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Table 2 Soil chemical properties of the OFS and CFS in soils cultivated with Japanese apricot

From: Soil microbial communities of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) orchard under organic and conventional management

System

Year

pH (1:5)

EC (dS m−1)

OM (g kg−1)

Av. P 2O5 (mg kg−1)

K (Ex. Cat. cmolc kg−1)

Ca (Ex. Cat. cmolc kg−1)

Mg (Ex. Cat. cmolc kg−1)

Na (Ex. Cat. cmolc kg−1)

OFS

2017

6.0

0.48

58

370

1.54

6.2

1.6

0.12

2018

6.0

0.48

46

391

1.28

5.6

1.3

0.05

CFS

2017

5.8

0.61

34

238

0.82

6.2

1.2

0.05

2018

4.9

0.53

32

268

0.57

2.6

1.1

0.05

Sig.a

System

NS

NS

*

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Year

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

System × year

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

  1. OFS organic farming system, CFS conventional farming system, OM soil organic matter
  2. aSignificant effects were obtained from two-way analysis of variance: NS not significant; * p < 0.05