SUMMARYThe agricultural potential is generally assessed and managed based on a onedimensional vision of the soil profile, however, the increased appreciation of sustainable production has stimulated studies on faster and more accurate evaluation techniques and methods of the agricultural potential on detailed scales. The objective of this study was to investigate the possibility of using soil magnetic susceptibility for the identification of landscape segments on a detailed scale in the region of Jaboticabal, São Paulo State. The studied area has two slope curvatures: linear and concave, subdivided into three landscape segments: upper slope (US, concave), middle slope (MS, linear) and lower slope (LS, linear). In each of these segments, 20 points were randomly sampled from a database with 207 samples forming a regular grid installed in each landscape segment. The soil physical and chemical properties, CO 2 emissions (FCO 2 ) and magnetic susceptibility (MS) of the samples were evaluated represented by: magnetic susceptibility of air-dried fine earth (MS ADFE ), magnetic susceptibility of the total sand fraction (MS TS ) and magnetic susceptibility of the clay fraction (MS Cl ) in the 0.00 0.15 m layer. The principal component analysis showed that MS is an important property that can be used to identify landscape segments, because the correlation of this property within the first principal component was high. The hierarchical cluster analysis method identified two groups based on the variables selected by principal component analysis; of the six selected variables, three were related to magnetic susceptibility. The landscape segments were differentiated similarly by

-Sugarcane management practices (unburned cane -UC and burned cane -BC) interfere with dynamics of soil magnetic properties. This study focused on determining the potential of magnetic susceptibility as soil quality indicator in areas under sugarcane cultivation. The experiment area is on the limit between basalt from São Bento Group, Serra Geral Formation, and sandstone from Bauru Group -Adamantina Formation. Twenty soil samples were collected from two management areas (burned and unburned sugarcane prior to harvest) at a depth range of 0.0-0.2 m. Local soil was classified as eutroferric Red Latosol (Oxisol), with highly clayey texture. Chemical and physical properties, CO 2 emissions and magnetic susceptibility (MS) in air-dried fine earth (MS ADFE ), total sand fraction (MS TS ) and clay fraction (MS CF ). The magnetic signature from MS was effective in identifying changes of physical, chemical and mineralogical traits in Latosols under burned and unburned sugarcane crop. The information provided here can guide further studies on the genesis of minerals with magnetic expression in environments and exposed to fire burning.Keywords: Magnetic signature. Applied Geophysics. Neo-formation. Multivariate Statistics. SUSCETIBILIDADE MAGNÉTICA COMO INDICADOR DE QUALIDADE DO SOLO EM ÁREAS SOB CULTIVO DE CANA-DE-AÇÚCARRESUMO -As práticas de manejo utilizadas na cultura da cana-de-açúcar (cana crua -CC e cana queimada -CQ) interferem na dinâmica dos atributos e expressão magnética do solo. Foi estudado o potencial da suscetibilidade magnética como indicador de qualidade do solo em áreas sob cultivo de cana-de-açúcar. O experimento localiza-se em uma área limítrofe de material de origem, entre o Basalto do Grupo São Bento, Formação Serra Geral, e o Arenito do Grupo Bauru, Formação Adamantina. Foram coletadas 20 amostras de solo em dois sistemas de manejo (com e sem queima da cana-de-açúcar para colheita) na profundidade de 0,0-0,2 m. O solo foi classificado como Latossolo Vermelho Eutroférrico, textura muito argilosa. Foram avaliados os atributos químicos, físicos, emissão de CO 2 e a suscetibilidade magnética (SM) do solo na terra fina seca ao ar (SM TFSA ), fração total sand (SM AT ) e fração argila (SM ARG ). A assinatura magnética expressa pela suscetibilidade magnética foi eficaz na identificação de mudanças nas características físicas, químicas e mineralógicas de Latossolos sob sistemas de colheita da cana-de-açúcar com e sem queima. As informações geradas neste trabalho podem balizar futuros estudos sobre a gênese de minerais com expressão magnética em ambientes e expostos a presença de fogo.Palavras -chave: Assinatura magnética. Geofísica aplicada. Neoformação. Estatística Multivariada.