International Journal of Agronomy

Research Article

Short-Term Changes in Fertility Attributes and Soil Organic Matter Caused by the Addition of EM Bokashis in Two Tropical Soils

Table 3

Means of the fertility attributes evaluated in a FRr and a CMd fertilized with EM Bokashi and cultivated with tomato.


Treatment	pH	Ca²⁺	Mg²⁺	K⁺	Na⁺	P	SB	H + Al	CEC
Treatment	pH	cmo kg⁻¹		mg kg⁻¹			cmo kg⁻¹			%

Factorial controls
Factorial	6.94 a	16.98	4.94 a	420.83 a	22.00 a	481.46 a	23.10	7.18 b	30.28 a	77.24 a
Controls	5.98 b	15.05	4.13 b	189.50 b	13.83 b	228.04 b	19.73	8.90 a	28.63 b	69.62 b

Soil
FRr	—	18.41 a	5.07 a	—	—	—	24.86 a	—	—	—
CMd	—	15.56 b	4.82 a	—	—	—	21.33 b	—	—	—

Bokashi
BPM	—	16.67	5.15 a	—	—	—	22.99	—	—	—
BC	—	17.36	5.00 a	—	—	—	23.34	—	—	—
BCM	—	16.92	4.68 b	—	—	—	22.96	—	—	—

Unfolding of the soils inside each level of EM Bokashi

Soils BPM
FRr BPM	6.02 b	—	—	513.33 a	25.00 a	395.23 b	—	10.23 a	35.69 a	71.40 b
CMd BPM	6.76 a	—	—	330.00 b	21.67 b	639.80 a	—	3.10 b	23.64 b	86.72 a

Soils BC
FRr BC	6.13 b	—	—	440.00 a	21.00 b	361.27 b	—	9.23 a	34.25 a	73.21 b
CMd BC	6.38 a	—	—	248.33 b	23.67 a	794.27 a	—	4.70 b	26.37 b	82.31 a

Soils BCM
FRr BCM	6.10 b	—	—	560.00 a	20.67	267.40 b	—	10.43 a	34.56 a	69.81 b
CMd BCM	6.37 a	—	—	433.33 b	20.00	430.87 a	—	5.37 b	27.16 b	80.05 a

Unfolding of EM Bokashi inside each level of soil

LVd EM Bokashi
FRr BPM	6.02 b	—	—	523.33 b	25.00 a	395.23 a	—	10.23 a	35.69	71.40 b
FRr BC	6.13 a	—	—	440.00 c	21.00 b	361.27 a	—	9.23 b	34.25	73.21 a
FRr BCM	6.10 a	—	—	560.00 a	20.67 c	267.40 b	—	10.43 a	34.55	69.81 b

CXbd EM Bokashi
CMd BPM	6.76 a	—	—	330.00 b	21.67 b	639.80 b	—	3.10 b	23.64 b	86.72 a
CMd BC	6.38 b	—	—	248.33 c	23.67 a	794.27 a	—	4.70 a	26.37 a	82.31 b
CMd BCM	6.37 b	—	—	433.33 a	20.00 b	430.87 c	—	5.37 a	27.16 a	80.05 b
CV (%)	1.42	20.05	11.52	8.7	7.6	5.9	9.57	9.37	7.92	2.89

Means followed by the same letter (column) do not differ among themselves by the Scott-Knott test at 5%. Nonsignificant at 5% by the test; — = not evaluated; CMd = Dystric Cambisol; FRr = Rhodic Ferralsol; BPM = Poultry Manure Bokashi; BC = CNPH Bokashi; BCM = Cattle Manure Bokashi.