Research Article

Leather Industry Solid Waste as Nitrogen Source for Growth of Common Bean Plants

Table 3

Chemical and physical soil characteristics before common bean plants cultivation.

Characteristics*Treatments
Additional 1Additional 2Additional 34 t ha−18 t ha−116 t ha−132 t ha−1

pH (H2O)5.6 (0.08)5.6 (0.14)5.9 (0.08)6.1 (0.13)6.1 (0.09)5.9 (0.05)5.9 (0.05)
O.M. (g kg1)8.7 (0.13)8.7 (0.08)8.1 (0.05)9.0 (0.13)8.7 (0.16)8.7 (0.09)8.7 (0.05)
(g kg1)3.1 (0.05)3.1 (0.13)3.2 (0.09)2.9 (0.08)3.0 (0.08)3.0 (0.09)4.0 (0.21)
N- (mg kg1)14 (0.47)40 (0.47)19.4 (0.28)19.3 (0.14)13.5 (0.24)14.4 (0.05)19.1 (0.08)
N- (mg kg1)9.6 (0.05)10.0 (0.08)8.3 (0.05)8.1 (0.05)6.8 (0.14)10.0 (0.09)25.2 (0.08)
(g kg1)—common bean plants harvest3.8 (0.08)4.1 (0.05)4.0 (0.16)4.1 (0.09)3.9 (0.05)4.0 (0.09)3.6 (0.05)

*EMBRAPA [19].
Additional 1: soil without fertilization and without collagen; additional 2: fertilization with mineral N; additional 3: wet blue residue; 4. 8. 16 and 32 t ha−1 collagen.
Values are the mean of three replicates. Numeric values in brackets represent SD (standard deviation).