Table 3.
Soil physical and chemical properties of OM and CM.
Treatment | SWC | N-NH (mg kg−1) | N-NO(mg kg−1) | AP (mg kg−1) | AK (mg kg−1) | TN (g kg−1) | TP (g kg−1) | SOC (g kg−1) | pH |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OM-11 | 0.19 ± 0.02 | 1.97 ± 0.23 | 3.66 ± 0.37 | 57.4 ± 2.91 | 342 ± 11.2 | 2.55 ± 0.11 | 0.38 ± 0.04 | 59.11 ± 0.92 | 5.46 ± 0.03 |
CM-11 | 0.23 ± 0.00 | 0.71 ± 0.20 | 5.68 ± 1.39 | 17.5 ± 2.24 | 247 ± 8.06 | 1.66 ± 0.23 | 0.21 ± 0.01 | 30.55 ± 1.57 | 4.51 ± 0.04 |
ANOVA | * | ** | * | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** |
OM-16 | 0.25 ± 0.01 | 1.83 ± 0.01 | 9.44 ± 0.06 | 119 ± 19.9 | 640 ± 8.69 | 2.01 ± 0.14 | 0.43 ± 0.04 | 33.49 ± 1.95 | 5.55 ± 0.22 |
CM-16 | 0.23 ± 0.01 | 8.9 ± 1.26 | 11.2 ± 1.61 | 106 ± 27.8 | 232 ± 9.93 | 1.53 ± 0.08 | 0.35 ± 0.03 | 27.18 ± 1.23 | 4.31 ± 0.07 |
ANOVA | NS | ** | NS | NS | ** | ** | NS | ** | ** |
OM-24 | 0.24 ± 0.00 | 3.19 ± 0.08 | 3.10 ± 0.37 | 41.6 ± 10.0 | 460 ± 13.9 | 2.07 ± 0.02 | 0.32 ± 0.05 | 36.93 ± 1.34 | 5.98 ± 0.10 |
CM-24 | 0.25 ± 0.01 | 4.32 ± 0.33 | 10.32 ± 0.78 | 34.5 ± 3.92 | 315 ± 9.46 | 2.08 ± 0.39 | 0.31 ± 0.01 | 28.39 ± 1.90 | 4.19 ± 0.01 |
ANOVA | NS | ** | ** | NS | ** | NS | NS | ** | ** |
SWC, soil water content; N-NH, ammonia nitrogen content; N-NO, nitrate nitrogen content; AP, available phosphorus content; AK, available potassium content; TN, total nitrogen content; TP, total phosphorus content. Values are means of three replicates ± SD. ** represents p < 0.01. * represents 0.01 ≤ p < 0.05. NS represents no significant difference.