Table 1.
Chemical properties, granulometry analysis, and bradyrhizobial populations of the soils at the experimental areas.
| Location | Chemical properties | Granulometry | Bradyrhizobial population size■ | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH in CaCl2 | Al | H + Al | K | Ca | Mg | P | C | Clay | Silt | Sand | MPN cells g−1 | |
| cmolc dm−3 | mg dm−3 | g dm−3 | % | |||||||||
| Rio Verde● | 5.1 | 0.00 | 3.64 | 0.80 | 1.65 | 1,78 | 9.6 | 22.5 | 36.3 | 9.5 | 54.1 | zero |
| Rio Verde♠ | 6.1 | 0.03 | 5.10 | 0.65 | 4.40 | 1.30 | 15.2 | 20.2 | 46.4 | 17.4 | 36.2 | 2.50 × 104 |
| Rio Verde♣ | 5.9 | 0.02 | 4.80 | 0.62 | 4.10 | 1.20 | 14.6 | 18.3 | 46.4 | 17.4 | 36.2 | 3.10 × 104 |
| Cachoeira Dourada | 5.4 | 0.00 | 3.07 | 0.37 | 3.65 | 1.73 | 1.7 | 18.5 | 57.7 | 18.2 | 24.0 | 3.57 |
| Curitibanos | 5.1 | 1.58 | 13.70 | 0.53 | 3.16 | 1.39 | 0.9 | 33.1 | 39.00 | ND♥ | ND | 1.47 × 101 |
| Ponte Alta do Norte | 4.7 | 1.42 | 7.20 | 0.59 | 0.39 | 0.24 | 0.9 | 20.35 | ND | ND | ND | 3.00 × 103 |
■Most-probable-number of cells g soil−1. ●Experiment conducted by Embrapa Soja. ♠Experiment conducted by Instituto Federal Goiano in 2013/2014. ♣Experiment conducted by Instituto Federal Goiano in 2014/2015. ♥Not determined.