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Table 7.3
Comparison of farming system means for key soil properties in crop 1 (broccoli) and crop 4 (capsicum). (Adapted from Eldridge
et al.
2014
)
Treatment
Total OC g 100 g
−1
eCEC
a
cmol (+) kg
−1
Exch. K cmol (+) kg
−1
Exch. Na
cmol (+) kg
−1
pHca
EC dS m
−
1
Crop 1
Crop 4
Crop 1
Crop 4
Crop 1
Crop 4
Crop 1
Crop 4
Crop 1
Crop 4
Crop 1
Crop 4
Farmer practice
—low P
1.23c
1.43b
8.26b
11.49a
0.45c
0.85a
0.181c
0.403a
5.187c
5.387b
0.185bc
0.384a
Compost (125 t ha
−1
)
—low P
2.10a1
2.00a
11.81a
12.30a
1.18a
0.62b
0.439a
0.271b
5.725a
5.663a
0.388a
0.298a
Mixed (62.5 t ha
−1
)
—low P
1.59b
1.59b
9.47b
10.03b
0.73b
0.49b
0.283b
0.253b
5.475b
5.300b
0.259b
0.296a
Nil input control
1.13c
1.18c
7.01c
7.96c
0.29d
0.24c
0.118c
0.218b
5.175c
5.300b
0.130c
0.158b
l.s.d. (
p
= 0.05)
0.20
0.166
0.95
1.16
0.15
0.12
0.075
0.069
0.134
0.109
0.088
0.091
a
Different lower case letters down each column indicate a significant difference (
p
= 0.05) in soil property means between treatments
