TÉCNICAS ESPECTROSCÓPICAS NA ANÁLISE DA HUMIFICAÇÃO DA MATÉRIA ORGÂNICA DE SOLO DE VÁRZEA

Abstract

The process of drainage of organic soils can significantly alter the dynamics of soil organic matter (SOM), as it promotes the oxygenation of the medium and accelerates microbial activity. The spectroscopic techniques of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), laser induced fluorescence (LIF) and absorption in the UV-Visible were used in the study of humification of soil organic matter (SOM) not physically or chemically fractionated.. Soil samples were collected in a low land area in the city of Ponta Grossa - PR submitted to three different historical uses. They are R: reforestation DCF: drainage, cultivation and fallow; DF: Drain and fallow. The results indicate differences in the degree of humification of samples from drained and non-drained areas. The data suggest that the non-drained soil of the area R has a lower decomposition rate in the deeper profiles where the availability of O2 is lower. In the drained areas, DF and DCF, the degree of humification of SOM profile at 0.0 - 0.1 m is always less humified, as verified by all the techniques.