Research Article
Biochar and/or Compost Applications Improve Soil Properties, Growth, and Yield of Maize Grown in Acidic Rainforest and Coastal Savannah Soils in Ghana
Table 2
Chemical properties of biochar and compost used in the experiment.
| Property | Biochar | Compost |
| Available P (mg·kg−1) | 88.2 | 353.7 | TOC (%) | 70.1 | 23.6 | pH (H2O) | 7.0 | 5.3 | Mg2+ (cmol·kg−1) | 12.0 | 22.7 | Ca2+ (cmol·kg−1) | 44.3 | 162.7 | K+ (cmol·kg−1) | 39.4 | 10.8 | Na+ (cmol·kg−1) | 32.6 | 9.7 | H+ + Al3+ (cmol·kg−1) | 11.3 | 12.7 | ECEC (cmol·kg−1) | 139.6 | 218.5 | Total nitrogen (%) | 0.9 | 4.2 |
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