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

Table 4.

Soil physio-chemical characteristics as influenced by different planting patterns and N fertilization in the year 2022

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 65.38 ± 3.7 d 73.96 ± 4.2 b 77.22 ± 4.1 d 14.60 ± 2.0 c 1.61 ± 0.1 f 2.71 ± 0.2 c 6.43 ± 0.2 c
N0SM 72.61 ± 2.1 cd 73.35 ± 4.9 b 80.06 ± 6.6 cd 14.73 ± 2.1 c 1.73 ± 0.1 e 2.82 ± 0.2 c 6.53 ± 0.3 b
N0MSI 82.70 ± 3.7 b 79.88 ± 1.2 ab 89.86 ± 3.9 b 18.50 ± 1.1 b 1.88 ± 0.2 d 3.09 ± 0.4 b 5.67 ± 0.3 bc
N1MM 70.83 ± 5.3 cd 75.62 ± 3.9 b 81.66 ± 4.5 cd 16.36 ± 2.5 bc 2.25 ± 0.1 c 3.27 ± 0.1 b 6.61 ± 0.2 b
N1SM 73.79 ± 3.3 c 74.67 ± 4.4 b 85.10 ± 4.1 bc 17.02 ± 2.1 bc 2.45 ± 0.1 b 3.34 ± 0.1 b 6.76 ± 0.1 a
N1MSI 91.55 ± 3.8 a 83.86 ± 2.3 a 97.81 ± 1.3 a 22.09 ± 1.1 a 2.81 ± 0.3 a 3.86 ± 0.3 a 5.75 ± 0.3 a
Significance NL 0.010* 0.015* 0.009** 0.033* 0.000*** 0.004** 0.023*
PP 0.000*** 0.006** 0.000*** 0.000*** 0.000*** 0.000*** 0.000***
NL*PP 0.297ns 0.808ns 0.557ns 0.465ns 0.001** 0.058ns 0.684ns

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

The mean with similar lowercase letters dowm 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