Table 4.
Soluble metal in soil (mg kg-1) |
Available metal in soil (mg kg-1) |
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Fe | Mn | Zn | Cu | Fe | Mn | Zn | Cu | ||
T-1 | o,o-EDDHA/Fe3+ MnZn–EDTA | 0.298bc | 0.0237a | 0.0550b | 0.0398b | 12.8 ns | 10.3 ns | 3.32 ns | 3.14 ns |
T-2 | o,o-EDDHA/Fe3+ MnZn–DTPA | 0.372a | 0.0142abc | 0.232a | 0.0981a | 15.4 | 10.0 | 3.94 | 3.20 |
T-3 | o,o-EDDHA/Fe3+ MnZn–EDDS | 0.355ab | 0.0163ab | Bdl | 0.0365b | 15.3 | 13.1 | 4.48 | 4.25 |
T-4 | FeMnZn–EDDHAm | 0.261cd | 0.00227c | Bdl | 0.0231b | 16.4 | 12.0 | 4.07 | 4.25 |
T-5 | FeZn-EDDHAm Mn–EDTA | 0.212d | 0.00473bc | 0.0446b | 0.0395b | 14.2 | 9.44 | 3.31 | 3.51 |
Control | o,o-EDDHA/Fe3+ | 0.261cd | 0.00685bc | 0.0362b | 0.0373b | 12.6 | 7.90 | 3.25 | 2.86 |
In each data range, different letters denote significant differences among the treatments according to Duncan’s test (p < 0.05). ns, not significant; bdl, below detection limit.