Soil amendment | NH4OAc Extractable Bases (meq/100g soil) | CEC (meq/100g soil) | % Base Saturation | SOM (%) | pH | PMN | POC (mg/kg soil) | Aggregate Stability (%) | |||||
Ca | Mg | Na | K | Sum | CaCl2 | H2O | |||||||
0% EPS | 5.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 14.05 | 50.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 17.5 | 278.6 | 4.0 |
| ±0.01a | ±0.0a | ±0.0c | ±0.0a | ±0.01a | ±0.01a | ±0.01a | ±0.07a | ±0.02a | ±0.03a | ±0.36c | ±0.72c | ±0.4b |
0.1% EPS | 5.7 | 0.9 | 0.03 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 14.3 | 49.7 | 3.97 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 18.5 | 310.6 | 17.0 |
| ±0.02a | ±0.0a | ±0.0b | ±0.0a | ±0.01a | ±0.02a | ±0.04a | ±0.04a | ±0.02a | ±0.03a | ±0.34b | ±0.6b | ±1.1a |
0.5% EPS | 5.8 | 0.9 | 0.06 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 13.8 | 51.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 19.8 | 411.7 | 18.7 |
| ±0.03a | ±0.0a | ±0.0c | ±0.0a | ±0.01a | ±0.03a | ±0.05a | ±0.04a | ±0.02a | ±0.03a | ±0.34a | ±0.80a | ±1.1a |