Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 1 Relevant physical and chemical data for the profiles

From: Land evaluation for crop production in Upper Kabete Campus field, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Map unit	Texture
Map unit	Profile	Horizon	Depth	S	SI	C	TC	pH	EC	%OC	% N	CEC	BS%
UmIr/F	148/4-7	Ap	0–14	22	14	64	C	6.1	0.1	2.95	0.39	22.2	92
UmIr/E	148/4-5	A	0–16	26	8	66	C	5.6	0.2	3.18	0.35	15.6	90
	148/4-6	A	0–33	30	22	48	C	6.2	0.1	4.03	0.49	27.6	94
	148/4-6	AB	33–53	24	24	52	C	6.2	0.1	2.33	0.28	23.8	93
UxIr/D	148/4-2	A	0–23	31	30	39	CL	6.2	0.1	3.45	0.39	23.2	91
	148/4-14	Ap	0–15	45	27	28	CL	5.7	0.1	2.55	0.2	20	70
	148/4-4	A	0–27	32	22	46	C	6.4	0.1	3.8	0.42	27	93
	148/4-4	AB	27–38	30	20	50	C	5.9	0.1	3.37	0.24	22	87
	148/4-1	A	0–16	40	8	52	C	5.7	0.2	3.68	0.36	23	73
	148/4-1	AB	16–35	32	14	54	C	5.9	0.1	2.25	0.35	21.8	60
UxIr/C	148/4-3	A	0–21	32	22	46	C	5.9	0.2	3.95	0.56	25.8	68
	148/4-3	AB	21–45	30	20	50	C	6.6	0.1	2.17	0.24	21.8	91
	148/4-8	Ap	0–17	47	23	30	SCL	5.9	0.2	3.14	0.34	21.2	92
	148/4-9	Ap	0–21	51	27	24	SCL	5.4	0.3	3.3	0.32	24.4	52
	148/4-11	Ap	0–25	30	30	40	CL	5.7	0.1	1.51	0.56	23	94
	148/4-13	Ap	0–15	30	16	54	C	6.2	TR	1.99	0.28	19.2	92
	148/4-13	AB	15–38	26	18	56	C	5.9	0.1	1.8	0.13	18.6	83
UxIr/AB	148/4-10	Ap	0–16	36	32	32	CL	6.3	0.2	2.05	0.27	16	91
	148/4-10	AB	16–38	36	26	38	CL	6.6	0.1	2.13	0.22	26	95
	148/4-16	Ap	0–25	44	24	32	CL	5.5	TR	2.4	0.22	20.4	93
	148/4-16	AB	25–51	46	12	42	C	5.6	0.1	2.1	0.24	18.2	92
	148/4-15	Ap	0–18	28	34	38	L	5.6	0.1	2.73	0.43	20.2	70
	148/4-15	AB	18–45	28	30	42	C	6.4	TR	2.51	0.29	23.4	94
	148/4-12	Ap	0–18	35	40	25	L	5.8	0.1	1.55	0.35	18	78
	148/4-12	AB	18–32	41	32	27	L	5.9	0.1	1.24	0.43	21.4	72

S sand, SI silt, C clay, TC textural class, pH potential of hydrogen, EC electrical conductivity, OC organic carbon, N nitrogen, CEC cation exchange capacity, BS base saturation

Back to article page