Table 3. Effect of soil drying on some soil and soil related properties of 

 brackish marsh soil. 



Drying time EC 



(mo) pH (S/m) 



MC% 



Na 



mg/kg 



Mn 



Fe 



Mg 



Ca 



0.0 

 1.5 

 3.0 



7.06a 0.4a 437.3a 102.8a 

 6.24b 1.7b 167.6b 493.4b 

 6.06c 3.9c 21.4c 853.7c 



0.1a 0.6a 13.8a 5.4a 

 0.2b 1.0b 57.5b 23.4b 

 0.7c 2.0c 235.6c 99.3c 



* Means followed by the same letter are not significantly different at p = 0.05. 

 MC = Moisture content. 



A.5i 



4.0- 



~3.5- 



£3. (H 



02.5- 



a 



O2.0- 



< 1.5- 

 ujO.5- 



0.0 



V. 



a ae 



A 



3.8B 



1.88 



1.5 



DRYING PERIOD (months) 



Figure 2. Effect of soil drying on electrical conductivity. 



3.0 



90 



