Table 1 Major characteristics of the three soils used in the extraction trial.

From: Methodological bias associated with soluble protein recovery from soil

 

Cambisol

Ferralsol

Histosol

pH

6.07 ± 0.02a

4.75 ± 0.22b

4.48 ± 0.17b

EC (µS cm−1)

21.8 ± 3.3a

140.7 ± 52.9a

47.5 ± 28.4a

Organic C (%)

2.43 ± 0.02a

1.45 ± 0.08a

23.2 ± 0.5b

Total N (%)

0.21 ± 0.00a

0.12 ± 0.00b

1.12 ± 0.04c

Sand (%)

40.7 ± 3.2a

31.0 ± 1.8a

90.7 ± 2.4b

Silt (%)

46.0 ± 2.7a

35.1 ± 2.2b

8.0 ± 1.9c

Clay (%)

13.3 ± 0.5a

33.8 ± 0.7b

1.3 ± 0.5c

Cation exchange capacity (mmol kg−1)

145 ± 6a

90 ± 8a

334 ± 57b

  1. Values represent means ± SEM (Standard error of the mean) (n = 3). Different letters (a, b, c) indicate significant differences between soils at the p < 0.05 level.