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. 2014 Dec 12;22(4):503–511. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2014.12.003

Table 1.

Treatment effects on soil pH, EC, soil moisture content (SMC) and bulk density (BD).

Moisture levels	Biochar rates (% w/w)	Soil property
Moisture levels	Biochar rates (% w/w)	SMC (g g⁻¹)	BD (g cm⁻³)	pH	EC (dS m⁻¹)
75% FC	0.0	0.061 ± 0.007	1.40 ± 0.05	7.96 ± 0.04	1.97 ± 0.06
	1.0	0.062 ± 0.01	1.38 ± 0.06	8.01 ± 0.01	2.03 ± 0.25
	3.0	0.064 ± 0.005	1.29 ± 0.07	8.05 ± 0.01	2.10 ± 0.10
	5.0	0.090 ± 0.01	1.24 ± 0.06	8.12 ± 0.03	2.60 ± 0.10
100% FC	0.0	0.059 ± 0.05	1.39 ± 0.01	7.98 ± 0.02	2.10 ± 0.10
	1.0	0.075 ± 0.003	1.30 ± 0.03	8.00 ± 0.01	2.23 ± 0.15
	3.0	0.104 ± 0.04	1.29 ± 0.03	8.07 ± 0.02	2.60 ± 0.10
	5.0	0.161 ± 0.01	1.25 ± 0.04	8.15 ± 0.01	2.93 ± 0.23