Table 2 Description of soil chemical properties in the four different types of land use.

Greenhouse (n = 211)

Mean ± S.D

6.5 ± 0.8^a

3.9 ± 3.9^a

41.0 ± 22.6^a

1,023 ± 576^a

1.7 ± 1.3^a

11.4 ± 4.7^a

3.7 ± 1.9^a

0.9 ± 2.1^a

Range

4.3–7.8

0–21.0

8.1–184.8

57–3,018

0.1–8.5

0.9–28.7

0.4–10.0

0.1–29.1

Orchard (n = 224)

Mean ± S.D

6.2 ± 0.9^a

0.7 ± 0.8^b

38.6 ± 29.1^a

670 ± 391^b

0.9 ± 0.7^b

7.5 ± 3.7^b

2.0 ± 1.1^b

0.2 ± 0.2^b

Range

4.2–7.9

0.1–7.4

2.7–178.9

24–1,911

0.1–5.1

0.5–19.4

0.2–6.2

0.0–0.7

Paddy (n = 209)

Mean ± S.D

5.8 ± 0.6^b

0.5 ± 0.4^b

30.1 ± 25.5^b

139 ± 156^c

0.3 ± 0.2^c

5.7 ± 2.7^c

1.3 ± 0.9^c

0.3 ± 0.3^b

Range

4.6–7.5

0.1–2.5

6.0–165.0

6.3–1,098

0.1–1.0

0.8–20.1

0.2–4.5

0–2.0

Upland (n = 209)

Mean ± S.D

6.1 ± 0.9^a

0.6 ± 0.6^b

25.5 ± 23.5^b

589 ± 428^b

0.8 ± 0.6^b

6.1 ± 3.7^c

1.7 ± 0.9^b

0.2 ± 0.2^b

Range

4.1–8.4

0.1–4.1

4.2–236.0

21–1,789

0.1–3.4

0.3–29.8

0.1–5.6

0.0–0.8