Research Article
Soil Amendments and Rotation Effects on Soybean and Maize Growths and Soil Chemical Changes in Northern Ghana
Table 1
Chemical composition of fertisol, initial soil, and the soils after four years of treatment.
| Treatment | pH | N | OC | P | g kg−1 | mgkg−1 |
| Fertisol | 8.0 | 19.7 | 140 | 12795 | Initial soil | 4.6 | 0.60 | 3.5 | 13.6 | Soil after four years | | | | | Maize after maize | 5.0 | 0.31 | 4.0 | 26.3 | Maize after noninoculated soybean | 5.2 | 0.35 | 4.4 | 31.5 | Maize after inoculated soybean | 5.2 | 0.37 | 4.7 | 29.0 | Maize after inoculated soybean + P, K | 5.5 | 0.39 | 4.8 | 33.8 | Maize after inoculated soybean + fertisol | 5.5 | 0.34 | 4.4 | 29.6 | Maize after inoculated soybean + N, P, K | 5.2 | 0.40 | 4.9 | 50.9 | Maize after inoculated soybean + P, K + fertisol | 5.4 | 0.39 | 4.7 | 44.5 |
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