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Table 1 Initial physical and chemical parameters for soil (0–15 cm) at the Corporant experimental site, 2013

From: Decomposition, nitrogen and carbon mineralization from food and cover crop residues in the central plateau of Haiti

pHa

7.4

NO3-Nb (mg/kg)

2.1

NH4-Nb (mg/kg)

1.8

Total N (mg/kg)

1412

Phosphorusc (mg/kg)

12

Potassiumd (mg/kg)

87

Magnesiumd (mg/kg)

328

Calciumd (mg/kg)

5438

Cation Exchanged (meq/100 g)

30

Organic Mattere (%)

1.6

Sandf (%)

41

Siltf (%)

38

Clayf (%)

21

  1. a1:1 soil water
  2. bNH4-N and NO3-N: 2 M KCL; automated flow injection analysis
  3. cNaHCO3 extraction
  4. dMehlich 1 extraction
  5. eLoss on ignition
  6. fHydrometer method