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. 2019 Jan 25;14(1):e0211163. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211163

Table 1. Basic properties of soil samples under different fertilizer treatments.

Treatment SOC
(g kg-1)
TN
(g kg-1)
SMBC
(mg kg-1)
SMBN
(mg kg-1)
pH WC
(%)
qMB
(%)
SMBN/TN
(%)
CK 25.35 ± 1.53 b 2.27 ± 0.23 b 446.13 ± 35.14 c 28.28 ± 2.62 c 7.14 ± 0.04 ab 26.46 ± 1.79 b 1.78 ± 0.33 b 1.27 ± 0.40 b
NPK 26.66 ± 1.61 b 2.03 ± 0.25 b 478.96 ± 39.56 c 41.91 ± 3.70 bc 7.06 ± 0.14 b 31.58 ± 2.15 a 1.80 ± 0.43 b 2.09 ± 0.82 ab
M 41.44 ± 1.20 a 2.68 ± 0.25 a 837.84 ± 69.17 b 73.50 ± 6.75 a 7.00 ± 0.23 b 32.36 ± 2.90 a 2.02 ± 0.12 b 2.76 ± 0.52 a
MNPK 37.99 ± 1.41 a 3.02 ± 0.12 a 1243.75 ± 103.58 a 58.43 ± 5.60 ab 7.50 ± 0.29 a 32.33 ± 1.47 a 3.28 ± 0.17 a 1.93 ± 0.19 ab

Notes: Different small letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) within the same column. CK: no fertilization; NPK: chemical fertilizer; M: organic fertilizer; MNPK: constant organic-inorganic fertilizer. SOC, total soil organic carbon; TN, total nitrogen; SMBC, soil microbial biomass carbon; SMBN, soil microbial biomass nitrogen; WC, soil water content; qMB, ratio of soil microbial biomass carbon to soil organic carbon; SMBN/TN, ratio of soil microbial nitrogen to total nitrogen in soil. (n = 3, mean ± SE)