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Indian Journal of
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Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 46 issue 4 (december 2012) : 317-323

MODELLING SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTICS OF AN INLAND VALLEY SOIL

A.I. Oyeogbe*, K.O. Oluwasemire, G.E. Akinbola
1Agrometerology/Simulation Modelling, Department of Agronomy, University Ibadan, Nigeria

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Cite article:- Oyeogbe* A.I., Oluwasemire K.O., Akinbola G.E. (2025). MODELLING SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTICS OF AN INLAND VALLEY SOIL . Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 46(4): 317-323. doi: .

ABSTRACT

Measured soil characteristics data served as an input to the model to generate the simulated data, subsequently compared and subjected to coefficient of determination (R2) to serve as a goodness-of-fit measurement. The soils textural class varied from Sand, Loamy sand and Sandy loam. There was a good fit between the measured and simulated soil water characteristics for Sandy loam and Sand texture class. For sandy loam soil (R2 = 0.77, Pisture content. A poor fit was observed for loamy sand soil and saturated for hydraulic conductivity for all the textural classes.

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