Table 1 Soil properties after long-term (32 years) fertilization.

From: Long-term fertilization alters soil properties and fungal community composition in fluvo-aquic soil of the North China Plain

Treatment

pH value

TN

SOC

NH4+

NO3−

AP

AK

C:N

CK

8.71 ± 0.06a

0.78 ± 0.13a

6.57 ± 1.21a

6.64 ± 2.20a

1.20 ± 0.39a

4.38 ± 0.77a

65.65 ± 6.93a

8.43 ± 0.38a

MF

8.48 ± 0.08b

1.25 ± 0.12b

10.97 ± 1.10b

11.80 ± 2.42b

10.02 ± 1.98b

103.58 ± 21.79b

78.12 ± 4.10b

9.28 ± 2.01ab

CM

8.42 ± 0.04b

1.59 ± 0.28b

16.07 ± 1.52c

7.07 ± 1.55a

20.84 ± 3.78c

186.10 ± 14.34c

148.41 ± 24.02c

10.25 ± 1.35b

CF

8.58 ± 0.08ab

0.88 ± 0.12a

7.72 ± 0.63a

6.29 ± 2.65a

4.64 ± 1.87d

31.38 ± 2.45d

82.85 ± 12.42ab

8.88 ± 0.54ab

  1. TN: total N (g kg−1); SOC: soil organic carbon (g kg−1); AP: available P (mg kg−1); AK: available K (mg kg−1). Different letters in the column represent significant differences (P < 0.05) according to Duncan’s multiple range test.
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