THE MOISTURE RETENTION CHARACTERISTICS IN RED AND LATERITE SOILS (IN HUMID TROPICAL REGION) OF KERALA

P. C. ANTONY

doi:https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A02291

Research Article | Open Access | Peer Review

THE MOISTURE RETENTION CHARACTERISTICS IN RED AND LATERITE SOILS (IN HUMID TROPICAL REGION) OF KERALA

P. C. ANTONY

Volume : 73

Issue: Jul-jul

Pages: 397 - 407

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A02291

Published: September 25, 2023

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Abstract

The moisture retention of red and laterite soils is comparatively poorer, since these soils are generally coarse textured with Kaolin and Iran oxide clay minerals. The maximum water holding capacity, field capacity, moisture retained at tensions of 1, 5, 10 and 15 bars were higher in laterite than in red loams. The available. water was also higher in laterite than in red loom.

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https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A02291

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397 - 407

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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