Table 4 Effect of different biochar on available nitrogen (AN), phosphorus (AP), and potassium (AK) contents three selected soils from India.
From: Biochar aided priming of carbon and nutrient availability in three soil orders of India
Treatment | Available N | Available P | Available K | ||||||
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Alfisol | Inceptisol | Mollisol | Alfisol | Inceptisol | Mollisol | Alfisol | Inceptisol | Mollisol | |
(mg kg−1) | |||||||||
RBC4 | 104§d | 135a | 158a | 6.43a | 11.9a | 8.14a | 93.1b | 111c | 41.9d |
RBC6 | 103d | 101c | 126c | 5.80bc | 12.1a | 8.41a | 74.6c | 118c | 43.1cd |
SBC4 | 162a | 131a | 123c | 5.53d | 11.8a | 7.28bc | 91.3b | 147b | 53.4b |
SBC6 | 141b | 137a | 143b | 5.23d | 12.6a | 7.91ab | 95.7b | 151b | 54.5b |
MBC4 | 129c | 102c | 139b | 6.10b | 13.6a | 7.93ab | 74.1c | 111c | 48.9bc |
MBC6 | 84.4e | 120b | 111d | 5.33d | 12.2a | 7.70abc | 124a | 193a | 74.4a |
Control | 81.6e | 96.0c | 87.4e | 4.63e | 7.20b | 7.03c | 50.6d | 73.8d | 27.2e |