Table 3 Effect of Tephrosia biomass mulching on soil oxidizable and total organic carbon fractions of guava orchard (mean ± standard error).

From: Enhancing soil health and fruit yield through Tephrosia biomass mulching in rainfed guava (Psidium guajava L.) orchards

Treatments

Oxidizable organic carbon (Mg ha−1) (Csoc)

Total organic carbon (Mg ha−1) (Ctoc)

0–15 cm

15–30 cm

Total

0–15 cm

15–30 cm

Total

T1 (3.0 kg dry biomass m−2)

16.58 ± 0.25a

14.26 ± 0.26a

30.85 ± 0.47a

21.73 ± 0.51a

18.51 ± 0.43a

40.25 ± 0.48a

T2 (2.0 kg dry biomass m−2)

15.68 ± 0.26a

13.68 ± 0.43ab

29.37 ± 0.61ab

19.94 ± 0.19b

16.98 ± 0.37b

36.92 ± 0.47b

T3 (1.0 kg dry biomass m−2)

15.49 ± 0.39b

12.85 ± 0.31b

28.35 ± 0.68b

19.23 ± 0.36bc

16.24 ± 0.41b

35.47 ± 0.49b

T4 (No mulching)

13.61 ± 0.42c

10.53 ± 0.21c

24.14 ± 0.43c

17.91 ± 0.45c

12.32 ± 0.32c

30.23 ± 0.49c

  1. The values indicated with in the column by the same letters are not significantly different at 0.05 level of probability by DMRT.