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. 2023 Jun 7;21(2):319–332. doi: 10.1007/s40201-023-00857-y

Table 2.

The independent-samples t-test results of some properties in the studied soil

Properties Mean Mean Difference t Sig. (2-tailed)
Cultivated soil Uncultivated soil
Cd leached 1.833 2.671 -0.838 -0.669 0.515
pH 7.000 7.252 -0.252 -3.417 0.004
DOC 65.504 29.865 35.639 8.730 0.000
MBC 395.220 198.451 196.777 12.137 0.000
Soil respiration 2.152 1.191 96.166 -11.487 0.000
qCO2 0.545 0.601 -0.056 -9.443 0.000
DTPA-extractable Cd 5.241 7.055 -1.813 -0.715 0.486
F1 0.569 0.204 0.365 2.473 0.025
F2 9.390 13.178 -3.788 -0.784 0.445
F3 0.232 0.493 -0.261 -2.510 0.023
F4 8.630 5.197 3.432 1.225 0.243
F5 1.254 1.278 -0.023 -0.045 0.965

DOC, dissolved organic carbon; MBC, microbial biomass carbon; qCO2, metabolic quotient; F1, exchangeable; F2, bound to carbonates; F3, bound to organic matter; F4, bound to iron-manganese oxides; F5, residual fractions