The soil saturated hydraulic conductivity (Kθs) is a property with great variability, which requires the use of a greater number of determinations so that they can be described by the normal probability density function. Consequently, there is an increase in time and labor to obtain Kθs results if determined by conventional equipment. The use of more practical equipment and computational tools allows a faster and more accurate analysis. With this aim a falling head permeameter was built and a software […]

The reliability of soil analysis depends on the correlation of nutrient concentration in the soil obtained by a given method with the plant nutrient uptake. The objective of this study was to evaluate the correlations between phosphorus content estimated by different methods and phosphorus quantity absorbed by rice plants in some flooded soils from Rio Grande do Sul state (RS), Brazil. Soil samples from 16 locations in RS, largely different in soil chemical and physical properties, were collected from the […]