A Soil Health Card (SHC) for soil quality monitoring of agricultural lands in south-eastern coastal region of Bangladesh

Environmental Systems Research

Table 2 Soil physicochemical and nutrient contents from laboratory analysis

Field sample no.	pH	EC	OM	OC	TN	P	K	S	B
Field sample no.	–	dS/m	%	%	%	μg/g	meq/100 g	μg/g	μg/g
Field-1 n = 5	7.86	1.02	1.17	0.68	0.06	5.49	0.26	56.81	1.17
Field-1 n = 5	SA	NS	L		VL	VL	M/Opt	VH	VH
Field-2 n = 5	8.22	0.79	0.34	0.20	0.02	5.73	0.32	18.75	1.15
Field-2 n = 5	SA	NS	VL		VL	VL	Opt/H	M	VH
Field-3 n = 5	8.00	4.33	1.17	0.68	0.06	6.91	0.30	254.93	1.69
Field-3 n = 5	SA	SS	L		VL	VL/L	Opt	VH	VH
Field-4 n = 5	7.86	6.67	0.83	0.48	0.04	36.52	0.30	144.86	2.27
Field-4 n = 5	SA	SS	VL		VL	H/VH	Opt	VH	VH
Field-5 n = 5	7.98	1.27	2.27	1.32	0.11	10.18	0.33	80.43	1.78
Field-5 n = 5	SA	NS	M		L	L	Opt/H	VH	VH
Field-6 n = 5	7.92	1.52	1.58	0.92	0.08	6.54	0.22	78.51	1.83
Field-6 n = 5	SA	NS	L		VL	VL/L	M	VH	VH
Field-7 n = 5	7.45	6.08	2.41	1.40	0.12	1.75	0.19	262.95	2.39
Field-7 n = 5	SA	SS	M		L	VL	M	VH	VH
Field-8 n = 5	6.94	2.19	2.54	1.48	0.12	2.95	0.17	202.25	2.41
Field-8 n = 5	Nu	FS	M		L	VL	L/M	VH	VH
Field-9 n = 5	7.48	0.94	1.99	1.16	0.10	3.35	0.19	88.26	2.52
Field-9 n = 5	SA	NS	M		L	VL	M	VH	VH
Field-10 n = 5	6.96	2.61	1.79	1.04	0.09	2.59	0.15	198.22	3.04
Field-10 n = 5	Nu	FS	M		VL	VL	L	VH	VH
Max	8.22	6.67	2.54	1.48	0.12	36.52	0.33	262.95	3.04
Min	6.94	0.79	0.34	0.20	0.02	1.75	0.15	18.75	1.15
Mean	7.67	2.75	1.61	0.94	0.08	8.21	0.25	138.60	2.025

SA slightly alkaline, Nu Neutral, VL very low, L low, M medium, H high, VH very high, Opt optimum, NS non saline, FS few saline, SS slightly saline