Soil Moisture Characteristics on Several Soil Types

  • Dwi Putro Tejo Baskoro
  • Suria Darma Tarigan

Abstract

Soil water availability is one of the important factors injluencing plant growth. Soil that can store more water in a
longer time can support a better plant growth. This study was aimed to evaluate the dynamics of soil water of four different
soils with different characteristics. Four soils classes are clayey textured soils-Red Yellowish Podsolik Jasinga, Clayey
textured soils-Latosol Darmaga, . Sandy Textured soil-Regosol Sindang Barang, and highly organic mater content soi/sAndosol
Sukamantri. The result showed that at every-suction analyzed, Andosol Sukamantri had consistently highest water
content while Regosol Sindang Barang was consistently lowest. Similar tendency wasfoundfor available water capacity. The
result 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).

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Author Biography

Dwi Putro Tejo Baskoro
Jurnal Tanah dan Lingkungan, dengan ISSN 1410-7333 diterbitkan dua kali setahun yaitu pada bulan April dan Oktober oleh Departemen Ilmu Tanah dan Sumberdaya Lahan (nama baru dari Departemen Tanah), Fakultas Pertanian, Institut Pertanian Bogor. Jurnal Tanah dan Lingkungan menyajikan artikel mengenai hasil penelitian dan ulasan tentang perkembangan mutakhir dalam bidang ilmu tanah, air dan ilmu lingkungan sebagai bahan kajian utama. Setiap naskah yang dikirim ke Jurnal Tanah dan Lingkungan, akan ditelaah oleh penelaah (reviewer) yang sesuai dengan bidangnya. Nama penelaah dicantumkan pada terbitan No. 2 dari setiap volume
Published
2007-10-01
How to Cite
BaskoroD. P. T., & TariganS. D. (2007). Soil Moisture Characteristics on Several Soil Types. Jurnal Ilmu Tanah Dan Lingkungan, 9(2), 77-81. https://doi.org/10.29244/jitl.9.2.77-81