METODOLOGIAS PARA ANÁLISE DA QUALIDADE BIOLÓGICA DO SOLO

Abstract

Soil quality is a fundamental factor for the success of agricultural production. Regarding the methodologies that assess the biological quality of soils, they use indicators that provide a better assessment of the environmental status or sustainability condition of the ecosystem present in the soil. For the biological evaluation of the soil, the most applied methodologies have been Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility (TSBF), Provid, Bait-Laminas and Biolog® Ecoplate™ and bioanalysis. Such methods are effective within their evaluation proposals and are widely disseminated and used worldwide, however, they present different evaluation characteristics and objectives, with specific targeting for different types of bioindicators. Bioanalysis (BioAS) can be a new step in relation to standardization of soil biological analysis methods, as it is easy to perform, in addition to greater precision. The use of methods in association can be a good alternative for the biological evaluation of the soil.