Table 2 Soil properties at the beginning of the five long-term fertilization experiments in China

From: Soil macropore structure plays divergent roles in fresh and decomposed particulate organic matter

Experiments

SOC

TN

TP

TK

AN

AP

AK

Bulk density

pH (1:2.5)

Clay

Silt

Sand

Soil texture

g kg-1

mg kg-1

g cm-3

%

GZL

13.6

1.42

1.53

24.6

132

23.3

160

1.19

7.2

31.1

62.7

6.2

Clay loam

LC

10.0

1.01

0.97

N/A

N/A

9.00

132

N/A

N/A

15.7

53.8

30.5

Silt loam

YL

6.30

0.83

0.61

22.8

61.3

9.60

191

1.27

8.60

31.6

51.6

16.8

Silt clay loam

JX

9.40

0.98

0.62

11.4

60.3

5.63

8.43

1.20

6.0

34.6

51.9

13.5

Silt clay loam

MC

5.80

0.96

0.28

N/A

84.5

9.80

125

1.45

7.4

41.4

30.6

28

Clay

  1. SOC soil organic carbon, TN total nitrogen, TP total phosphorus, TP total Potassium, AN available nitrogen, AP available phosphorus, AK available Potassium. N/A means no data available.