Table 1.

Selected initial physico-chemical properties of sandy soil, clay soil, and top soil used in this study.

soil	pH	EC (μS cm−1)	Particle size			Water holding capacity(%)	Available N (mg kg−1)	Available P (mg kg−1)	bacteria	fungus
			Sand (%)	Silt (%)	Clay (%)				cfu g−1
Top soil	7.52	237	35.5	21.7	42.8	35.23	124.37	13.71	5.4 × 105	1700
Clay soil	7.8	287	0	1.9	98.1	46.54	86.9	17.04	200	0
Sandy soil	7.23	0.08	97.6	2.4	0	23.51	14	4.95	3.2 × 105	100