Olericulture No-Till System at Mountain Region: Physical and Biological Attributes of the Soil

Table 3

Physical soil characterization at depths of 0–20 cm and 20–40 cm from different study areas and soil temperature and moisture conditions at depths of 0–10 measured in the winter and summer.

Study areas	Sand	Silt	Clay	Sand	Silt	Clay	Temperature	Moisture	Temperature	Moisture
	(g kg^−1)			(g kg^−1)			(°C)	(m^3 m^−3)	(°C)	(m^3 m^−3)
	0–20 cm			20–40 cm			Winter		Summer
Forest	52.17	185.4	762.41	59.96	211.8	728.23	19.50	0.24	26.60	0.30
CT	256.35	262.23	481.41	211.95	270.3	517.74	17.70	0.29	28.10	0.33
3 NTS	488.4	152.9	358.69	514.84	132.46	352.68	19.90	0.33	29.40	0.32
Forest	333.78	189.67	476.53	336.68	113.11	550.19	19.40	0.17	26.20	0.21
CT	267.37	104.33	628.28	266.52	98.92	634.54	19.40	0.16	38.00	0.23
5 NTS	525.55	86.35	388.08	539.54	82.31	378.13	20.50	0.19	37.00	0.19
Forest	505.34	102.11	392.53	505.31	99.96	394.71	19.80	0.17	24.10	0.20
CT	361.68	78.46	559.85	359.86	74.06	566.06	19.80	0.16	26.00	0.26
9 NTS	521.29	73.3	405.4	529.4	75.41	395.17	21.00	0.16	25.70	0.20

Conventional tillage (CT); no tillage (NTS).