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Table 1 Soil properties and maize yields at each experimental site

From: Different fertilization treatments in coal mining-affected soils change bacterial populations and enable soil reclamation

Sample no.

pH

AP (mg/kg)

AK (mg/kg)

AN (mg/kg)

MBC (mg/kg)

Maize yield (kg/ha)

INI

8.06 ± 0.09a

3.18 ± 0.18f

48.51 ± 2.69f

1.70 ± 0.25f

5.39 ± 1.04h

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CK1

7.97 ± 0.11 ab

4.36 ± 1.15f

151.22 ± 7.13de

19.43 ± 1.57e

35.39 ± 0.93g

1793.50 ± 92.41f

M1

8.01 ± 0.02ab

7.85 ± 0.35e

162.25 ± 3.98cd

28.44 ± 1.03cd

50.74 ± 1.39f

2793.50 ± 103.32e

O1

8.02 ± 0.02ab

12.40 ± 1.35d

173.15 ± 3.15bc

25.89 ± 0.55d

71.56 ± 6.65e

3566.50 ± 157.62d

MO1

8.08 ± 0.02a

11.38 ± 1.50d

181.44 ± 2.60b

31.44 ± 1.97c

57.81 ± 6.51f

3652.50 ± 134.61d

CK5

7.93 ± 0.04 b

4.88 ± 0.66f

141.90 ± 5.42e

20.01 ± 2.39e

52.06 ± 6.06f

2460.17 ± 433.60e

M5

7.94 ± 0.06ab

20.53 ± 1.53c

199.93 ± 13.82a

37.46 ± 2.03b

152.60 ± 8.85d

5352.68 ± 121.41c

O5

8.02 ± 0.11ab

28.78 ± 2.95b

201.97 ± 8.42a

37.38 ± 3.41b

191.43 ± 8.73b

6378.19 ± 160.78b

MO5

7.93 ± 0.10b

29.36 ± 2.11b

204.57 ± 14.34a

38.68 ± 2.27b

174.80 ± 7.25c

6341.50 ± 104.14b

FS

7.98 ± 0.02ab

36.42 ± 0.65a

208.37 ± 1.04a

48.59 ± 4.04a

225.84 ± 4.22a

8776.60 ± 345.18a

Year (A)

*

***

***

***

***

**

Fertilization (B)

NS

***

NS

*

***

**

A×B

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

  1. Data represent the means ± SE; n = 3; values followed by different letters are considered significantly different (p < 0.05) according to Duncan’s multiple comparison test. Significance for two-way ANOVA with reclaimed year and fertilization. NS not significant (p < 0.05). *p <0.05 significance. **p < 0.01 significance. ***p < 0.001 significance. AP available phosphorus, AK available potassium, AN alkali-hydrolyzable nitrogen, MBC microbial biomass carbon. INI initial soil without treatment, CK1 and CK5 no fertilizer for 1 and 5 years, respectively, M1 and M5 1 year and 5 years of mineral fertilizer, O1 and O5 1 year and 5 years of organic fertilizer, MO1 and MO5 1 year and 5 years of combined of inorganic and organic fertilization, FS normal farmland soil without land subsidence