The use of the pH SMP to estimate the potential acidity has advantages in relation to the 0.5 mol L-1, pH 7, calcium acetate method, but it requires previous edaphic regionalization to estimate the H + Al values with safety. In the northwestern region of the State of Paraná there are soils originally developed from sandy sedimentary rock of the Caiuá Formation, called Caiuá Sandstone, of the Cretaceous period. These soils are characterized by low contents of clay and organic matter, and a low buffer capacity, […]

The objective of this work was to studying the spatial variability of some chemical properties of a saline-sodic soil of alluvial origin, in the Irrigated Perimeter of São Gonçalo, district of Sousa-PB, Brazil. At an experimental area of 2912 m2, soil samples were collected in a grid with a spacing of 4 x 4 m, at a layer depth of 0 to 0.30 m. The data analysis was carried out by means of descriptive statistics and geostatistics. The results showed […]

The experiment was conducted under greenhouse conditions at the Soil Science Department of the Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, from August 1995 to June 1996. The objectives were to evaluate the application of limestone on several chemical properties and on the nutrition and production of common bean cultivated in samples of four lowland soils and to compare the doses established as appropriate according to base saturation and Al and Ca + Mg methods. A 6×4 factorial scheme in a completely […]

This study was conducted in order to verify the influence of induced chemical properties in standard kaolinite and samples of three soils from the State of Paraná, Brazil – Hapludox Haplohumox and Tropohumults – on the spectral reflectance obtained in laboratory using a spectroradiometer, adjusted from 400 to 2500 nm. The samples were treated with solutions of calcium acetate, sodium acetate and incubated with calcium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate. Higher spectral reflectance was observed in the samples treated with calcium […]