Impact of Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea) and Flax (Linum usitatissimum) Seed Meal Applications on Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, and Microbial Dynamics

Table 2

Nutrient concentrations of flax and mustard oilseed meals and sorghum-sudangrass biomass.

Biomass type	C	N	C : N	Oil^a	P	K	Ca	Mg	Na	S	Zn	Fe	Cu	Mn	B
	g kg^−1			g kg^−1							mg kg^−1
Flax	493	59	8.4	157	6.6	19	3.1	5.4	1.3	3.3	44	32	15	46	30
Mustard	478	61	7.8	162	11.0	19	4.9	5.6	1.3	16.0	62	44	12	47	16
Sorghum	430	18	23.9	nd^b	1.2	20	7.1	1.1	1.3	1.9	47	303	9	56	<9

^aResidual oil content in seed meals following oil extraction.
^bnd: not determined.