Cropping practices, soil properties, pedotransfer functions and organic carbon storage at Kuanria canal command area in India

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Table 2 Particle size fractions i.e. sand, silt and clay contents of the profile soil and textural classes under different sites and major cropping systems in the command

Site/cropping system	Soil depth (cm)	Particle size distribution			Textural class
Site/cropping system	Soil depth (cm)	Sand (%)	Silt (%)	Clay (%)	Textural class
Site-1 (Rice-fallow cropping)	0-15	50.1a	15.9a	34.0c	scl
	15-30	42.7b	16.1a	41.2b	c
	30-60	39.0b	12.8a	48.2a	c
	60-90	38.7b	12.5a	48.8a	c
Site-2 (Rice-fallow cropping)	0-15	51.9a	13.5ab	34.6d	scl
	15-30	48.4b	13.9ab	37.7c	sl
	30-60	45.7c	14.5a	39.8b	sc
	60-90	44.8c	10.4b	44.8a	c
Site-3 (Rice-sugarcane crop rotation)	0-15	50.5a	15.9a	33.6c	scl
	15-30	43.3b	15.9a	40.7b	c
	30-60	38.8b	13.6ab	47.6a	c
	60-90	38.3b	11.0b	50.7a	c
Site-4 (Rice-sugarcane crop rotation)	0-15	42.6a	18.4a	39.0c	cl
	15-30	38.9b	15.7ab	45.4b	c
	30-60	37.4bc	13.8ab	48.8b	c
	60-90	34.0c	12.7b	53.3a	c
Site-5 (Rice- mung bean cropping)	0-15	54.6a	15.8a	29.6c	scl
	15-30	48.6a	14.6a	36.8b	sc
	30-60	43.3ab	13.1a	43.6a	c
	60-90	41.8bc	13.1a	45.2a	c
Site-6 (Rice- mung bean cropping)	0-15	56.2a	12.2a	31.6d	scl
	15-30	50.8b	14.7a	34.5c	scl
	30-60	48.5bc	14.0a	37.5b	sc
	60-90	46.6c	11.3a	42.2a	sc

Mean values with the same letter within a column under any site are not significantly different according to DMRT at P < 0.05.