Fertilizers and Mixed Crop Cultivation of Chromium Tolerant and Sensitive Plants under Chromium Toxicity

Table 1

Physicochemical properties of soil collected from the experimental field before planting.

Properties	Water	FYM	NPK	FYM + NPK	Cr	Cr + FYM	Cr + NPK	Cr + FYM + NPK
pH	7.2	7.7	6.9	7.3	6.7	7.4	6.9	7.0
EC (dS/m)	0.14	0.13	0.15	0.15	0.33	0.26	0.23	0.21
Organic matter (%)	1.6	2.3	1.9	2.3	1.6	2.3	2.0	2.2
Organic carbon (%)	2.5	2.8	2.3	2.7	2.4	2.9	2.3	2.4
CEC (mmol/100 g)	9.5	9.3	9.1	9.3	8.6	9.2	8.9	9.2