Lectures 33

Sulfur deficiency is considered one of the main limiting factors for agricultural production in Brazil, particularly in “Cerrado’s Region”. Due to that, the application of that nutrient is typically rec-ommended in the management of corrections and fertilization of soils for the great part of crops with interest economic such as soybean, corn, cotton, coffee, sugar-cane, and others. Several products are recognized as sulfur sources to be applied in the management of the fertilizations programs via soil, for example: single super phosphate (12 % S) and ammonium sulfate (24%S) which are commercialized as single ele-ments or as component of commercial fertilizers with low concentration of NPK. Commercial fertiliz