Table 2.
The soil matric potential values for ht (i(h) = 1) and hw (i(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 | |