Table 1.

Selective soil characteristics from the experimental locality before experimental trials.

pH	Carbonates Content (%)	Grain-Size Distribution (mm) %		Content of Nutrients (mg.kg−1)
7.01	3.55 ± 0.06	up to 0.002	25.66	Nin	P	K	Zn available
		0.002–0.05	63.04	23.2	82.5	200	4.24 ± 0.24
		0.05–2000	11.3
		silt loam