Skip to main content
Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 3 Mean values (± standard deviation) of the physico-chemical parameters of the two types of soil

From: Reduction of the mangosteen tree (Garcinia mangostana L.) production cycle: effect of soil type and fertilisers

Settings

Lowland soil

forest soil

F

P

Sand (%)

47.1 ± 1.4

72.6 ± 2.9

15.3

 < 0.001

Silt (%)

20.4 ± 1.6

21.6 ± 1.8

2.1

0.061

Clay (%)

32.4 ± 1.3

5.7 ± 0.4

31.4

 < 0.001

TH (%)

21.4 ± 0.7

4.9 ± 0.4

36.8

 < 0.001

pH water

5.1 ± 0.3

4.9 ± 0.3

1.4

0.069

pH KCl

5.0 ± 0.1

4.53 ± 0.6

10.3

0.042

EC (μS.cm−1)

101.4 ± 4.5

98.6 ± 3.2

2.1

0.053

OM (%)

4.4 ± 1.3

9.7 ± 2.2

16.3

 < 0.001

TOC (%)

2.5 ± 0.7

5.6 ± 1.3

16.3

 < 0.001

N (%)

0.9 ± 0.0

0.7 ± 0.0

15.5

0.021

C/N

3.8 ± 0.9

7.1 ± 1.5

20.1

 < 0.001

TP (mg.Kg−1)

22.8 ± 3.2

16.4 ± 1.0

16.8

0.038

K (cmol.Kg−1)

0.2 ± 0.0

0.08 ± 0.0

31.8

 < 0.001

  1. TH Humidity rate, EC Electrical conductivity, TOC Total organic carbon, OM Organic matter, N Nitrogen, C/N Carbon/nitrogen ratio, TP Total phosphorus, K + Potassium
Back to article page