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Table 5 Composition of soil (%) associated with the growth of wild Pleurotus ostreatus from different geographical areas in Ondo and Ekiti States

From: Genetic diversity, microbiological study and composition of soil associated with wild Pleurotus ostreatus from different locations in Ondo and Ekiti States, Nigeria

Soil

Sand

Silt

Clay

TOM

TOC

K

Na

Mg

Ca

Fe

Zn

SOAL

82.00d ± 1.73

5.66b ± 0.58

10.30c ± 0.58

1.41a ± 0.03

0.82a ± 0.02

651.84c ± 3.90

102.89a ± 5.90

218.01a ± 11.0

319.11a ± 20.17

189.1d ± 8.12

161.90a ± 8.02

SOIT

88.33e ± 1.00

3.33a ± 0.58

3.67a ± 0.50

2.94b ± 0.04

1.70b ± 0.03

573.80a ± 8.09

176.11b ± 0.80

309.77c ± 14.10

500.89b ± 33.8

98.11b ± 0.96

204.14b ± 0.94

SOID

66.30a ± 1.15

11.33d ± 1.15

17.70d ± 0.60

2.95b ± 0.12

1.72b ± 0.05

942.71e ± 14.7

376.09d ± 4.99

285.14b ± 7.90

694.66d ± 27.9

108.80c ± 2.18

215.9c7 ± 1.89

SOUS

75.00c ± 0.74

7.80c ± 1.15

7.00b ± 0.08

5.90d ± 0.70

4.32d ± 0.45

614.18b ± 11.67

402.81e ± 16.0

407.07d ± 19.45

548.09c ± 23.90

79.09a ± 1.98

391.09d ± 3.90

SOAE

68.30ab ± 1.58

11.30d ± 0.03

12.33c ± 1.05

5.17cd ±  0.03

3.00c ± 0.05

701.55d ± 17.7

217.15c ± 8.90

394.11d ± 11.89

715.26e ± 37.8

287.90e ± 2.09

217.09c ± 8.90

  1. Values are mean ± SD of replicates (n = 3)
  2. Means with the same superscript letters down the column are not significantly different (p ≤ 0.05)
  3. SOAL: soil associated with the growth of wild P. ostreatus in Ala quarters; SOIT: soil associated with the growth of wild P. ostreatus in Igbatoro Road; SOID: soil associated with the growth of wild P. ostreatus in Ido-Ekiti; SOUS: soil associated with the growth of wild P. ostreatus in Usi-Ekiti; SOAE: soil associated with the growth of wild P. ostreatus in Ado-Ekiti; TOM: total organic matter and TOC: total organic carbon