (0, 40, 80 e 120 kg de P2O5 ha-1) e potássica (0, 40, 80 e 120 kg de K2O ha-1) sobre a produtividade de forragem, composição química e extração de macronutrientes por pastagens nativas de Trachypogon plumosus consorciadas com Stylosanthes capitata cv. Lavradeiro nos cerrados de Roraima. Os efeitos da adubaç...

Core Ideas Near‐infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was appropriate for predicting soil texture and C. Both linear and nonlinear multivariate models could be used for NIRS calibration. Soil texture was predicted with greater precision than organic C fractions. Near‐infrared spectroscopy and kriging were a useful combination for assessing spatial variation...

Soil organic and inorganic phosphorus (P) compounds can be modified by distinctive ecosystems properties. This study aims to analyze soil P dynamics on terrestrial natural ecosystems, relating its organic (monoesters, diesters, and phosphonate) and inorganic (orthophosphate, polyphosphate and pyrophosphate) functional groups with important temporal...