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. 2020 Jun 23;10(7):314. doi: 10.1007/s13205-020-02283-5

Table 2.

The soil matric potential values for ht (ωi(h) = 1) and hw (ωi(h) = 0 for Mays and Sorghum plants in loamy sand and very fine sand soil textures, under two evapo-transpirative demand conditions (LET and HET) for different plant densities (1, 3, 5 plants per pot) (Chahal 2010)

Evapo-transpirative demand Plant density Soil matric potential (h) (bar) IWC IWC
Sorghum Mays Sorghum Mays
ht hw ht hw
Loamy sand soil (fine texture class)
 LET 1 10.6 21.7 3.9 12.4 0.199 0.196
3 8 15.4 2.3 10.3 0.198 0.195
5 11.5 19.5 6 17.2 0.199 0.198
 HET 1 5.2 26.4 3.9 12.2 0.199 0.196
3 6.5 24 6.9 22.7 0.199 0.199
5 5.3 20.6 6.2 24 0.199 0.199
Very fine sand (coarse texture class)
 LET 1 0.93 2.7 1.9 3.6 0.129 0.133
3 1.2 2.8 1.8 4.6 0.130 0.134
5 1.7 3.4 0.91 2 0.132 0.1236
 HET 1 1.4 6.6 0.84 6.9 0.135 0.135
3 1.5 3.8 0.85 5.7 0.132 0.134
5 1.6 4.4 0.72 3.1 0.133 0.131