The porosity characteristics of a Red-Yellow Podzolic was evaluated after 10 years of cultivation, under the following soil management treatments: no-tillage, moldboard plowing + disking, disk plowing + disking, off-set disk harrowing followed by moldboard plowing + disking, off-set disk harrowing followed by disk plowing + disking and off-set disk harrowing followed by disking. Undisturbed 15 cm high and 15 cm deep soil blocks, were sampled for morphometric analysis of the soil porosity. Results indicated the presence of surface sealing and discontinuity between top and subsurface in treatments where offset disk harrowing was employed. The no-tillage system showed higher connection between macropores, without discontinuities between the topsoil and deeper layers.
no-tillage; soil sealing; soil porosity; soil management