Indicators of Soil Physical Quality: From Simplicity to Complexity

Alvaro Pires da Silva (1) , Ary Bruand (2) , Cássio Antônio Tormena (3) , Euzebio Medrado da Silva (4) , Glenio Guimarães Santos (5) , Neyde Fabíola Baralezo Giarola (6) , Rachel Muylaert Locks Guimarães (7) , Robélio Leandro Marchão (4) , Vilson Antônio Klein (8)

1 Departamento de Ciência do Solo, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz
2 ISTO - Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans - UMR7327
3 Departamento de Agronomia
4 EMBRAPA CERRADOS - EMBRAPA Cerrados
5 Escola de Agronomia e Engenharia de Alimentos
6 Departamento de Ciência do Solo e Engenharia Agrícola
7 Departamento de Agronomia
8 Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária

In working with soil physics, getting new answers to the same questions is a challenge. As soil physicists, we are always hoping to find new ways of understanding such a complex soil science area. In this chapter, we will discuss some of the ways to assess soil physical quality for crop growth, using ascending complexity classification, from the simplest to the more complex soil physical indicators for crop growth.

Mots clés: S index; Least limiting water range; Soil compaction; Visual evaluation; Relative compaction; Soil structure

Domaines: Science des sols

Alvaro Pires da Silva, Ary Bruand, Cássio Antônio Tormena, Euzebio Medrado da Silva, Glenio Guimarães Santos, et al.. Indicators of Soil Physical Quality: From Simplicity to Complexity. Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira, Marcos Bacis Ceddia, Marta Vasconcelos Ottoni, Guilheme Kangussu Donnagema. Application of Soil Physics in Environmental Analyses Progress in Soil Science, Springer, pp.201-221, 2014, 978-3-319-06012-5. ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-06013-2_9⟩. ⟨insu-01057152⟩