Table 11 Impact of various treatments on Ni of soil.

From: Efficacy of various amendments for immobilization of potentially toxic elements in wastewater contaminated soils

Sr. No.

Treatments

Ni

Sr. No.

Treatments

Ni

T1

Control

13.52a

T15

Soil + biochar @ 2.5% W/W Soil

11.62j,k

T2

Soil + FYM @ 1% W/W Soil

10.63l,m,n

T16

Soil + biochar @ 5.0% W/W Soil

11.57k

T3

Soil + FYM @ 2.5% W/W Soil

10.59n,o

T17

Soil + ricehusk @ 1% W/W Soil

12.73e,f

T4

Soil + FYM @ 5.0% W/W Soil

10.55o

T18

Soil + ricehusk @ 2.5% W/W Soil

12.70f,g

T5

Soil + compost @ 1% W/W Soil

10.63l,m,n

T19

Soil + ricehusk @ 5.0% W/W Soil

12.66g,h

T6

Soil + compost @ 2.5% W/W Soil

10.62m,n,o

T20

Soil + wheat straw @ 1% W/W Soil

12.75e,f

T7

Soil + compost @ 5.0% W/W Soil

10.57n,o

T21

Soil + wheat straw @ 2.5% W/W Soil

12.72f,g

T8

Soil + poultry manure @ 1% W/W Soil

12.87b

T22

Soil + wheat straw @ 5.0% W/W Soil

12.69f,g

T9

Soil + poultry manure @ 2.5% W/W Soil

12.71f,g

T23

Soil + gypsum @ 1% W/W Soil

12.73e,f

T10

Soil + poultry manure @ 5.0% W/W Soil

12.75d,e,f

T24

Soil + gypsum @ 2.5% W/W Soil

12.59h,i

T11

Soil + pressmud @ 1% W/W Soil

12.84b,c

T25

Soil + gypsum @ 5.0% W/W Soil

12.55i

T12

Soil + pressmud @ 2.5% W/W Soil

12.82b,c,d

T26

Soil + horse waste @ 1% W/W Soil

10.70l

T13

Soil + pressmud @ 5.0% W/W Soil

12.80c,d,e

T27

Soil + horse waste @ 2.5% W/W Soil

10.69l

T14

Soil + biochar @ 1% W/W Soil

11.66j

T28

Soil + horse waste @ 5.0% W/W Soil

10.68l,m

Tukey HSD

0.071

    
  1. FYM Farm yard manure, W/W weight by weight.
  2. The alphabets e.g., a, b, c represent the statistical grouping of treatments based on their Ni values.