Research Article
Modelling Soil Water Retention for Weed Seed Germination Sensitivity to Water Potential
Table 1
Average measured soil physical properties for the shallow seedling recruitment zone of the hillslope positions.
| Hillslope position | Textural class | Clay | Silt | Sand | Organic matter | Bulk density | (g/kg) | (g/cm3) |
| SW summit | Silt loam | 56.7d | 746.7a | 196.7c | 35.3d | 1.12a | SW backslope | Silt loam | 96.7c | 616.7c | 286.7b | 38.7cd | 1.04a | SW toeslope | Clay loam | 286.7a | 323.3e | 390.0a | 60.6a | 0.86b | NE summit | Silt loam | 83.3cd | 690.0b | 226.7c | 44.0bc | 1.09a | NE backslope | Silt loam | 93.3c | 640.0bc | 266.7b | 34.7d | 1.13a | NE toeslope | Loam | 156.7b | 463.3d | 380.0a | 46.0b | 1.05a |
|
|
Soil property means within a column, followed by different letters are significantly different at according to Fisher’s protected LSD.
|