Treatments

Soil Water Retention (m³·m⁻³) in Pre-Grazed

0 - 5 cm

Pressure (−kPa)

0.01

0.4

1

2.5

5

10

30

Cover Crops (CC)

Grass blend

0.47^a†

0.46^a

0.45^a

0.44^a

0.43^a

0.43^a

0.40^a

Legume blend

0.50^a

0.49^a

0.49^a

0.48^a

0.47^a

0.46^a

0.43^a

Equal blend

0.51^a

0.49^a

0.48^a

0.47^a

0.46^a

0.45^a

0.42^a

Control

0.51^a

0.50^a

0.49^a

0.48^a

0.47^a

0.47^a

0.44^a

Analysis of variance (P > F)

CC

0.66

0.62

0.61

0.63

0.66

0.66

0.66

5 - 10 cm

Cover Crops (CC)

Grass blend

0.45^a

0.45^a

0.44^a

0.43^a

0.42^a

0.42^a

0.39^a

Legume blend

0.45^a

0.47^a

0.46^a

0.44^a

0.44^a

0.43^a

0.39^a

Equal blend

0.47^a

0.47a

0.46^a

0.45^a

0.44^a

0.43^a

0.41^a

Control

0.46^a

0.45^a

0.45^a

0.44^a

0.43^a

0.43^a

0.39^a

Analysis of Variance (P > F)

CC

0.87

0.89

0.87

0.93

0.96

0.96

0.96