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. 2016 Mar 31;5:397. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-2019-6

Table 4.

Effects of different stabilization treatments on NH4NO3 extractability (mg/kg) of Cd and phytoavailability for lettuce on two spiked soils

Stabilization treatments Cd
PKa soil BAa soil
NH4NO3 extractability Phytoavailability NH4NO3 extractability Phytoavailability
FMB 0.339 (0.023)db 0.00030 (0.000022)cb 0.187 (0.009)e 0.00054 (0.000049)b
CMB 0.696 (0.027)c 0.000166 (0.000009)d 0.494 (0.038)d 0.00032 (0.000026)c
PLB 0.655 (0.016)c 0.000011 (0.000011)e 0.206 (0.011)e 0.00019 (0.000007)d
PJB 0.713 (0.012)c 0.00020 (0.000004)d 0.940 (0.067)c 0.00023 (0.000009)d
CHB 4.67 (0.152)a 0.00031 (0.000044)c 2.81 (0.314)a 0.00052 (0.000030)b
ES 0.261 (0.016)de 0.00053 (0.000029)b 0.689 (0.031)d 0.00029 (0.000011)c
LI 0.198 (0.004)e 0.00029 (0.000011)c 0.245 (0.012)e 0.00014 (0.000006)e
CON+ 2.17 (0.029)b 0.00090 (0.000032)a 1.39 (0.073)b 0.00079 (0.000027)a

FMB faecal matter (faecal cake) biochar, CMB cow manure biochar, PLB poultry litter biochar, PJB Prosopis juliflora pods biochar, CHB Coffee husk biochar, ES eggshell waste, LI lime, CON + spiked control

aPK soil: Silty loam soil; BA soil: Sandy loam soil

bStandard deviation in parentheses (n = 3), values for each soil with different letter within each column are significantly different (P < 0.05)