Effects of sweet pepper straw biochar on soil microbial communities and growth of continuously cropped cucumber

Annals of Microbiology

Table 1 Physicochemical properties of biochar from different feedstocks

Biochar	MBAC (%)	CEC (cmol( +)·kg⁻¹)	EC (mS·cm⁻¹)	TN (mg·g⁻¹)	TP (mg·g⁻¹)	TK (mg·g⁻¹)
TSB	89.04 ± 0.09c	35.62 ± 0.31b	3.22 ± 0.10b	19.00 ± 0.04b	4.80 ± 0.44b	25.30 ± 0.62b
SPSB	99.45 ± 0.29a	45.58 ± 0.42a	3.89 ± 0.80a	27.50 ± 0.34a	8.20 ± 0.53a	32.80 ± 0.53a
ESB	92.02 ± 0.17b	35.53 ± 0.28b	3.77 ± 0.07a	16.50 ± 0.03c	7.80 ± 0.26a	17.70 ± 0.56c

MBAC Methylene blue adsorption capacity, CEC Cation exchange capacity, EC Electrical conductivity, TN Total nitrogen content, TP Total phosphorus content, TK Total potassium content. The significant differences are determined by the Tukey test, with different lowercase letters indicating significant differences between groups (P < 0.05)

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