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Table 2 Soil characteristics in the three RadiMax units

From: Testing deep placement of an 15N tracer as a method for in situ deep root phenotyping of wheat, barley and ryegrass

Unit

Soil depth (m)

Clay (< 2 ɥm) (%)

Silt (2–50 ɥm) (%)

Fine sand (50–500 ɥm) (%)

Coarse sand (500–2000 ɥm) (%)

Organic carbon (%)

Soil bulk density (g cm−3)

PH

P (mg kg−1)

K (mg kg−1)

Mg (mg kg−1)

1

0–0.4

0.12 ± 0.00

0.14 ± 0.03

0.45 ± 0.02

0.29 ± 0.01

0.015 ± 0.000

1.58 ± 0.04

7.10 ± 0.20

3.50 ± 0.00

10.50 ± 1.00

5.05 ± 0.30

0.5–1.0

0.14 ± 0.02

0.14 ± 0.04

0.45 ± 0.05

0.26 ± 0.01

0.006 ± 0.004

1.76 ± 0.07

7.40 ± 0.20

0.90 ± 0.40

3.90 ± 0.00

3.15 ± 0.30

2

0–0.4

0.12 ± 0.01

0.13 ± 0.03

0.44 ± 0.01

0.29 ± 0.01

0.017 ± 0.004

1.59 ± 0.05

7.00 ± 0.40

4.00 ± 1.00

12.00 ± 4.00

5.20 ± 0.00

0.5–1.0

0.14 ± 0.01

0.13 ± 0.01

0.47 ± 0.00

0.25 ± 0.02

0.006 ± 0.010

1.70 ± 0.06

7.50 ± 0.40

0.75 ± 0.70

3.55 ± 0.70

2.95 ± 0.70

3

0–0.4

0.12 ± 0.00

0.12 ± 0.01

0.46 ± 0.01

0.28 ± 0.01

0.018 ± 0.000

1.57 ± 0.01

6.85 ± 0.30

3.65 ± 0.30

11.00 ± 0.00

5.05 ± 0.10

0.5–1.0

0.13 ± 0.00

0.13 ± 0.01

0.45 ± 0.00

0.28 ± 0.00

0.004 ± 0.003

1.70 ± 0.01

7.50 ± 0.20

0.80 ± 0.80

3.35 ± 0.30

2.90 ± 0.40