CF: cag092212325
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Physical properties of the soil in four suburban farms in Santiago de Cuba
Los Propiedades físicas del suelo en cuatro fincas suburbanas de Santiago de Cuba
Yatniel Escobar Perea1 
Belyani Vargas Batis2*
Yordi Mauro Ramos García1
Ernesto Jesús Rodríguez Suárez1,3
Orledis Rodríguez Osoria1,3
Rubert Rodríguez Fonseca1
1Grupo Científico Estudiantil de Gestión Ambiental de Ecosistemas Agrícolas, Universidad de Oriente, Campus Julio Antonio Mella, Ave. de Las Américas S/N, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, CP 90400
2 Departamento de Agronomía, Facultad de Ingeniería Química y Agronomía, Universidad de Oriente, Campus Julio Antonio Mella, Ave. de Las Américas S/N, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, CP 90400
3 Empresa Provincial de Acopio, Aguilera S/N, entre Reloj y San Agustín, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, CP 90400
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RESUMEN
The objective was to evaluate some physical properties of the soil in four suburban farms in Santiago de Cuba. Soil samples were taken and the volumetric weight, apparent density, real density, porosity and humidity were determined. Among the farms, a similar statistical behavior of the evaluated properties was obtained. The volumetric weight varied from 1.18 to 1.32 g cm-3, the apparent density between 1.04 and 1.24 g cm-3, the real density from 2.27 to 2.59 g cm-3, the porosity ranged from 51 to 53 % and the humidity from 6.1 to 11.4 %.
