Soils that suffer flooding or waterlogging are a problem that can be found in several Brazilian
regions with livestock activity. Flooding can cause serious damage if not properly treated,
because pastures that are in situations where there is stress from excess water can have their
development capacity and longevity reduced. For this reason, it has become increasingly
important to understand how this type of soil and forage plants behave under this condition.
Even with few studies focused on this problem in Brazil, there are still strategies present to
obtain a satisfactory result in the area. Therefore, understanding the type of soil, its
characteristics, and knowing which species of grass to use in order to achieve satisfactory
results in livestock raising becomes an activity of extreme importance, that is, each species or
variety of forage has its specific physiological needs in order to obtain productivity. Because
of this, there was a need to study possibilities of how to mitigate the losses in soils that are
subject to this problem, presenting some strategies, such as soil fertilization and also the choice
of grasses that are resistant to flooding of the soil, seeking to assist in the time of decision
making within the property.
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