Assessment of agricultural land suitability for cereal crops based on the analysis of soil physico-chemical characteristics

Environmental Systems Research

Table 7 Soil properties data (physical and chemical soil properties laboratory and field observation result)

CSS	Soil structure	Depth (cm)	Soil texture	Soil pH (H₂O)	OC (%)	OM (%)	ECe (µs/cm)	CEC (meq/100 g)	Total N (%)	P (ppm)	K (ppm)	CaCO₃ (%)
1	F	150	C	5.01	1.64	2.82	35.22	28.52	0.152	13.06	0.57	23.1
2	M	100	CL	5.15	1.72	2.96	24.55	28.81	0.158	13.15	0.58	21.94
3	M	200	CL	4.6	2.97	5.13	72.12	29.69	0.285	13.46	0.57	21.44
4	VF	100	C	5.13	1.72	2.97	22.3	27.36	0.166	13.49	0.58	21.84
5	F	80	C	5.24	1.42	2.46	21.22	28.75	0.132	12.71	0.56	22.34
6	VF	100	C	5.53	1.35	2.34	14.6	29.09	0.125	12.88	0.57	22.75
7	M	75	C	5.34	1.97	3.39	19.94	31.56	0.166	12.85	0.56	22.26
8	F	100	C	5.57	1.95	3.36	28.67	32.63	0.172	12.52	0.59	20.32
9	VF	100	C	5.04	1.40	2.41	15.33	28.75	0.11	12.72	0.56	23.97
10	VF	150	C	5.46	1.32	2.27	17.38	28.20	0.12	12.51	0.57	22.09
11	M	200	C	5.46	1.49	2.56	22.22	31.24	0.132	13.09	0.58	24.14
12	M	60	C	5.57	0.88	1.52	20.37	32.81	0.085	12.8	0.58	22.03
13	F	200	C	5.45	1.82	3.14	24.68	30.34	0.178	12.68	0.59	22.18
14	M	150	C	5	1.83	3.15	28.2	28.11	0.149	12.9	0.57	21.08

CSS—composite soil sample, soil structure (VF—very fine, F—is fine and M—medium structure) and soil texture (C—is clay and CL—clay loam)