Research Article
Effect of Phosphogypsum Amendment on Chemical Properties of Sodic Soils at Different Incubation Periods
Table 4
Some selected chemical properties of sodic soils after the leaching of PG amended soils.
| GR (%) | pH | S-SO4−2 | Avail. P | Na | K | Ca | Mg | ESP % | mg·kg−1 | cmolc·kg−1 |
| 0 | 9.35a | 12.23c | 7.54e | 14.06a | 2.33 | 21.85c | 1.23ab | 35.60a | 50 | 8.47b | 13.56c | 12.33d | 10.17b | 2.22 | 24.79bc | 1.40ab | 26.37b | 100 | 7.87c | 68.23b | 16.44c | 5.88c | 2.19 | 25.29b | 1.14b | 17.15c | 150 | 7.80c | 71.89ab | 22.75b | 4.49cd | 2.11 | 28.31a | 1.98a | 12.13d | 200 | 7.28d | 78.03a | 28.52a | 3.23d | 2.04 | 30.33a | 1.53ab | 9.38d | LSD | 0.34 | 6.18 | 2.28 | 1.43 | ns | 2.95 | 0.78 | 3.31 | CV | 2.29 | 4.93 | 7.16 | 10.45 | 7.96 | 6.22 | 29.51 | 9.05 |
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ns indicates not significant at . |