The present work aimed to study the effects of the combination between the soil water contents and the loads applied by the press wheel of fertilizer on soybean seed emergency of in no-tillage system. The mechanical resistance of the soil to the penetration was determined fifteen days after the sowing. The index of emergency speed was determined by seedlings counting, which was carried out daily until the numbers seedling were maintenance constant for three consecutive days. The best seedling emergence speed index occurred whit soil water contents of 0,33 kg kg-1 and loads of 86,21 N. The maximum load of 140 N applied by the press wheel on the seed caused a superficial crust of the soil, delaying seedlings emergence.
Agricultural mechanization; sowing; Glycine max
