Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 2 The pH, organic C, available P and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity in the sterilized soil

From: Earthworms facilitated pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) growth via enhancing the population and function of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a low-density polyethylene-contaminated soil

Treatments	pH	Organic C (g kg⁻¹)	Available P (mg kg⁻¹)	ALP activity (mg g⁻¹ 24 h ⁻¹)
Control	5.46 ± 0.13a	17.1 ± 0.9ab	194 ± 13ab	0.135 ± 0.086bc
E	5.38 ± 0.04a	16.4 ± 0.7b	175 ± 14b	0.095 ± 0.033c
M	5.23 ± 0.03b	18.7 ± 2.0a	187 ± 19ab	0.268 ± 0.084b
E + M	5.36 ± 0.08ab	18.4 ± 0.8ab	210 ± 20a	0.412 ± 0.101a

Control, non-inoculation; E, inoculation of earthworm; M, inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus; E + M: inoculation of both
Values are means ± standard deviations (n = 4). Different letters in the same column indicate significant difference (p < 0.05)

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