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Joniškėlis Experimental Station

Location: Joniškėlis, northern part of Central Lithuania’s plain56.03° N, 24.17° E
Land use: conventional cropping systemArable land
Management on the whole site: spring barleyBarley/Hordeum vulgare

Soil layers
Depth	Texture	Clay	pH	Organic C	Bulk density
0–30 cm	clay loam	27 %	–	–	–
31–51 cm	–	59.6 %	–	–	–
52–76 cm	–	51.6 %	–	–	–
77–105 cm	–	10.7 %	–	–	–
106–135 cm	–	11 %	–	–	–
0–25 cm	–	–	6.4	–	1.3–1.4 Mg m-3