Soil depth (cm) | Site-1 (Rice-fallow cropping) | Site-2 (Rice-fallow cropping) | Site-3 (Rice-sugarcane crop rotation) | Site-4 (Rice-sugarcane crop rotation) | Site-5 (Rice-mung bean cropping) | Site-6 (Rice-mung bean cropping) |
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Field capacity (at -33 kPa) (cm 3 cm -3 ) | ||||||
0-15 | 0.228b | 0.236c | 0.331c | 0.286c | 0.255d | 0.231c |
15-30 | 0.278b | 0.348b | 0.368b | 0.370b | 0.300c | 0.297b |
30-60 | 0.403a | 0.393ab | 0.406a | 0.449a | 0.339b | 0.374a |
60-90 | 0.464a | 0.409a | 0.423a | 0.465a | 0.371a | 0.392a |
Permanent wilting point (-1500 kPa) (cm 3 cm -3 ) | ||||||
0-15 | 0.161c | 0.158c | 0.222d | 0.198c | 0.163d | 0.169c |
15-30 | 0.211b | 0.239b | 0.257c | 0.245b | 0.194c | 0.192b |
30-60 | 0.285a | 0.270a | 0.272b | 0.289a | 0.227b | 0.229a |
60-90 | 0.308a | 0.272a | 0.279a | 0.302a | 0.254a | 0.236a |