The Effect of Organic Solid Waste Compost on Soil Properties, Growth, and Yield of Swiss Chard Crop (Beta vulgaris L.)

Table 4

Effect of organic amendments on selected soil properties.

Treatment (T)	Application rate (AR)	pH	EC (dS/cm)	SOC (%)	TN (%)	Ava. P	CEC	Exc. acidity
Control	No	5.60 ± 0.02^e	0.070 ± 0.002^a	1.56 ± 0.02^f	0.102 ± 0.002^g	2.21 ± 0.06^g	20.33 ± 0.005^f	0.534 ± 0.003^a
FWC	5	5.82 ± 0.04^d	0.066 ± 0.001^b	1.60 ± 0.01^e	0.122 ± 0.002^e	3.17 ± 0.03^e	22.44 ± 0.03^e	0.487 ± 0.002^b
	10	6.15 ± 0.03^b	0.031 ± 0.003^d	1.86 ± 0.02^c	0.136 ± 0.004^c	3.60 ± 0.06^c	27.01 ± 0.03^c	0.312 ± 0.003^d
	15	6.23 ± 0.03^a	0.013 ± 0.002^f	2.27 ± 4.02^a	0.164 ± 0.002^a	4.13 ± 0.02^a	32.55 ± 1.89^a	0.180 ± 0.002^g
LYC	5	5.80 ± 0.06^d	0.055 ± 0.001^c	1.69 ± 0.02^d	0.115 ± 0.005^f	2.64 ± 0.08^f	24.40 ± 0.08^d	0.393 ± 0.002^c
	10	5.92 ± 0.03^c	0.034 ± 0.003^d	1.85 ± 0.02^c	0.132 ± 0.002^d	3.42 ± 0.03^d	26.85 ± 0.22^c	0.337 ± 0.006^e
	15	6.21 ± 0.03^a	0.028 ± 0.004^e	2.11 ± 0.02^b	0.153 ± 0.002^b	3.91 ± 0.07^b	30.61 ± 0.67^b	0.224 ± 0.002^f
T
AR
Tx AR

FWC = food waste compost; LYC = leaf and yard compost. Values followed by similar letters under the same column are not significantly different.  < 0.001.  < 0.01.  < 0.05.