AVALIAÇÃO DA UMIDADE DO SOLO EM FUNÇÃO DA PRESENÇA DE MATÉRIA ORGÂNICA E COBERTURA DO SOLO NO CULTIVO DA ALFACE CRESPA (Lactuca sativa L.) - DOI: 10.7127/rbai.v9n500306

The lettuce crop is one of the most vegetables that requires water, and its deficit is a limiting factor to produce this vegetable. This work aimed to evaluate the influence of different types ofcover soil in the soil moisture. Thus,it chose a summer cultivate. The study was carried out in experimental field of the Rural Campus, which is 15 km from the Federal University of Sergipe. The design was a randomized complete block design with three replications, and the treatments composed of three types of coverage (Plastic: black, black and white, black and silver) and control without coverage, all with and without fertilizer, totaling eight treatments. Tensiometers were installed to carry out the assessment of water stress in thesoil. The results showed that moisture was maintained within the appropriate limits for the culture of lettuce was used as ground cover.