Chemical Attributes of a red-yelow latosol under cultivation pasture ans eucalypt in the South of Espírito Santo

This study aimed at evaluating the impact of the type of soil use on its physical attributes, considering the cultivation of eucalyptus and pasture, at different topographic positions. The physical attributes were analyzed as a completely randomized design distributed in a split-plot 2 x 2 x 3, and the plots a 2 x 2 factorial, with 2 types of soil use (eucalyptus and pasture) and 2 depths (0.00 - 0.20 and 0.20 - 0.40m) soil in 3 topographic positions (TS = upper third, TM = middle third and TI = lower third), with eight replications. The F analysis of variance test was carried out and when found to be significant; the Tukey test at 5% level of probability was applied. The results show that for most of the attributes studied soil is influenced by the type of land use and the position of sampling. The results show that most of the attributes of these soils are influenced by the type of land use and location of sampling. Changing land use has been shown effective for at least the maintenance of the chemical attributes.