Latossolo húmico sob diferentes usos no agreste meridional de Pernambuco : atributos químicos, físico-hidricos e biológicos

Abstract

The South Agreste Pernambucano has an agricultural and very large land diversification, but the management of the soil used in the production is mostly inadequate, resulting in economic and low productivity losses, allied to it have weather conditions quite different typical of a transitional environment . However the city of Brejão has a special condition with cooler and rainy weather and deeper soils and well structured, with occurrence horizon latosols with the humic something characteristic in this swamp of altitude. So the aim of this study was to investigate the changes in chemical, physical and water attributes of the surface horizon humic an Oxisol subjected to different forms of management in the Swamp region of South Agreste Altitude Pernambuco, and investigate the soil repellency water. The disturbed and undisturbed soil samples were collected in a native forest (MN), pasture 5 years (PA5) and grazing 30 (PA30) in three layers 0 to 10 cm, 10 to 20 cm and 20 to 30 cm and evaluated the chemical, biological, physical and water attributes, as was also done an infiltration test with simple ring. Chemical attributes presented typicality dystrophic yellow latosols, and attributes related to the acidity showing significant results mainly in the surface layer. For biological attributes your changes are more significant in macroaggregates. Have the physical attributes that most change with inadequate management are the bulk density (Ds) and porosity consequently these physical attributes are linked to water retention in the soil and all water dynamics. For the infiltration test it is clear the presence of soil water repellency.