Research Article
Impact of Fungicide Mancozeb at Different Application Rates on Soil Microbial Populations, Soil Biological Processes, and Enzyme Activities in Soil
Table 1
Characteristics of the soil used in the incubation studies.
| Characteristics | Average value |
| Water holding capacity | 37.5% | Cation exchange | 11 meq 100 g−1 | Soil texture: | | (i) Sand | 52% | (ii) Silt | 20% | (iii) clay | 28% | pH | 6.8 | Nitrogen | | (i) Ammoniacal nitrogen | 21.4 ppm | (ii) Nitrate-N | 5.2 ppm | (iii) Nitrite-N | N.D* | (iv) Total nitrogen | 0.06% | Organic carbon | 1.45% | Phosphate-P | 32.2 ppm |
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*N.D.: Not determined.
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