Table 2 Soil microbial population and enzymatic activities (arithmetic mean ± standard error) under different treatments.

10.50 ± 1.04^c

6.33 ± 0.88^c

33.00 ± 1.15^c

71.83 ± 1.45^c

79.90 ± 1.02^c

211.00 ± 6.43^d

11.83 ± 1.30^bc

7.67 ± 0.73^c

35.33 ± 2.03^c

75.90 ± 2.89^c

83.43 ± 2.53^c

226.17 ± 5.78^d

16.50 ± 1.44^abc

10.00 ± 1.15^bc

45.55 ± 1.13^b

96.17 ± 3.55^b

112.60 ± 3.29^b

313.67 ± 4.91^c

20.00 ± 2.08^ab

15.83 ± 1.36^ab

54.67 ± 1.76^a

131.83 ± 4.10^a

123.17 ± 2.33^b

361.67 ± 8.69^b

22.17 ± 2.17^a

20.67 ± 1.20^a

58.67 ± 2.03^a

143.00 ± 3.51^a

137.67 ± 2.64^a

505.33 ± 5.81^a