Treatments | Soil pH (1:5 with H2O) | EC (dS/m) | OM (%) | T-N (%) | Av-P (ppm) | Av. S (ppm) | Exchangeable cations (meq./100g) | Water soluble Fe (mg/kg) | Water soluble (mg/kg) | Na+/K+ | Na+/Ca2+ | ||
Ca | K | Na | |||||||||||
T1: Rice sole cropping without NPKS, and no soil amendments | 7.8 | 7.6 | 1.9 | 0.11 | 29.8 | 18.6 | 1.9 | 0.41 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 21.5 | 11.7 | 2.51 |
T2: Rice sole cropping, FP without soil amendments | 7.75 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 0.43 | 31.6 | 20.5 | 2.5 | 0.49 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 25.6 | 9.6 | 1.90 |
T3: Rice sole cropping, FP with PG | 7.65 | 6.5 | 2.6 | 0.49 | 33.5 | 23.6 | 3.3 | 0.58 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 33.3 | 7.4 | 1.30 |
T4: Rice-Shrimp mixed culture with PG | 7.67 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 0.55 | 35.6 | 25.5 | 3.5 | 0.60 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 38.5 | 7.3 | 1.25 |
T5: Rice-Crabs mixed farming with PG | 7.50 | 6.4 | 2.7 | 0.65 | 36.3 | 27.3 | 3.6 | 0.61 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 41.7 | 7.4 | 1.27 |
T6: Rice-Shrimp mixed farming + PG with Spirulina | 7.60 | 6.0 | 3.15 | 0.69 | 37.6 | 28.5 | 4.0 | 0.69 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 53.6 | 7.1 | 1.15 |
T7: Rice-Crabs mixed farming + PG with Spirulina | 7.68 | 6.2 | 3.10 | 0.68 | 38.3 | 29.7 | 4.3 | 0.67 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 57.3 | 7.6 | 1.13 |
LSD0.05 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.41 | 0.13 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0.15 |
Level of significance | ns | * | * | * | * | ** |
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