Trace Element Status and Environmental Implications of Soils and Zea mays from Farmed Dumpsites in the Bamenda Metropolis, North-West Cameroon

Table 2

Maize plant physicochemical properties.

	Nkwen (S1)	Mankon (S2)	Bamendakwe (S3)
% ash content	9	11	7
% WC	9	5	5
% N	4.20	5.60	12.60
% OC	22.14	22.45	23.26
% OM	38.17	38.70	40.09
C/N	5.27	4.01	1.85
TP (mg kg^−1)	136.90	1830.15	1312.15
K (cmol(+)/kg)	35.80	12.90	21.70
% DWK	1.40	0.50	0.85
Na (cmol(+)/kg)	1.95	1.03	1.26
% DWNa	0.04	0.02	0.03
Ca (cmol(+)/kg)	54.80	66.80	30.80
% DWCa	1.10	1.34	0.62
Mg (cmol(+)/kg)	11.20	11.20	7.20
% DWMg	0.14	0.14	0.09

WC = water content, N = total nitrogen, OC = organic carbon, OM = organic matter, C/N = mineralization factor, TP = total phosphorus, DWK = dry weight of potassium, DWNa = dry weight of sodium, DWCa = dry weight of calcium, and DWMg = dry weight of magnesium.