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composed <strong>of</strong> 3 other operations: furrow opening with fertilizer distribution, manual seedling,<br />

and closing <strong>of</strong> the furrow wit micronutrients supply. This resulted in general in 5 pass <strong>of</strong> the<br />

tractor in the PZ zone. It is important to observe that the planting operation was conducted<br />

using autopilot system, and rows were spaced 1.5m. In TPSD zone the traffic <strong>of</strong> 2 tractors, 2<br />

trucks and a hydraulic winch for distribution <strong>of</strong> “seedcane” were added, and there was no<br />

traffic logistical control <strong>of</strong> the machines and equipment at this stage.<br />

Data were collected using an automatic penetrometer equipped with electric motor and<br />

speed control for constant penetration rate, with data acquisition system (PLG5200-<br />

SoloTrack, Falker ©, Porto Alegre-RS). Using a cone type 2 with 129 mm 2 circular based<br />

according to ASABE Standard S313.3 (ASAE, 2009) and the values <strong>of</strong> penetration<br />

resistance were collected up to <strong>of</strong> 600mm depth. 30 points with 3 repetitions were allocated<br />

in regular intervals <strong>of</strong> 50 m (grid 50 x 50 m), 90 observations at all. The location <strong>of</strong> sampling<br />

points was made with the support <strong>of</strong> the receptor GPS GeoExplorer 3 (Trimble©<br />

Navigation).<br />

Data <strong>of</strong> penetration resistance were collected in two different occasions, before soil tillage<br />

(90 observations) in December 2010 and two treatments were evaluated after the planting in<br />

semi-mechanized TPSD zones (45 observations) and the PZ zones (45 observations) in May<br />

2011. The operation <strong>of</strong> furrow opening and demarcation <strong>of</strong> the two treatments was made by<br />

a two lines plow-fertilizer attached to an agricultural tractor (BH205I, Valtra Corporation, São<br />

Paulo), equipped with an autopilot system (System 150, Topcon© Positioning Systems).<br />

Figure 1 shows the lines <strong>of</strong> TPSD zones and PZ zones and identifies the points <strong>of</strong> data<br />

collection.<br />

The depth tracks are divided into 6 soil layers with 100 mm each. Where in each layer was<br />

determined the maximum value <strong>of</strong> resistance to penetration. An analysis <strong>of</strong> variance and<br />

mean comparison between treatments, and ranges in depth using the Duncan test (p

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