Table 1 Physical and chemical analyses of soil and organic materials.

From: Glucose addition in natural forest soils has higher biological nitrogen fixation capacity than other types of soils

Parameter

pH

Wc

(%)

Vw

(g/cm3)

TC

(g/kg)

TN

(g/kg)

NH4+

(mg/kg)

NO3−

(mg/kg)

C/N

NS

5.92

44.04

1.32

20.17

1.78

15.88

8.76

11.34

HS

5.14

47.00

1.28

18.90

1.54

11.30

13.50

12.27

DS

4.91

51.63

1.20

18.93

1.49

19.16

26.11

12.67

PS

5.32

47.40

1.25

19.12

1.57

18.67

18.67

12.22

Banana straw

–

–

–

419.21

11.30

–

–

37.11

Banana roots

–

–

–

437.49

8.61

–

–

50.86

  1. Treatments: CK: no glucose or NH4NO3; G: glucose; GN: glucose and NH4NO3; BS: banana straw; BSN: banana straw and NH4NO3; BR: banana root; BRN: banana root and NH4NO3; TC: Total C; TN: Total Nitrogen; NO3−: Nitrate nitrogen; NH4+: Ammonium nitrogen.
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