To date, little is known about the dynamics of water and air in porous spaces of soils exposed to mechanical stresses, mainly when the pressure is located on the pre-consolidation line. This study aimed to quantify the changes in the porous spaces of an Acrisol under two tillage systems, submitted to increasing one-dimensional compression, emphasizing the bulk density and water retention at two water potential levels. Undisturbed soil samples were collected under conventional tillage (CT) and no-till (NT), with three […]

The determination of the soil water retention curve is a fundamental part of the characterization of soil hydraulic properties. Although soil water retention has been studied for a long time, many details on spatial variability of curves and experimental values are not well known. Knowing on this variability allows a better planning of experiments leading to simplification of sampling. The aim of the study was to explore the procedures for the analysis of the soil water retention curve in order […]