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Table 1 Soil physical characteristics of the Rhodic Kandiudox.

From: ROOT parameters of sugarcane and soil compaction indicators under deep strip tillage and conventional tillage

Layers (m)	Granulometric fractions					Water content
	Sandy			Silt	Clay	Texture^a	FC^b	PWP^c
	Coarse	Fine	Total	Silt	Clay	g g^-1
	g kg^-1					g g^-1
0.0–0.2	164	284	448	127	425	Clay	0.217	0.125
0.2–0.4	104	217	321	102	577	Clay	0.258	0.144
0.4–0.6	88	202	290	89	621	Heavy clay	0.283	0.162
0.6–0.8	97	188	285	95	620	Heavy clay	0.279	0.167
0.8–1.0	95	210	305	97	598	Clay	0.288	0.165

^aDescriptions were derived from the particle size distributions according to the texture classification scheme of Brazilian Soil Taxonomy System¹⁷; ^bwater content in field capacity; ^cwater content in permanent wilting point.

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