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. 2020 Mar 3;26(4):661–668. doi: 10.1007/s12298-020-00791-5

Table 7.

Soil pH and nutrient availability

Treatments (g/L) pH value Alkaline nitrogen (mg/kg) Available phosphorus (mg/kg) Available potassium (mg/kg)
0 7.82 ± 0.04a 51.41 ± 0.66a 11.56 ± 0.23e 10.78 ± 0.30d
1 7.67 ± 0.01c 47.98 ± 0.92b 16.78 ± 0.36c 14.01 ± 0.41c
2 7.58 ± 0.03d 44.28 ± 1.04c 19.55 ± 0.56a 22.34 ± 0.87a
4 7.64 ± 0.02c 48.06 ± 1.89b 18.07 ± 0.35b 15.00 ± 0.52b
6 7.71 ± 0.01b 50.96 ± 1.22a 13.97 ± 0.46d 13.93 ± 0.44c

Values are means (± SE) of 3 replicate pots. Significant differences (indicated by different lowercase letters) within a column are based on a one-way analysis of variance with least significant difference (LSD) (p < 0.05)