EFFECT of digestates derived from the fermentation of maize-legume intercropped culture and maize monoculture application on soil properties and plant biomass production

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Table 16 Descriptive statistics for basic soil properties with the dependence of treatments

Soil properties	Treatments	Mean	SEM	SD	Min.	95%CI (Lower)	95%CI (Upper)	Max.
Total carbon	Negative control	0.78	0.01	0.03	0.75	0.75	0.80	0.82
	Maize	0.77	0.01	0.02	0.74	0.75	0.78	0.79
	Broad bean	0.77	0.01	0.03	0.73	0.75	0.80	0.83
	White lupine	0.77	0.01	0.03	0.72	0.74	0.79	0.80
	Maize + broad bean	0.79	0.01	0.04	0.71	0.76	0.83	0.83
	Maize + white lupine	0.86	0.01	0.03	0.80	0.83	0.89	0.90
Total nitrogen	Negative control	0.07	0.00	0.01	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.08
	Maize	0.07	0.00	0.01	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.08
	Broad bean	0.08	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.08	0.08	0.08
	White lupine	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.07
	Maize + broad bean	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.08
	Maize + white lupine	0.09	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.10
C/N ratio	Negative control	11.43	0.24	0.67	10.28	10.87	11.98	12.27
	Maize	10.70	0.30	0.86	9.30	9.98	11.41	11.65
	Broad bean	9.98	0.07	0.21	9.79	9.80	10.15	10.37
	White lupine	11.22	0.16	0.46	10.59	10.84	11.61	11.83
	Maize + broad bean	10.79	0.10	0.29	10.46	10.55	11.04	11.18
	Maize + white lupine	9.65	0.09	0.26	9.25	9.43	9.87	10.09
Total dry	Negative control	0.35	0.02	0.05	0.31	0.31	0.40	0.44
	Maize	0.57	0.07	0.20	0.41	0.41	0.74	0.87
	Broad bean	0.65	0.03	0.08	0.58	0.59	0.72	0.77
	White lupine	0.72	0.05	0.15	0.52	0.60	0.85	0.92
	Maize + broad bean	0.65	0.02	0.05	0.58	0.61	0.70	0.70
	Maize + white lupine	0.76	0.07	0.19	0.53	0.60	0.91	1.02