Table 1 The nutrients and chemical compositions in uncomposted pruning residues from tea plant (UT) and composted pruning residues from tea plant (CT).

From: Integrated physiological, transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis of the response of Brassica napus L. to pruning residues from tea plant

Index

UT

CT

pH a

5.24 ± 0.26

7.28 ± 0.21***

Moisture b (%)

21.83 ± 1.21

20.34 ± 1.03 (ns)

Humic acid b (g kg− 1)

nd

212.1 ± 4.39***

Nitrogen b (g kg− 1)

20.2 ± 0.80

25.9 ± 1.10***

Phosphorus b (g kg− 1)

2.20 ± 0.20

3.50 ± 0.20**

Potassium b (g kg− 1)

8.70 ± 0.50

13.70 ± 1.90**

EGC b (mg kg− 1)

9611.34 ± 198.81

25.91 ± 1.78***

EGCG b (mg kg− 1)

13607.89 ± 222.77

46.83 ± 2.29***

CG b (mg kg− 1)

289.70 ± 12.91

44.73 ± 1.10***

GC b (mg kg− 1)

1606.68 ± 70.97

21.00 ± 3.39***

Tea polyphenol b (g kg− 1)

165.38 ± 2.09

12.53 ± 0.21***

Total catechin b (g kg− 1)

32.72 ± 0.79

0.14 ± 0.02***

Caffeine b (g kg− 1)

171.78 ± 7.50

1.55 ± 0.02***

  1. Note: Epigallocatechin (EGC), Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), Catechin gallate (CG), Gallocatechin (GC), Tea polyphenol (TP) a, Wet weight b, Dry weight a, nd, Not detected. Not, ns indicates no significant difference. * represents a significant correlation at the 0.05 level, ** represents significant correlation at 0.01 level, *** represents a significant correlation at the 0.001 level.
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