Table 1.

Soil samples collected for the baseline study (with, respectively, reference number: ‘mz’ prefix = maize growing, ‘ch’ prefix = chili growing soil, soil type [38], location (nearest town), date of collection, and geospatial coordinates).

Reference	Soil Type	Location	Date of Collection	Geospatial Coordinates
mz_1002_1	Silt-loam	Okara	29/12/2017	30.801380° N, 73.448334° E
mz_1002_5	Silt-loam	Okara	29/12/2017	30.801380° N, 73.448334° E
mz_1004_6	Silt-loam	Kasur	29/12/2017	31.11866° N, 74.4502487° E
mz_1004_7	Silt-loam	Kasur	29/12/2017	31.11866° N, 74.4502487° E
mz_1006_8	Sandy-loam	Chiniot	30/12/2017	31.72° N, 72.97889° E
mz_1006_9	Sandy-loam	Chiniot	30/12/2017	31.72° N, 72.97889° E
ch_1001_2	Silt-loam	Okara	29/12/2017	30.801380° N, 73.448334° E
ch_1003_3	Silt-loam	Kasur	29/12/2017	31.11866° N, 74.4502487° E
ch_1005_4	Sandy-loam	Chiniot	30/12/2017	31.72° N, 72.97889° E
ch_1006_10	Silty/clay-loam	Mirpurkhas	14/01/2018	25.5251° N, 69.0159° E
ch_1007_11	Loamy-soil	Tando Allah Yar	14/01/2018	25.46263° N, 68.71923° E
ch_1008_12	Loamy-soil	Matiari	15/01/2018	25.59609° N, 68.44666° E
ch_T	Sandy to clay loam	Sheikhupura	01/11/2017	31.7167° N, 73.9850° E
ch_N	Sandy to clay loam	Sheikhupura	01/11/2017	31.7167° N, 73.9850° E
ch_S	Sandy to clay loam	Sheikhupura	01/11/2017	31.7167° N, 73.9850° E