Coastal Mudflat Saline Soil Amendment by Dairy Manure and Green Manuring

Table 1

Basic chemical properties of the mudflat saline soil at the start of the experiment and dairy manure used in this study.

Parameters	Mudflat saline soil	Dairy manure
pH	8.92	7.74
Salinity ()	8.82	11.61
Organic matter (g kg^−1)	3.16	415.7
Total N (N g kg^−1)	0.209	32.3
Total P (P g kg^−1)	0.565	5.31
Alkaline N (N mg kg^−1)	17.48	358.1
Available P (P mg kg^−1)	17.86	111.9
Total Cd (mg kg^−1)	0.451	2.15
Total Cr (mg kg^−1)	13.08	41.7
Total Cu (mg kg^−1)	15.89	769.4
Total Mn (mg kg^−1)	152.8	133.9
Total Ni (mg kg^−1)	30.4	18.0
Total Zn (mg kg^−1)	49.9	146.7