Table 2 Key physicochemical characteristics of the applied soil.

From: Liming potential and characteristics of biochar produced from woody and non-woody biomass at different pyrolysis temperatures

Attributes

Luvisol

Ferralsol

pH (KCl)

4.59

3.89

pH (H2O)

5.91

4.69

Clay %

40

24

Nitrogen %

0.270

0.412

Carbon %

4.39

5.5

C/N

16.25

13.34

Bulk density g/cm-3

1.30

1.09

Exchangeable Magnesium (cmolc kg)

2.19

0.667

Exchangeable Calcium (cmolc kg)

2.18

1.01

Exchangeable Potassium (cmolc kg)

0.0539

0.221

Extractable phosphorus mg/kg

2.81

17.9

Exchangeable acidity (cmolc kg)

1.7

8