Impact of Addition of FGDB as a Soil Amendment on Physical and Chemical Properties of an Alkali Soil and Crop Yield of Maize in Northern China Coastal Plain

Table 1

Basic soil properties of the initial soil profile.

Soil layers	Soil mechanical composition (%)			ECe (ms/m)	pH	Soil bulk density (g cm^−3)	Soil texture	Soil color
	<0.002 mm	0.002–0.05 mm	0.05–2 mm
0–10 cm	57.37	34.12	8.51	0.436	8.74	1.35	Clay	Dirty white
10–20 cm	64.66	31.23	4.11	0.296	8.91	1.43	Clay	Grayish

Values are average of triplicate measurements.