Table 2.
Index | pH value | EC | Bulk density | Soil moisture |
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Site | ||||
F | 55.21 | 2.08 | 29.76 | 111.05 |
P value | 0.000 | 0.068 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Soil layer | ||||
F | 7.13 | 3.90 | 7.62 | 9.34 |
P value | 0.000 | 0.004 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Interaction | ||||
F | 0.26 | 0.56 | 1.55 | 1.22 |
P value | 1.000 | 0.937 | 0.062 | 0.232 |
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Site-related differences (mean and their statistical significance) | ||||
Dumeng | 8.49a | 105.7ab | 1.51a | 5d |
Fuyu | 8.46a | 152.1a | 1.40bc | 17a |
Lanling | 7.68b | 122.6ab | 1.43b | 9c |
Mingshui | 7.44b | 80.9b | 1.32d | 16a |
Zhaodong | 8.51a | 114.9ab | 1.39bc | 13b |
Zhaozhou | 8.53a | 139.5ab | 1.38c | 9c |
Largest/lowest ratio | 1.15 | 1.88 | 1.14 | 1.89 |
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Soil layer-related differences (mean and their statistical significance) | ||||
0–20 cm | 8.08ab | 105.2b | 1.37c | 13a |
20–40 cm | 8.00b | 173.7a | 1.39bc | 12ab |
40–60 cm | 8.15ab | 114.4ab | 1.41abc | 11ab |
60–80 cm | 8.32a | 110.2b | 1.43ab | 10b |
80–100 cm | 8.38a | 92.9b | 1.43a | 10b |
Largest/lowest ratio | 1.05 | 1.87 | 1.04 | 1.30 |
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Mean of pooled data | 8.19 | 119.28 | 1.41 | 11 |
Note: Different lowercases indicate the related differences between different soil layers or between different sites were statistically significant (P < 0.05).