Table 6 Impact of various treatments on soil EC.

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

Sr. No.

Treatments

EC

Sr. No.

Treatments

EC

T1

Control

2.74a

T15

Soil + biochar @ 2.5% w/w Soil

2.65c,d,e,f

T2

Soil + FYM @ 1% w/w Soil

2.20j

T16

Soil + biochar @ 5.0% w/w Soil

2.64d,e,f

T3

Soil + FYM @ 2.5% w/w Soil

2.17j

T17

Soil + rice husk @ 1% w/w Soil

2.72a,b

T4

Soil + FYM @ 5.0% w/w Soil

2.16j

T18

Soil + rice husk @ 2.5% w/w Soil

2.69b,c

T5

Soil + compost @ 1% w/w Soil

2.26i

T19

Soil + rice husk @ 5.0% w/w Soil

2.66c,d,e,f

T6

Soil + compost @ 2.5% w/w Soil

2.21j

T20

Soil + wheat straw @ 1% w/w Soil

2.69b,c

T7

Soil + compost @ 5.0% w/w Soil

2.16j

T21

Soil + wheat straw @ 2.5% w/w Soil

2.68b,c,d

T8

Soil + poultry manure @ 1% w/w Soil

2.69b,c

T22

Soil + wheat straw @ 5.0% w/w Soil

2.66c,d,e,f

T9

Soil + poultry manure @ 2.5% w/w Soil

2.65c,d,e,f

T23

Soil + gypsum @ 1% w/w Soil

2.69b,c

T10

Soil + poultry manure @ 5.0% w/w Soil

2.62e,f

T24

Soil + gypsum @ 2.5% w/w Soil

2.67b,c,d,e

T11

Soil + pressmud @ 1% w/w Soil

2.66c,d,e,f

T25

Soil + gypsum @ 5.0% w/w Soil

2.65c,d,e,f

T12

Soil + pressmud @ 2.5% w/w Soil

2.64d,e,f

T26

Soil + horse waste @ 1% w/w Soil

2.45g

T13

Soil + pressmud @ 5.0% w/w Soil

2.62f

T27

Soil + horse waste @ 2.5% w/w Soil

2.42g

T14

Soil + biochar @ 1% w/w Soil

2.67c,d,e

T28

Soil + horse waste @ 5.0% w/w Soil

2.37h

Tukey HSD

0.0486

    
  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 EC values.