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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