Table 2 Physical and chemical properties of soils from different planting systems.

From: Effects of a vegetable-eel-earthworm integrated planting and breeding system on bacterial community structure in vegetable fields

Parameter

Treatment

TPP10

TPP13

VEE13

TPP16

VEE16

SOM (gĀ·kgāˆ’1)

26.63 ± 1.82a

23.03 ± 0.72b

19.43 ± 2.64c

25.80 ± 0.65a

19.10 ± 2.25c

Total N (gĀ·kgāˆ’1)

2.17 ± 0.17a

1.60 ± 0.29b

1.73 ± 0.18b

2.00 ± 0.02a

1.20 ± 0.01c

Total P (gĀ·kgāˆ’1)

1.93 ± 0.17a

1.50 ± 0.13c

1.70 ± 0.07b

1.40 ± 0.01c

1.10 ± 0.04d

Total K (gĀ·kgāˆ’1)

1.30 ± 0.05d

1.82 ± 0.03a

1.79 ± 0.03a

1.45 ± 0.01c

1.60 ± 0.02b

Available N (mgĀ·kgāˆ’1)

119.00 ± 13.65a

33.61 ± 2.08c

34.97 ± 2.19c

47.66 ± 0.25b

48.85 ± 2.16b

Available P (mgĀ·kgāˆ’1)

38.76 ± 11.14a

19.21 ± 4.64c

24.06 ± 5.37bc

29.25 ± 1.00b

18.85 ± 0.23c

Available K (mgĀ·kgāˆ’1)

76.67 ± 5.77b

73.33 ± 5.77b

76.67 ± 15.28b

140.00 ± 3.20a

30.00 ± 1.02c

Soil pH

8.01 ± 0.01b

8.35 ± 0.02ab

8.03 ± 0.11b

8.44 ± 0.36a

7.94 ± 0.41b

Water content %

24.78 ± 1.01c

25.40 ± 0.74bc

34.92 ± 1.29a

26.54 ± 0.52b

36.42 ± 0.50a

  1. Note: different letters in each line represent significant differences at p < 0.05.