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Table 1 Soil chemical properties collected in October, 2006

From: Microbial activities in soil cultivated with corn and amended with sewage sludge

Treatments

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P (mg kg−1)

K (mmolckg−1)

Corg (%)

Ntot (%)

C/N

Cr (mg kg−1)

Ni (mg kg−1)

Zn (mg kg−1)

Cu (mg kg−1)

MF

5.83 ab

11.50 d

4.90 a

2.84 cd

0.17 b

15.57 a

21.30 e

0.60 d

4.60 c

6.77 c

1FS

6.00 a

15.30 d

3.60 ab

2.71 d

0.18 b

15.61 a

24.37 d

1.30 c

1.00 d

5.07 d

2FS

5.80 ab

50.50 c

2.40 bc

2.94 c

0.19 b

14.63 a

27.13 c

2.20 b

5.80 c

7.67 c

4FS

5.80 ab

65.80 b

2.10 c

3.15 b

0.22 ab

14.82 a

32.50 b

2.80 a

14.90 b

9.70 b

8FS

5.67 b

179.50 a

2.50 bc

3.82 a

0.26 a

17.80 a

34.07 a

3.30 a

28.30 a

11.43 a

  1. Means followed by the same letter(s) within the same column are statistically the same at p ≤ 0.05 (LSD-test)
  2. MF, mineral fertilization recommended for the crop; 1FS, sewage sludge based on the nitrogen concentration that provides the same amount of N as in the mineral fertilization; 2FS, two; 4FS, four; 8FS, eight times the N recommended sewage sludge dosage