Research Article
Tillage Effects on Selected Soil Physical Properties in a Maize-Bean Intercropping System in Mwala District, Kenya
Table 1
Baseline chemical and physical properties of the experimental site (0–30 cm).
| Soil property | Values |
| pH (H2O) | 6.50 | pH (0.01 M CaCl2) | 5.61 | %C | 1.10 | %N | 0.09 | K cmol/kg | 2.35 | Na cmol/kg | 0.46 | Ca cmol/kg | 2.31 | Mg cmol/kg | 0.39 | CEC cmol/kg | 6.70 | P (mg/kg) | 13.50 | Sand (%) | 22.00 | Silt (%) | 39.00 | Clay (%) | 39.00 | Textural class | Clay loam | Bulk density (g/cm3) | 1.27 | Saturated hydraulic conductivity (cm/h) | 0.27 | Saturation (cm/cm3) | 0.664 | Field capacity (cm/cm3) | 0.508 | Wilting point (cm/cm3) | 0.480 | Plant available water (cm/cm3) | 0.028 |
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