. 2021 Dec 23;8(1):e08657. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08657

Table 2.

Soil pH-H2O, pH-buffer, OC, CEC, AP and EA values for post-harvested soil samples.

Treatments	Parameters
Treatments	pH (H₂O)	pH (buffer)	OC (%)	TN (%)	CEC (cmol kg⁻¹)	AP (mg kg⁻¹)	EA (cmol kg⁻¹)
Initial values	4.85	5.24	2.19	0.17	19.95	18.03	2.54
Control (no lime)	5.11^de	5.14^de	1.94	0.166	22.81^ab	17.17^d	1.939^a
0.060 ton ha⁻¹	4.87^e	4.98^e	2.01	0.149	22.89^ab	37.80^a	2.020^a
0.120 ton ha⁻¹	4.95^e	5.01^e	2.07	0.168	21.85^b	33.56^b	1.788^a
0.180 ton ha⁻¹	5.27^de	5.07^de	1.95	0.168	23.47^ab	34.47^ab	0.936^b
1 ton ha⁻¹	5.52^cd	5.75^ab	1.89	0.139	24.53^ab	31.86^bc	0.480^bc
2 ton ha⁻¹	5.28^de	5.33^dc	2.09	0.161	24.82^ab	29.12^c	0.460^bc
3.5 ton ha⁻¹	6.21^a	6.03^a	1.95	0.162	25.41^a	31.34^bc	0.070^c
4 ton ha⁻¹	5.49^cd	5.65^b	2.09	0.144	23.38^ab	20.01^d	0.116^c
7 ton ha⁻¹	5.77^bc	5.55^bc	2.00	0.163	23.22^ab	18.93^d	0.288^c
14 ton ha⁻¹	6.17^ab	6.01^a	1.95	0.142	24.50^ab	20.90^d	0.048^c
Mean	5.46	5.45	1.99	0.156	23.69	27.52	.814
P	∗∗	∗∗	Ns	Ns	∗	∗∗	∗∗
CV (%)	5.55	3.97	10.49	15.05	10.24	10.53	50.31
Texture – clay (32%) + silt (11%) + sand (57%) = sandy clay loam

Note: ∗ = significant, ∗∗ = highly significant, CV = Coefficient of variation. Means followed by the same letter in a column are not significantly different at p < 0.05.