Research Article
Yield, Yield Components, and Nutritive Value of Perennial Forage Grass Grown under Supplementary Irrigation
Table 1
Properties of soils in the study area.
| | Parameter | Values | Method of analysis |
| | pH (1 : 2.5 H2O) | 4.94 | Potentiometric method | | Organic carbon (%) | 1.79 | Dichromate oxidation method [13] | | Total nitrogen (%) | 0.20 | Kjeldhal method [14] | | Available P (ppm) | 5.60 | Olsen method [15] | | CEC (meq/100 g) | 18.24 | NH4OAc method (pH = 7) | | Na+ (meq/100 g) | 0.16 | NH4OAc method [16] | | K+ (meq/100 g) | 5.03 | NH4OAc method [16] | | Ca2+ (meq/100 g) | 29.50 | NH4OAc method [16] | | Mg2+ (meq/100 g) | 13.75 | NH4OAc method [16] | | P (mg kg−1) | 5.6 | NH4OAc method [16] |
| | Texture | | | | Sand (%) | 18 | Boycouos hydrometric method | | Silt (%) | 15 | Boycouos hydrometric method | | Clay (%) | 67 | Boycouos hydrometric method |
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