Acid soils under native pasture in Southern Brazil presents low diversity of legume species, minly due to the low availability of phosphorus and higth aluminum concentration. Four greenhouse experiments were carried out to evaluate the efect of liming, phosphorus addition and micorrhizal inoculation on three legume species. Dry Matter production was limited by phosphorus availability and aluminum concentration. Lime and phosphorus aplication increased matter production. Soil fumigation decreased Desmodium incanum productivity. Mycorrhizal inoculation of soils without fumigation did not affect the Lotus corniculatus and Trifolium riograndense grouth, which might be explained by the high natural population and colonization potential of these soils.
forage yield; phosphorus availability; mycorrhizae; legume pasture
