Orientador: Wolmar Apparecida Carvalho / Banca: Maria Helena Moraes / Banca: Sérgio Lázaro de Lima / Banca: Hélio Silveira / Banca: Silvio Carlos Bray / Abstract: In order to discriminate ARGISSOLOS and to evaluate aggregates stability by dry and humid ways under different use and management systems, it was studied soil profiles under agricultural and pasture for more than twelve five years on the following system: six years with annual crop rotation in areas that had been pasture for the same time period and forest, for comparison purposes. This study was done in a agricultural farm in the Anhumas county, São Paulo state, Brazil, where the predominant soil class - ARGISSOLO - are representative of the region. Stages to achieve the objectives: a) not deformed and deformed samples collection to perform chemical and physical analysis; b) determination of the aggregate percentage by dry and humid ways; c) computation of the weighted mean diameter of the aggregates (WMDA); d) soils classification; e) statistical analysis: variance analysis and Tuckey's test for average, at 5 % of probability. Main conclusions: soil classification; the organic matter content of the A horizon of the soil under forest is 64 % more than the soil under pasture e 79 % more than the soil under annual crop; the flocculation degree and amount of the clay fraction of this same horizon is 31 % more than the soil under pasture e 39 % more than the soil under annual crop; the weighted mean diameter of the aggregates obtained by dry (D) and (H) humid ways of the A horizon and its mean value for the soils decrease in the following sequence: PVAd - forest > PVe - pasture > PVd - annual culture, respectively, with the following values: 1.33560 and 1.445496 (D), 2.81114 and 2.351380 (H); 0.66748 and 1.011830 (D), 2.79642 and 1.624250 (H); 0.32468 and 0.993775 (D), 1.25808 and 0.983135 mm (H); the weighted mean diameters of the aggregates of the A horizon - obtained by dry (D) and humid (H) ways - decreased 50 % and 1 % in the soil under pasture... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Orientador: Antônio de Pádua Sousa / Banca: Marlene Cristina Alves / Banca: João Antonio Galbiatti / Resumo: A Sub-Bacia Jardim Novo Horizonte está localizada no município de Ilha Solteira, noroeste do Estado de São Paulo. Esta região apresenta graves problemas ambientais, como erosão do solo e assoreamento dos rios, além da escassez de vegetação nativa. As classes de solos presentes na Sub-Bacia são o Latossolo Vermelho e o Argissolo Vermelho-Amarelo. A presente pesquisa foi realizada com o objetivo de estudar algumas propriedades físicas que interferem na dinâmica da água nos solos da Sub-Bacia Jardim Novo Horizonte, a capacidade de drenagem da Sub-bacia e o escoamento superficial, para o conhecimento dos locais de risco de erosão e de degradação do solo. Foram realizadas análises físicas e químicas dos solos sob diferentes usos e manejos. A coleta de solo foi realizada em dez locais ao longo da Sub-Bacia, sendo sete localizados no Latossolo e três no Argissolo, cada local amostrado constou de cinco repetições. No Latossolo foram amostrados os usos: cultura da manga, quatro locais com pastagem, cultura anual e vegetação degradada com pequenos fragmentos de vegetação nativa em área de transição entre o Latossolo e o Argissolo. No Argissolo foram amostrados os usos: dois locais com pastagem e cultura anual. Os resultados das propriedades físicas, químicas e relacionadas à dinâmica da água nos solos foram submetidos à análise conjunta para cada classe de solo e teste de Tukey, sendo utilizado o programa computacional SAS. A simulação do escoamento superficial foi realizada utilizando-se o programa computacional SIMHUNER. Constatou-se a partir dos dados obtidos que a degradação de algumas propriedades físicas e químicas do Latossolo pelo uso e manejo causa maior risco de erosão para a Sub-bacia Jardim Novo Horizonte. As taxas de infiltração da água nos solos moderadas e rápidas promovem baixo escoamento superficial... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The sub-watershed Jardim Novo Horizonte is located in Ilha Solteira-SP, Brazil, in the northeast of São Paulo State. This region shows grave environment problems, such as soil erosion and river sedimentation, as well as few native forests. Soils in the sub-watershed are classified as Red Oxisol and Red-Yellow Alfisol. This research had the objective of studying soil physical attributes that affect water dynamics, drainage capacity of the sub-watershed and surface runoff in the sub-watershed Jardim Novo Horizonte, contributing to identify areas of erosion risk and soil degradation. Soil physical and chemical properties were evaluated under different cropping systems. Sampling took place in ten spots along the sub-watershed. Seven and three samples were taken from the Oxisol and Alfisol, respectively. Five replications were evaluated for each place. The following systems were sampled from the Oxisol: area cropped with mango, four areas under pasture, area with annual crop and degraded area with fragments of native forest in a transition between the Oxisol and the Alfisol. Two places under pasture and annual crop were sampled in the Alfisol. Results of physical and chemical attributes, as well as water dynamics in soil, were submitted to combined analysis for each soil class and to the Tukey test, using the SAS program. The simulation of surface runoff was carried through using the SIMHUNER program. Physical and chemical degradation of the Oxisol, caused by soil use and management, lead to higher erosion risk in the sub-watershed Jardim Novo Horizonte. Moderate and higher rates of water infiltration in soil cause low surface runoff. The sub-watershed showed good drainage capacity and low surface runoff. However, some region were more susceptible to erosion due to degradation of some soil attributes that affect water dynamics, mostly in the Oxisol. / Mestre