Biosolids Application on Banana Production: Soil Chemical Properties and Plant Nutrition

Table 1

Soil chemical analysis⁽¹⁾ of the experimental area (average values) before banana cropping.

Soil layer	pH(CaCl2)	OM	P(resin)	K^+	Ca^2+	Mg^2+	H+Al	SB	T	V
cm		g dm^−3	mg dm^−3	mmolc dm^−3						%
0–20	4.0	23	3	1.6	8	2	90	12.1	101.1	12.3
20–40	4.0	18	2	1.2	7	2	92	9.6	101.4	10

⁽¹⁾Soil pH measured in 0.01 mol L⁻¹CaCl₂ solution; soil : solution = 1 : 2.5 (v/v); resin extraction of exchangeable cations and phosphorus (P), according to Raij et al. [25].