Open AccessSoil Moisture Characteristics on Several Soil Types
Author(s) -
Dwi Putro Tejo Baskoro,
Suria Tarigan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
jurnal ilmu tanah dan lingkungan/jurnal ilmu tanah dan lingkungan (journal of soil science and environment)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2549-2853
pISSN - 1410-7333
DOI - 10.29244/jitl.9.2.77-81
Subject(s) - regosol , latosol , andosol , soil water , water content , soil type , environmental science , soil science , moisture , soil classification , agronomy , geology , geotechnical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , biology
Soil water availability is one of the important factors injluencing plant growth. Soil that can store more water in alonger time can support a better plant growth. This study was aimed to evaluate the dynamics of soil water of four differentsoils with different characteristics. Four soils classes are clayey textured soils-Red Yellowish Podsolik Jasinga, Clayeytextured soils-Latosol Darmaga, . Sandy Textured soil-Regosol Sindang Barang, and highly organic mater content soi/sAndosolSukamantri. The result showed that at every-suction analyzed, Andosol Sukamantri had consistently highest watercontent while Regosol Sindang Barang was consistently lowest. Similar tendency wasfoundfor available water capacity. Theresult also showed that moisture content at Regosol decrease more rapidly than those of the other three soils. The time need to reach likely constant moisture content is variable with soil type; lowest at Regosol Sindangbarang (45 hours after completely saturated and drained) followed by Podsolik Jasinga (73 hours), Latosol darmaga (74 hours) and Andosol Sulcamatri (76 hours).