An experiment was installed in a saline-sodic soil of the Irrigated Perimeter of São Gonçalo, with the objective of evaluating the effect of different amendments in the chemical properties of soil and its posterior reflexes in the components of production and grain yield of irrigated rice (Oryza sativa L.). The experiment consisted of five treatments with five replications in a completely randomized design. The treatments studied were: gypsum (20 Mg ha-1); rice husk (15 Mg ha-1); control; stillage (40 m³ ha-1) and farmyard manure (40 Mg ha-1). After incorporation of amendments, the soil was leached for 40 days, keeping an 8 cm depth of water in the plots. The treatments showed positive effects in the chemical properties of the soil (exchangeable sodium percentage, electrical conductivity of saturation extract and pH of saturation paste), and the treatments with farmyard manure and gypsum caused an appreciable decrease in comparison to the other treatments; however the products used did not show significant effects on the number of panicles, weight of panicles and rice yields.
salinity; saline-sodic; amendments; Oryza sativa L
