The objective this study was to evaluate the different irrigation water salt concentrations effects in the salinization of a "Dystrophic Dusky Red Latossol", cultivated with (Phaseolus vulgaris L. CV ESAL 686). The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse in the Engineering Department at Federal University of Lavras, of Lavras - MG to avoid the interference of the precipitations. The treatments consisted of five level of water salt concentration (electric conductivity of 0.10; 1.0; 2.5; 4.0 and 5.5 dS m-1) with six replications. The electric conductivity of the soil saturation extract was measured at the beginning of the experiment, at the end of the vegetative phase and after the crop harvest. A decrease of soil salinity was verified for the 0.1 dS m-1 treatment in measurements during the experiment. There was significant increase of soil salinity for the other treatments: 116.98%, 195.10%, 565.84% and 955.17% for the levels 1.0; 2.5; 4.0 and 5.5 dS m-1, respectively. There was an accentuated decrease of crop production as the levels of soil salinity increased. The increase of the water salinity promoted a linear increment in the soil electric conductivity and osmotic potential.
Soil salinity; beans; irrigation; Phaseolus vulgaris
