Table 1 Selected initial physico-chemical properties of sandy soil, clay soil, and top soil used in this study.
From: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi promote the growth of plants in the mining associated clay
soil | pH | EC (μS cm−1) | Particle size | Water holding capacity(%) | Available N (mg kg−1) | Available P (mg kg−1) | bacteria | fungus | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sand (%) | Silt (%) | Clay (%) | cfu g−1 | |||||||
Top soil | 7.52 | 237 | 35.5 | 21.7 | 42.8 | 35.23 | 124.37 | 13.71 | 5.4 × 105 | 1700 |
Clay soil | 7.8 | 287 | 0 | 1.9 | 98.1 | 46.54 | 86.9 | 17.04 | 200 | 0 |
Sandy soil | 7.23 | 0.08 | 97.6 | 2.4 | 0 | 23.51 | 14 | 4.95 | 3.2 × 105 | 100 |
