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Table 1 Physical and chemical properties of the sunflower soils

From: Comparative study of microbial structure and functional profile of sunflower rhizosphere grown in two fields

Sample

SHR

SHB

ITR

ITB

OM (%)

1.98 ± 0.0bc

2.11 ± 0.1b

1.78 ± 0.1c

2.81 ± 0.0a

N-NO3 (mg/kg)

12.31 ± 2.8ab

13.27 ± 0.2a

5.54 ± 2.5bc

4.30 ± 0.0 c

N-NH4 (mg/kg)

4.93 ± 0.2c

4.59 ± 0.1c

6.67 ± 0.1b

11.79 ± 0.1a

pH

6.61 ± 0.1a

6.69 ± 0.0 a

6.02 ± 0.1b

6.05 ± 0.0 b

Res.(ohm)

1270 ± 3.0b

1230 ± 30.0b

2275 ± 155.0a

2020 ± 20.0a

P3− (mg/kg)

68.50 ± 8.8a

81.29 ± 2.6a

14.09 ± 1.2b

79.84 ± 3.0a

Ca2+ (mg/kg)

560.50 ± 81.0ab

659.50 ± 14.5a

451.50 ± 3.5b

651.00 ± 17.0a

Mg2+ (mg/kg)

141.00 ± 3.0a

138.50 ± 3.5a

152.00 ± 8.0a

135.50 ± 3.5a

K+ (mg/kg)

161.50 ± 0.5a

169.00 ± 3.0a

119.00 ± 7.0b

167.00 ± 1.0a

Na+ (mg/kg)

78.70 ± 1.9a

71.40 ± 3.4a

71.95 ± 2.4a

70.35 ± 3.4a

C (%)

0.46 ± 0.0b

0.56 ± 0.1b

0.46 ± 0.0b

1.06 ± 0.1a

N3− (%)

0.05 ± 0.0b

0.05 ± 0.0b

0.05 ± 0.0b

0.09 ± 0.0a

Sand (%)

78.00 ± 0.0b

78.00 ± 0.0b

79.00 ± 1.0b

84.00 ± 0.0a

Silt (%)

2.00 ± 0.0 a

3.00 ± 1.0 a

2.00 ± 0.0 a

3.00 ± 1.0 a

Clay (%)

20.00 ± 0.0a

19.00 ± 1.0a

19.00 ± 1.0a

13.00 ± 1.0b

  1. Legend: SHR Sheila rhizosphere soil; SHB Sheila bulk soil; ITR Itsoseng rhizosphere soil; ITB- Itsoseng bulk soil. Number of replicates (n) = 3. Data represent mean ± SE. Mean values having the same alphabets are considered not statistically significant (P ≥ 0.05) following Duncan’s multiple range test