Research Article

Negative Effect of Soil Compaction and Investigation of Its Relation with Soil Physiochemical Properties in Mechanization Farming System

Table 2

The laboratory result of soil physical and chemical properties for the farm field.

DepthpHSEC (µS/cm)TexturalTextural classSCEC (meq/100 g soil)% STOC% SOM% STN% moisture
% sand% clay% silt

0–107.28113.3372934CL18.781.212.090.1313.97
10–207.42118.2537313222.11.432.150.1914.35
20–307.12126.536313328.61.182.120.1716.04
Average7.27119.3536.030.33323.161.272.120.1614.79

SEC = soil electrical conductivity, SCEC = soil cation exchange capacity, STOC = soil organic carbon, SOM = soil organic matter, STN = soil total nitrogen, CL = clay loam.