Olericulture No-Till System at Mountain Region: Physical and Biological Attributes of the Soil
Table 5
Mean values of microporosity (Microp); macroporosity (Macrop); total porosity (PT); bulk density (DS); particle density (DP); permanent wilting point (PMP); field capacity (CC) at 0–20 and 20–40 cm depth.
Microp
Macrop
PT
Macrop/PT
DS
DP
PMP
CC
(m3·m−3)
(g·kg−1)
(%)
Study areas
0–20 cm
Forest
0.42b
0.06b
0.48b
0.12b
0.57c
1.54c
46.96a
56.68a
CT
0.50ab
0.16a
0.67a
0.24a
1.38b
3.16b
26.53b
33.97b
3 NTS
0.57a
0.07b
0.64a
0.10b
1.96a
4.21a
24.71b
40.67b
Forest
0.37ab
0.09a
0.46b
0.20a
0.9b
2.86b
33.52a
48.54a
CT
0.35b
0.12a
0.48b
0.26a
0.77c
2.23c
26.45b
36.33b
5 NTS
0.42a
0.13a
0.56a
0.24a
1.57a
3.48a
22.99c
33.06b
Forest
0.37a
0.18a
0.56a
0.33a
1.27b
3.07a
21.95a
28.09a
CT
0.31b
0.13b
0.45b
0.29a
0.90c
2.33b
20.10a
29.10a
9 NTS
0.37ab
0.20a
0.57a
0.35a
1.38a
3.05a
15.02b
25.76b
Study areas
20–40 cm
Forest
0.46ab
0.07a
0.54ab
0.14a
0.56c
1.62c
49.23a
73.67a
CT
0.40b
0.02b
0.42b
0.05b
1.21b
3.07b
21.98b
39.17b
3 NTS
0.57a
0.07a
0.63a
0.12ab
2.3a
4.08a
21.79b
40.16b
Forest
0.35b
0.18a
0.53b
0.34a
0.98b
2.91b
29.44a
50.35a
CT
0.41a
0.12b
0.54b
0.23b
0.79b
2.22c
30.00a
46.50ab
5 NTS
0.46a
0.22a
0.68a
0.31a
1.59a
3.53a
26.75a
42.57b
Forest
0.40a
0.21a
0.62a
0.34a
1.26a
3.38a
21.45a
35.86a
CT
0.33a
0.07b
0.40b
0.17b
0.95b
2.24b
20.01a
30.59b
9 NTS
0.39a
0.20a
0.60a
0.33a
1.28a
3.39a
16.51b
28.38b
Conventional tillage (CT); no tillage (NTS). Means followed by the same letter within each study group do not differ by the t test ().
