The growth and development of the plants can be limited by physical and chemical impediments that limit roots development and restricts nutrients absorption. With the purpose of evaluating the effect of different degrees of compaction and phosphorus doses, in the production of dry matter, level of phosphorus and accumulated phosphorus in the aerial part of the corn (Zea mays L.), an experiment was set up in a green house conditions, using three soils, being a clay one, distrofic Red Latosol, one with loamy texture, distrofic Red Yellow Latosol and one with sandy texture, Quartzarenic Neosol. In the assembly of the vases, liming was made with dolomitic limestone and the basic manuring, being the compaction degrees obtained through the Normal Proctor test. The largest productions of MSPA, TPPA and PAPA were obtained in the compaction degrees of 65 and 75% and in the largest applied phosphorus dose. In the same compaction degree the largest production of dry matter of the aerial part (MSPA), the largest phosphorus level (TPPA) and the largest level of accumulated phosphorus in the aerial part (PAPA), occurred in the largest dose of applied phosphorus. The applied phosphorus worked as an alleviating factor of the soil compaction, resulting in a larger production for a same compaction degree.
Degree of Compaction; Normal Proctor test; phosphorus and Corn
