Root Tensile Resistance of Selected Pennisetum Species and Shear Strength of Root-Permeated Soil

Table 1

Properties of the soils used in this study.

Parameters	Results
pH H20 (1 : 2.5; w/v)	4.1 ± 0.19
Soil organic matter (%)	3.2 ± 0.08
Soil water content (%)	20.8 ± 0.51
Sand (%)	51 ± 2.94
Clay (%)	33 ± 1.24
Silt (%)	16 ± 3.09
Soil texture	Sandy clay loam
K (mg/kg)	26.76 ± 1.45
P (mg/g)	0.032 ± 0.004
Total nitrogen (%)	0.4 ± 0.2

^∗Replicate soil samples of three are required for each test.