The experiment was carried out in a farm “Santo
Antonio”, Jaboticabal (21°11’52’’ S, 48°13’52’’ W),
São Paulo, Brazil. The sugarcane variety used in the
experiment was ‘CTC 05’, a high yielding, highly
demanding of fertile soils, rust resistant variety, cultivated
in a typical dystroferric red latosol (Oxisol) showing a
very clayish texture (EMBRAPA, 2006), bulk density of
the soil 1.3 g dm-3.