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Table 4 Field capacity and permanent wilting point of soils in different depths at different sites/cropping systems under the Kuanria command area

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

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)

Field capacity (at -33 kPa) (cm 3cm -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 3cm -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

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