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. 2024 May 21;24:434. doi: 10.1186/s12870-024-05061-0

Table 3.

Soil physio-chemical characteristics as influenced by different planting patterns and N fertilization in the year 2021

Treatment AN (mg kg−1) AP (mg kg−1) AK (mg kg−1) OM (g kg−1) NH4 (mg kg−1) NO3 (mg kg−1) pH
N0MM 68.13 ± 4.8 cd 73.12 ± 3.9 b 76.72 ± 5.3 c 14.09 ± 2.5 c 1.58 ± 0.1 c 2.68 ± 0.2 d 6.41 ± 0.2 b
N0SM 73.62 ± 3.5 cd 72.63 ± 4.9 b 81.56 ± 5.9 bc 14.47 ± 2.9 c 1.69 ± 0.1 b 2.80 ± 0.1 d 6.45 ± 0.3 ab
N0MSI 79.70 ± 2.8 b 77.71 ± 1.8 ab 86.86 ± 4.6 ab 17.59 ± 1.5 b 1.80 ± 0.2 bc 2.99 ± 0.1 c 5.80 ± 0.1 c
N1MM 72.08 ± 5.1 de 74.98 ± 4.2 ab 81.41 ± 5.8 bc 15.86 ± 2.3 bc 2.21 ± 0.1 b 3.26 ± 0.1 b 6.56 ± 0.1 ab
N1SM 76.79 ± 2.5 bc 74.30 ± 4.4 b 84.60 ± 5.8 bc 16.52 ± 2.6 bc 2.41 ± 0.1 a 3.33 ± 0.1 b 6.68 ± 0.1 a
N1MSI 87.80 ± 3.4 a 81.70 ± 3.1 a 95.36 ± 2.3 a 20.84 ± 1.3 a 2.71 ± 0.3 a 3.77 ± 0.3 a 5.91 ± 0.5 c
Significance NL 0.009** 0.019** 0.043* 0.021* 0.000*** 0.002** 0.03*
PP 0.000*** 0.028* 0.000*** 0.000*** 0.000*** 0.000*** 0.000***
NL*PP 0.126ns 0.846ns 0.187ns 0.684ns 0.012* 0.044* 0.775ns

The mean values with SD (n = 4) are shown in the Table

The mean with similar lowercase letters down the column are significantly different from each other at the LSD test p ≤ 0.05 level of probability

N0: 0 kg N ha−1, N1: 225 kg N ha-1 for maize and 100 kg N ha-1 for soybean

NL Nitrogen levels

PP Planting pattern

*p ≤ 0.05

**p ≤ 0.01

***p ≤ 0.0001

ns p > 0.05