The influence of two cropping regimes on physical properties of a Greenfield soil

Greenfield soil physical properties were compared between permanent pasture and vineyard cropping regimes at four depths. The pasture cropping regime had a higher percentage of moisture at sampling in all four depths. Organic matter, pH, pore space, and volume weights varied with depth. The pasture surface soil (1.2 to 3.8 cm depth) was higher in total pore space, micro-pore space, moisture content at sampling, and hydraulic conductivity than the vineyard surface soil. The pasture soil's moisture equivalence in the 35.5 to 41.1 cm depth was higher, and the vineyard soil had a higher percentage of clay in the 15.2 to 22.8 cm depth.