Effects of planting of two common crops, Allium fistulosum and Brassica napus, on soil properties and microbial communities of ginseng cultivation in northeast China

Table 1 Physicochemical properties, nutrient content and enzyme activities of the soil in different treatments

		CK	AF	BN
Soil properties and nutrients	pH	5.508 ± 0.04a	5.475 ± 0.01a	5.483 ± 0.005a
	EC	44.575 ± 0.900b	42.125 ± 1.176c	51 ± 0.455a
	OM	41.788 ± 0.992a	41.960 ± 3.901a	38.607 ± 7.249a
	AN	313.25 ± 22.837a	323.575 ± 13.494a	308 ± 30.086a
	AP	11.346 ± 0.119b	12.141 ± 0.339a	8.997 ± 0.252c
	AK	184.205 ± 12.034b	233.46 ± 28.811a	216.555 ± 34.568ab
Soil enzyme activity	CAT	41.916 ± 1.062a	38.844 ± 2.307b	41.528 ± 1.027a
	URE	5519.757 ± 179.796b	5034.589 ± 52.889c	5889.081 ± 253.331a
	A-PHO	67,714.646 ± 1154.351a	61,855.498 ± 1176.980b	56,873.418 ± 1016.610c
	SUC	22.369 ± 1.545b	31.080 ± 2.518a	30.991 ± 2.297a
	LAC	24.049 ± 0.899c	30.480 ± 1.025a	27.106 ± 1.211b

EC Electric conductivity, OM Organic matter, AN available nitrogen, AP available phosphorus, AK Available potassium, CAT catalase, URE urease, A-PHO Acid phosphatase, SUC Sucrose, LAC Laccase. Error represents the standard deviation; different letters indicate a significant difference at the P < 0.05 level. Error represents the standard deviation; different letters indicate a significant difference at the P < 0.05 level

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