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Hydraulic Properties of Soil Under Different Management Practices in Owerri Southeastern Nigeria
- L. C Agim; G. U Njoku; C. M Ahukaemere; L. C Okoro; S. U Onwudike; Osisi A. F
- This work investigated hydraulic properties of soil under different management practices in Owerri Imo State. Soil samples were randomly collected from five land use types namely continuous cultivated soil (CCS), bush fallow soil (BFS), pineapple orchard soil (POS), Grassland soils (GLS) and bare soil (BS) respectively in three replicates with soil auger. Collected samples were air dried, sieved with 2 mm mesh, and were analyzed in the laboratory with standard methods. Hydraulic properties were determined indirectly using particle size analyses result. The experiment was arranged in randomized complete block design with the five land uses serving as treatments. Data were analyzed using analyses of variance and significant means were separated using least significant means (LSD) at 5% probability levels. Hydraulic conductivity was correlated with selected soil properties. Result showed that all studied soils were sandy loam in texture. Bulk density followed the order: POS (1.46 g/cm3) > BS (1.43 g/cm3) > GLS (1.42 g/cm3) > CCS (1.36 g/cm3) > BFS (1.27 g/cm3). Hydraulic conductivity was higher in bush fallow 4.90 cm3/water/cm3 of soil and was least in pineapple orchard soil 2.77 cm3/water/cm3 of soil compared to others and related negatively with bulk density (r2 = - 0.79), positively with sand fraction, r2 = (0.35) and Soil organic matter (r2 = 0.45) respectively. Field capacity Field capacity ranged from 0.16 – 0.27 cm3water/cm3soil. The highest value occurred in continuously cultivated soil. Soil organic matter was higher in continuously cultivated soil (1.33 g kg-1) and least in grass land soil (0.88 g kg-1). Hydraulic conductivity, field capacity, wilting point and plant available water all varied minimally in all the studied land use with the coefficient of variability (CV) ranging from 1.6 - 2.6 %.
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- Year:
- 2015
- Type of Publication:
- Article
- Keywords:
- Hydraulic Properties; Landuse; Organic Matter Soil; Southeasthern Nigeria
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- IJAIR
- Volume:
- 3
- Number:
- 4
- Pages:
- 1245-1250
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- Jan.-Feb.
- ISSN:
- 2319-1473
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