With the objective of quantifying the parameters that determine the effectiveness of gypsum in the reclamation of saline-sodic soils in the Irrigated Perimeter of Custódia located in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, with the purpose of increasing the available areas for irrigated agriculture, an experiment was carried out in soil columns installed at the Soil Mechanics and Residue Recovery Laboratory at the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. The treatments were arranged in a randomized blocks and a factorial scheme of two soils and six levels of mined gypsum equivalent to 25, 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150% of gypsum requirements of the soil determined by Schoonover M-1 laboratory method, incorporated to the first 5 cm of the soil column, with three replications. The evaluated components were the electrical conductivity, the sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) and the soluble cations of the saturation extract. The level of gypsum equivalent to 100% of the gypsum requirement showed to be most effective at reducing the SAR of the extract, reducing soil contents of sodium in the soil.
electrical conductivity; sodicity; SAR
