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Table 3 Physicochemical tests scoring of the collected soil samples according to BARC-FRG (2012)

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

Field no.

pHa

Soil salinity by EC1:1 method (dS/m)a

OM (%)a

TN (%)a

P (μg/g)a

K (meq/100 g)a

S (μg/g)a

B (μg/g)a

Total scoreb

Percentage (%)

Category

Field-1

5

1

2

1

2

3

6

6

26

54.17

Medium

Field-2

5

1

1

1

2

4

3

6

23

47.92

Medium

Field-3

5

3

2

1

2

4

6

6

29

60.42

Medium

Field-4

5

3

1

1

6

4

6

6

32

66.67

Medium

Field-5

5

1

3

2

2

4

6

6

29

60.42

Medium

Field-6

5

1

2

1

2

3

6

6

26

54.17

Medium

Field-7

5

3

3

2

1

3

6

6

29

60.42

Medium

Field-8

4

2

3

2

1

2

6

6

26

54.17

Medium

Field-9

5

1

3

2

1

3

6

6

27

56.25

Medium

Field-10

4

2

3

1

1

2

6

6

25

52.08

Medium

  1. aHere, score 1 = very poor, score 2 = poor, score 3 = medium, score 4 = optimum, score 5 = high, score 6 = very high
  2. bHere, poor = <40%, medium = 40–80%, good = >80% indicates the scoring of fields in the assessment of physico-chemical standards