Table 1 The physical, mechanical and chemical properties of the soil used at the beginning of the experiment.
From: Effect of type of farming practices on the soil carbon sequestration and yield of some crops
Physical properties | Mechanical properties | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bulk density, kg m−3 | Soil porosity, % | Field Capacity, % | Wetting point, % | Water holding capacity, % | Sand | Silt | Clay | Texture | ||||||
1654 | 38 | 9.10 | 4.90 | 4.20 | 88.0 | 9.5 | 2.5 | Sand | ||||||
Chemical properties | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pH | EC, dS m−1 | Anions, meq L−1 | Cations, meq L−1 | SOM, % | SOC, % | C/N ratio | Total N, % | Total P, % | Total K, % | |||||
HCO-3 | CL-1 | SO-4 | Ca++ | Mg++ | Na+ | K+ | ||||||||
7.58 | 1.49 | 3.30 | 15.67 | 10.57 | 9.21 | 4.92 | 14.66 | 0.84 | 0.31 | 0.17 | 4.25 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.05 |
