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. 2019 Sep 13;19:218. doi: 10.1186/s12866-019-1584-6

Table 5.

Soil properties of the investigated sites

Soil layer Site Elevation Bulk density (BD) Soil water content pH Soil temperature Available N Available P Available K Clay Silt Sand
(cm) (m) (g/cm3) (%) (°C) (mg/kg) (mg/kg) (mg/kg) (%) (%) (%)
T H1 699 1.14 ± 0.09Aa 38.72 ± 6.54Aa 6.05 ± 0.01Aa 13.28 ± 3.23Aa 407.75 ± 17.6Aa 68.17 ± 5.7Aa 488.04 ± 27.3Aa 27.0 ± 1.9Aa 43.4 ± 1.2Aa 29.6 ± 0.8Aa
H2 818 0.85 ± 0.03Ba 32.31 ± 3.89Ba 5.97 ± 0.04Ba 12.62 ± 3.10Ba 418.25 ± 22.7Ba 53.89 ± 8.6Aa 403.32 ± 13.7Ba 16.4 ± 1.3Ba 43.6 ± 0.7Aa 40.0 ± 1.4Ba
H3 937 0.89 ± 0.09Ba 44.34 ± 5.69Ca 6.22 ± 0.03Ca 12.41 ± 3.37Ca 530.25 ± 23.3Ca 54.95 ± 6.5Ba 1027.08 ± 33.9Ca 17.8 ± 1.9BCa 48.7 ± 1.3Ba 33.5 ± 1.1Ca
H4 1044 0.86 ± 0.05Ba 44.41 ± 6.06Ca 6.32 ± 0.01 Da 11.38 ± 3.28 Da 407.75 ± 23.9Aa 60.24 ± 7.9 Da 678.72 ± 19.4 Da 19.8 ± 1.5Ca 54.3 ± 0.9Ca 25.9 ± 1.4 Da
H5 1177 0.99 ± 0.16ABa 28.14 ± 2.95 Da 4.95 ± 0.03Ea 10.86 ± 3.69Ea 318.50 ± 14.6Ea 52.31 ± 6.6Ea 278.88 ± 17.3Ea 17.7 ± 2.0BCa 43.1 ± 1.5Aa 39.2 ± 2.2Ba
S H1 699 1.33 ± 0.05Ab 36.31 ± 4.70Ab 6.20 ± 0.05Aa 12.67 ± 3.45Ab 372.75 ± 15.3Ab 50.19 ± 3.4Ab 544.88 ± 18.3Ab 19.5 ± 1.1Ab 46.9 ± 1.8Ab 33.6 ± 0.8Ab
H2 818 1.18 ± 0.00Bb 18.20 ± 6.97Bb 5.70 ± 0.07Ba 12.04 ± 3.04Bb 278.25 ± 15.8Bb 41.20 ± 2.2Bb 422.52 ± 10.5Bb 18.5 ± 1.6Aa 41.2 ± 0.7Bb 40.3 ± 2.2Ba
H3 937 1.08 ± 0.06Cb 33.31 ± 8.76Cb 5.78 ± 0.04Ba 11.87 ± 3.53Cb 465.25 ± 20.1Cb 46.49 ± 5.60Cb 691.68 ± 21.5Cb 18.2 ± 0.8ACa 45.8 ± 1.3Aa 36.0 ± 0.8Ab
H4 1044 1.31 ± 0.05Ab 16.74 ± 4.04Db 6.13 ± 0.09Aa 10.93 ± 3.28Db 276.50 ± 11.2Bb 42.79 ± 4.1Db 252.96 ± 11.6Db 11.8 ± 1.7Bb 38.2 ± 2.1Cb 50.0 ± 1.8Cb
H5 1177 1.17 ± 0.07Bb 17.02 ± 2.07Db 5.16 ± 0.13Ca 10.47 ± 4.07Eb 162.75 ± 10.7Eb 17.41 ± 2.7Eb 164.64 ± 14.8Eb 15.0 ± 2.9BCa 37.4 ± 1.8Cb 47.6 ± 1.2Cb