Modeling performances of maize cultivars under current and future climate scenarios in southern central Ethiopian rift valley

Table 2 Physical properties of the experimental soils

Depth (cm)	SAT UL	FC DUL	PWP LL	Bulk density (g/cm⁻³)	Texture
Depth (cm)	SAT UL	FC DUL	PWP LL	Bulk density (g/cm⁻³)	%Clay	% silt	% sand
Bilate
0–38	0.39	0.34	0.25	1.25	20	28	52
38–78	0.39	0.32	0.26	1.36	20	24	56
78–102	0.40	0.32	0.26	1.37	20	24	56
102–171	0.40	0.31	0.27	1.26	22	22	56
171 +	0.40	0.29	0.28	1.43	20	14	66
Dilla
0–38	0.41	0.28	0.13	1.2	51	21	28
38–78	0.38	0.25	0.15	1.32	29	41	30
78–102	0.38	0.26	0.19	1.34	47	33	20
102–171	0.39	0.27	0.20	1.42	35	29	36
Hawassa
0–25	0.52	0.26	0.11	1.36	22	38	40
26–69	0.52	0.24	0.09	1.36	24	36	40
70–115	0.43	0.22	0.07	1.55	26	30	44
116–131	0.40	0.20	0.05	1.57	32	34	34
132–157	0.36	0.18	0.03	1.63	10	40	50
158–187	0.31	0.16	0.02	1.58	10	54	36
Shamana
0–15	0.54	0.42	0.19	1.29	51	43	6
15–30	0.57	0.40	0.17	1.34	39	53	6
30–60	0.59	0.39	0.17	1.33	35	59	6
60–90	0.53	0.33	0.15	1.33	41	53	6

Source: Demis and Beyene (2010), Wondimeneh (2010), Ayalew et al. (2015) and Jemal (2015)
SAT UL: saturation point upper limit; FC DUL: field capacity drained upper limit; PWP LL: permanent wilting point lower limit

ISSN: 2662-4044