Table 2 Soil clusters formed by grouping fields based on their similarity in soil abiotic properties, along with the number of organic and conventional spring and winter pea fields and roots sampled in each year.

From: Effect of management system and pedoclimatic factors on Fusarium and Didymella communities associated with pea (Pisum sativum) roots in Germany

System

Pea type

Cluster

Year1

N2

N3

pH4

SOM (%)

Sand (%)

Silt (%)

Clay (%)

2016

2017

2018

2019

Organic

Spring

1

2

4

6

3

15

299

6.3

1.8

67.2

22.2

10.6

2

2

1

0

1

4

78

6.5

2.7

28.2

50.7

21.1

3

1

1

0

2

4

64

7.0

3.1

21.3

50.8

27.9

Winter

2

3

8

6

4

21

380

6.5

2.6

18.4

59.6

22.1

3

1

2

1

4

8

135

7.1

3.3

17.6

55.4

27.0

Conventional

Spring

1

3

6

6

4

19

375

6.5

2.5

62.3

25.9

11.8

2

11

10

7

7

35

690

6.5

2.6

23.1

56.5

20.4

3

5

5

6

6

22

439

7.1

3.0

20.5

51.5

28.0

Winter

1

0

1

0

1

2

40

6.7

2.3

62.7

24.9

12.4

3

0

1

1

1

3

60

7.3

3.9

18.9

37.3

43.7

  1. 1Number of fields sampled in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
  2. 2N= Total number of fields.
  3. 3n = Number of roots evaluated.
  4. 4Mean value of soil abiotic properties.