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Soil erosion from water causes loss of nutrients and organic carbon, enriches the environment outside the erosion site, and results in costs. The no-tillage system generates increased nutrient and C content in the topsoil and, although it controls erosion, it can produce a more enriched runoff than in the conventional tillage system. This study was conducted in a Humic Cambisol in natural rainfall from 1997 to 2012 to quantify the contents and total losses of nutrients and organic C in soil runoff, and to calculate the enrichment rates and the cost of these losses. The treatments evaluated were: a) soil with a crop, consisting of conventional tillage with one plowing + two harrowings (CT), minimum tillage with one chisel plowing + one harrowing (MT), and no tillage (NT); and b) bare soil: one plowing + two harrowings (BS). In CT, MT, and NT, black oat, soybean, vetch, corn, turnip, and black beans were cultivated. Over the 15 years, 15. were used in the soil. The P, K, Ca, Mg, and organic C contents in the soil were determined and also the P, K, Ca, and Mg sediments in the runoff water. From these contents, the total losses, the enrichment rates (ER), and financial losses were calculated. The NT increased the P, K, and organic C contents in the topsoil. The nutrients and organic C content in the runoff from NT was greater than from CT, showing that NT was not a fully conservationist practice for soil. The linear model y = a + bx fit the data within the level of significance (p≤0.01) when the values of P, K, and organic C in the sediments from erosion were related to those values in the soil surface layer. The nutrient and organic C contents were higher in the sediments from erosion than in the soil where the erosion originated, generating values of ER>1 for P, K, and organic C. The value of the total losses of nutrients in the form of triple superphosphate fertilizer, potassium chloride, and urea and limestone by water erosion was higher in CT than in NT. For triple superphosphate, the cost of erosion losses was 29 % higher in NT than in CT, while in urea and limestone, the effectiveness of NT in reducing costs was 65 and 50 %, respectively.

Water erosion degrades the soil and contaminates the environment, and one influential factor on erosion is slope length. The aim of this study was to quantify losses of soil (SL) and water (WL) in a Humic Cambisol in a field experiment under natural rainfall conditions from July 4, 2014 to June 18, 2015 in individual events of 41 erosive rains in the Southern Plateau of Santa Catarina and to estimate soil losses through the USLE and RUSLE models. The treatments consisted of slope lengths of 11, 22, 33, and 44 m, with an average degree of slope of 8 %, on bare and uncropped soil that had been cultivated with corn prior to the study. At the end of the corn cycle, the stalk residue was removed from the surface, leaving the roots of the crop in the soil. Soil loss by water erosion is related linearly and positively to the increase in slope length in the span between 11 and 44 m. Soil losses were related to water losses and the Erosivity Index (EI 30 ), while water losses were related to rain depth. Soil losses estimated by the USLE and RUSLE model showed lower values than the values observed experimentally in the field, especially the values estimated by the USLE. The values of factor L calculated for slope length of 11, 22, 33, and 44 m for the two versions (USLE and RUSLE) of the soil loss prediction model showed satisfactory results in relation to the values of soil losses observed.

-Soil tillage influences the development of forests planted in the initial phase, which affects some hydrological processes and water erosion. The objective of this study was to quantify the water losses (WL) and soil losses (SL) by water erosion, between the second and third years of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus benthamii) crop, in an experiment located in southern Brazil, on a Humic Dystrudept. Was study three soil tillage treatments: i) subsoiling in downslope direction (SD); ii) subsoiling in contour on the slope (SC); iii) manual holes (MH). The plots had a dimension of 12 x 24 m, being the slope-wise length the greatest, monitored by tanks placed at the lower end for runoff collection. Runoff volume measurement and sampling for subsequent calculation of WL and SL was carried out weekly, corresponding to the rains accumulated during the week. The crop of eucalyptus in SD treatment, weakened the soil as to the water erosion in relation to the crop made in SC and in MH; the difference was 25% for the WL and 53% for the SL. Eucalyptus reforestation played an important role in the control of water erosion, regardless of the type of soil tillage. The SL due to water erosion were more influenced than the WL, regardless of the type of soil crop used. WL and SL are related to each other and to rainfall height in positive linear relationship, regardless of the type of soil preparation used for eucalyptus planting.Keywords: Reforestation; Water loss; Soil conservation. EROSÃO HÍDRICA EM TRÊS MÉTODOS DE PREPARO DO SOLO NUM CULTIVO DE EUCALYPTUS BENTHAMIIRESUMO -O preparo mecânico do solo é uma das operações mais importantes de manejo na fase inicial de desenvolvimento das florestas plantadas, pois afeta alguns processos do ciclo hidrológico e a erosão hídrica, sendo, por isso, importante o conhecimento dessas variáveis. Com o presente trabalho objetivouse quantificar as perdas de água e solo por erosão hídrica pluvial, entre o segundo e o terceiro ano de cultivo do Eucalyptus benthamii, em um experimento situado no Sul do Brasil, sobre um Cambissolo Húmico alumínico léptico, em três tratamentos de preparo do solo: i) preparo com subsolagem a favor do declive; ii) preparo com subsolagem em contorno ao declive; iii) preparo em covas com coveador manual. As parcelas tinham dimensão de 12 x 24 m, com o maior comprimento no sentido do declive, monitoradas por tanques colocados ao seu final para coleta da enxurrada. A medição do volume e a coleta de amostras da enxurrada para posterior cálculo de perdas de água e solo foi realizada semanalmente, correspondendo às chuvas acumuladas na semana. O preparo do solo a favor do declive apresentou perdas de água e solo maiores do que em contorno e em covas, cuja diferença foi 25 % para as perdas de água e 53 % para as perdas de solo. O crescimento das plantas ocasionou sensível diminuição do escoamento superficial, evidenciando que o reflorestamento, nas condições experimentais, pode controlar a erosão hídrica. As perdas de solo por erosão hídrica foram influenciadas em magnitude...

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