Table 1 Soil basic fertility in 2014 and 2015.

From: Construction of a critical nitrogen dilution curve for maize in Southwest China

Years

2011–2013

2014

2015

Organic matter (g·kg−1)

16.60

15.75

15.30

Total N (g·kg−1)

1.24

1.75

1.56

Total P (g·kg−1)

0.73

0.57

0.40

Total K (g·kg−1)

12.54

12.61

8.25

Alkali hydrolysable N (mg·kg−1)

25.22

39.26

36.34

Olsen-P (mg·kg−1)

13.54

2.55

2.27

Exchangeable K (mg·kg−1)

138.75

139.33

128.50

pH

8.63

7.59

8.16