Table 1: Summary of initial soil physical and chemical property means [n = 5; ± standard errors (SE)] for a phosphorus (P)-deficient, silt-loam soil used in the greenhouse study (modified from Della Lunga, et al. [46].).

Soil Property

Mean (± SE)

Sand (g g-1)

0.09 (< 0.01)

Silt (g g-1)

0.79 (< 0.01)

Clay (g g-1)

0.11 (< 0.01)

Soil organic matter (%)

2.6 (< 0.1)

Total C (%)

1.1 (< 0.1)

Total N (%)

0.1 (< 0.01)

Mehlich-3 extractable soil nutrients (mg kg-1)

P

11.4 (0.1)

K

46.1 (0.9)

Ca

2006 (4.2)

Mg

276 (2.2)

Fe

304 (7.8)

Mn

244 (5.1)

Zn

2.5 (0.1)

pH

7.5 (< 0.1)

Electrical conductivity (dS m-1)

0.167 (< 0.1)

Sand, silt, and clay fractions do not add to 1 due to rounding for reporting purpose