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. 2010 Aug 24;85(4):407–413. doi: 10.1007/s00128-010-0077-y

Table 2.

a, b ETU, total, available Mn and Zn content and ratio Mn (Zn) avail/tot in soils of banana plantations (B1–B6), agro forestry systems (AF), succesion forest (S) at depths 0–10 cm and 10–30 cm

Site ETU (mg kg−1) Mn tot (mg kg−1) Mn avail (mg kg−1) Mn avail/Mn tot % Zn tot (mg kg−1) Zn avail (mg kg−1) Zn avail/Zn tot %
(a) 0–10 cm
S1 ND 507a + 38.5 45.1d + 7.1 8.89c ± 1.1 101b + 15.9 0.4a + 0.2 0.41a ± 0.1
S2 ND 474a + 72.3 3.1ab + 0.7 0.66a ± 0.1 81.6a + 7.2 0.2a + 0.02 0.34a ± 0.1
AF1 ND 626b + 90.7 19.6c + 4.8 3.13b ± 0.9 77.6a + 7.5 1.6b + 0.4 2.07c ± 0.6
AF2 ND 704b + 98.9 8.4ab + 6.5 1.20ab ± 1.0 98.2b + 6.4 1.4b + 0.3 1.44b ± 0.3
B1 <0.01 784b + 111 6.7ab + 9.4 0.86ab ± 0.9 91.9b + 9.1 1.2ab + 0.7 1.33b ± 0.6
B2 <0.01 651b + 66.9 14.3bc + 7.6 2.2b ± 1.3 77.3a + 5.8 1.3ab + 0.9 1.69b ± 1.0
B3 <0.01 718b + 57.5 7.9ab + 3.9 1.11ab ± 0.6 80.8a + 9.5 1.2ab + 0.2 1.47b ± 0.3
B4 <0.01 749b + 61.9 1.8a + 0.7 0.25a ± 0.1 83.6a + 7.8 1.0ab + 0.3 1.24b ± 0.2
B5 <0.01 774b + 108 1.6a + 0.3 0.21a ± 0.1 96.2b + 35.6 0.6a + 0.1 0.61a ± 0.2
B6 <0.01 707b + 106 2.6ab + 1.9 0.38a ± 0.3 91.9b + 20.2 0.4a + 0.1 0.47a ± 0.1
(b) 10–30 cm
S1 ND 489a + 30.0 41.9d + 8.5 8.57c ± 1.3 90.9b + 3.5 0.2a + 0.1 0.26a ± 0.1
S2 ND 547ab + 109 5.6ab + 4.3 1.02ab ± 0.8 81.5b + 9.6 0.1a + 0.3 0.15a ± 0.1
AF1 ND 650b + 214 17.8c + 4.2 2.72b ± 1.3 82.9b + 9.7 1.0c + 0.2 1.28b ± 0.2
AF2 ND 684b + 84.0 3.1a + 1.1 0.46a ± 0.2 95.3b + 8.1 0.6b + 0.1 0.66a ± 0.1
B1 <0.01 755b + 73.8 3.4a + 2.5 0.45a ± 0.3 91.9b + 22.2 0.3a + 0.2 0.35a ± 0.2
B2 <0.01 628b + 95.0 12.3b + 1.6 1.96b ± 0.6 71.7a + 5.0 0.7b + 0.2 1.0b ± 0.3
B3 <0.01 713b + 124 6.4ab + 4.2 0.9ab ± 0.5 81.6b + 11.0 0.5ab + 0.2 0.59a ± 0.2
B4 <0.01 714b + 35.2 1.5a + 0.7 0.22a ± 0.1 80.4b + 4.5 0.3a + 0.1 0.43a ± 0.1
B5 <0.01 834b + 96.6 1.8a + 0.3 0.21a ± 0.1 85.5b + 3.3 0.3a + 0.05 0.34a ± 0.1
B6 <0.01 622b + 107 2.5a + 1.6 0.4a ± 0.3 83.3b + 6.7 0.3a + 0.09 0.38a ± 0.1

Means and standard deviation, significant differences (p < 0.05): a < b < c < d), n = 5: avail available, tot total, ND no data