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Table 2 Organic matter content in mine dump waste before and after treatment with oyster mushroom

From: Pyritic metals sequestration on mine dumps treated with oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus, Jacq.et Fr.)

Trts

Organic matter content in mine dump waste before and after treatments (%)

Freda-Rebecca mine

Trojan mine

Renny mine

Bindura mine

Before trt

After trt

Before trt

After trt

Before trt

After trt

Before trt

After trt

1

9.3a

9.4a

9.3a

9.3a

9.4a

9.4a

9.3a

9.3a

2

3.2b

3.4b

3.1b

3.2b

3.4b

3.3b

3.1b

3.2b

3

3.1b

5.3c

3.3b

5.8c

3.2b

6.1c

3.1b

5.9c

4

3.3b

4.8d

3.4b

4.7d

3.1b

4.9d

3.0b

4.5d

5

3.2b

8.1e

3.3b

7.8e

3.2b

7.9e

3.1b

7.8e

Lsd

0.5

0.4

0.7

1.5

0.8

1.1

0.6

1.2

CV (%)

11.0

7.0

13.0

4.0

10.0

9.0

5.0

8.0

  1. Trt treatments, Lsd least significant difference, CV coefficient of variation
  2. Superscripts indicate mean separations that are significant