Table 1.
Origin, physical and chemical parameters of the five French soils used
| Soil | Collection site | Origin | Clay | Fine loam | Coarse loam | Fine sand | Coarse sand | Organic carbon | Total N | C/N | CaCO3 | pH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Agricultural Site (Champdotre, Burgundy) | Crop soil | 504 | 180 | 145 | 73 | 98 | 24.9 | 2.8 | 9 | 102 | 7.75 |
| E | INRA Experimental Site (Epoisses, Burgundy) | Crop soil | 392 | 320 | 228 | 34 | 26 | 16.5 | 1.65 | 10 | 2 | 7 |
| F | Forest Observatory Plot (La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, Normandy) | Forest soil | 101 | 167 | 205 | 217 | 310 | 103.3 | 3.1 | 34 | < 1 | 3.8 |
| L | INRA Experimental Site SOERE-ACBB (Lusignan, Poitou) | Grassland | 175 | 369 | 304 | 73 | 79 | 13.2 | 1.33 | 9.92 | < 1 | 6.6 |
| R | INRA Experimental Site (Pierrelaye, Ile-de-France) | Crop soil | 79 | 66 | 44 | 315 | 496 | 50.2 | 2.16 | 23.3 | 22 | 7.5 |
Clay, fine loam, coarse loam, fine sand and coarse sand, organic carbon, total N and calcium carbonate are given in mg g−1. Originally published and extracted from (Plassart et al., 2012).