Table 1.

Chemical characteristics of soil prior to the experimentation.

SN	Soil properties	Values of soil parameters
	Chemical analysis	0–5 cm	5–10 cm	10–15 cm
1.	pH	7.93	8.00	8.12
2.	EC (dS/m)	0.187	0.165	0.147
3.	Organic carbon (%)	0.62	0.59	0.55
4.	Available nitrogen (kg/ha)	173.2	164.6	156.4
5.	Available phosphorus (kg/ha)	17.62	15.84	14.74
6.	Available potassium (kg/ha)	182.4	162.1	152.2