Table 3.

Physicochemical properties of test soil samples as per “K054 soil testing Kit; Himedia Laboratories Pvt Ltd India “Black boxes show respective test results

^aOC, organic carbon (oxidizable organic carbon) (Kgha⁻¹): L: low (0.1–0.3); ML: medium low (0.30–0.50); M: medium (0.505–0.750); MH: medium high (0.750–1.00); H: high (1.00–1.50)

^bAPH, available phosphate as P₂O₅ (Kgha⁻¹): B: blank; L: low (<22); M: medium (22–56); MH: medium high (56–73); H: high (<73)

^cAPT, available potassium as K₂O (Kgha⁻¹): L: low (>112); M: medium (112–280); H: high (280–392); VH: very high (<393)

^dAN, ammoniacal nitrogen (Kgha⁻¹): L: low (about 15); M: medium (about 73); H: high (about 202)

^eNN, nitrate nitrogen (Kgha⁻¹): VL: very low (about 04); L: low (about 10); M: medium (about 20); H: high (about 50)