. 2018 Jul 17;9:1017. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01017

Table 3.

Effect of earthworm grazed and T. harzianum bio-fortified spent mushroom substrate on the physico-biochemical properties of post-harvested soil.

S.N.	Soil properties	Fresh SMS	E. fetida grazed SMS	T. harzianum UBSTH-501 fortified SMS	E. fetida grazed and T. harzianum UBSTH-501 fortified SMS
(1)	pH	7.2^b	7.3^a	7.3^a	7.2^b
(2)	EC (dSm⁻¹)	0.89^b	0.90^b	0.95^a	0.96^a
(3)	Organic carbon (g kg⁻¹)	5.66^d	5.75^c	5.82^b	5.96^a
(4)	Organic matter (g kg⁻¹)	9.56^a	10.05^a	9.85^a	10.33^a
(5)	Bulk density (g cm⁻³)	1.38^a	1.39^a	1.37^a	1.38^a
(6)	Particle density (g cm⁻³)	2.48^b	2.53^a	2.50^b	2.55^a
(7)	CaCO₃ (%)	6.75^a	6.84^a	6.72^a	6.58^b
(8)	Available Macronutrients (kg ha⁻¹)
(i)	N	195.60^c	196.72^c	198.35^b	201.15^a
(ii)	P	29.70^d	30.95^c	32.55^b	35.19^a
(iii)	K	152.33^c	155.75^b	153.82^c	158.69^a
(iv)	S	7.90^d	8.25^c	8.50^b	8.96^a
(9)	Available micronutrient (mg kg⁻¹)
(i)	Fe	18.90^c	20.65^b	20.25^b	22.33^a
(ii)	Mn	2.10^b	2.66^a	2.45^a	2.50^a
(iii)	Cu	1.10^b	0.98^c	1.25^a	1.15^b
(iv)	Zn	0.69^c	0.69^c	0.71^b	0.76^a
(v)	B	0.08^c	0.10^b	0.12^a	0.09^b
(vi)	Mo	0.05^c	0.05^c	0.06^b	0.07^a

EC represents Electrical Conductivity, data are means (n = 3), data with different letters show significant difference in row data in Complete Randomized Design at p < 0.05 under Duncan’s multiple range test.