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Table 1 Compost quality

From: Exploring selected plant nutrient in compost prepared from food waste and cattle manure and its effect on soil properties and maize yield at Wondo Genet, Ethiopia

Parameters

Treatment (mean ± SD)

p-value

100FW

75FW25M

50FW50M

25FW75M

EC (dS/m)

4.02 ± 0.41

3.19 ± 0.62

2.51 ± 0.42

2.83 ± 1.40

0.21

pH 1:2:5

7.67 ± 1.06

7.79 ± 0.40

7.83 ± 0.70

7.62 ± 0.29

0.975

AK (cmol (+)/Kg Soil)

27.07 ± 9.24

26.64 ± 4.05

21.63 ± 4.23

21.74 ± 6.42

0.595

AP (mg/Kg)

676.67 ± 200.24

385.67 ± 190.08

694.67 ± 95.02

663.67 ± 204.80

0.997

TN (%)

1.94 ± 0.40

1.63 ± 0.13

1.51 ± 0.13

1.41 ± 0.72

0.488

OC (%)

33.16 ± 3.93

31.36 ± 1.70

31.08 ± 3.59

31.35 ± 2.13

0.820

CEC (cmol (+)/Kg Soil)

60.87 ± 6.18

61.05 ± 4.01

62.14 ± 4.01

60.51 ± 2.20

0.970