Amounts of total N, Bray P, exchangeable K, total C, total bacteria, and total fungi added per year and the moisture, pH, and microbial respiration rate of these treatments: water control (NULL), commercial biological product (CBP), aerated compost tea (ACT), NPK fertilizer (FERT), compost (COMP), and wood-chip mulch (WC).
| Response | NULL | CBP | ACT | FERT | COMP | WC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moisture (%) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 26.2 | 9.7 |
| pH (1:1) | 6.61 | 7.33 | 8.10 | 7.34 | 7.60 | 5.91 |
| Total N (kg 100 m−2) | 4.8E−5 | 0.0741 | 0.0773 | 1.95 | 0.385 | 0.527 |
| Bray P (kg 100 m−2) | 6.1E−9 | 7.0E−5 | 1.9E−3 | 0.280 | 0.0688 | 0.0560 |
| Exch. K (kg 100 m−2) | 1.2E−8 | 2.7E−5 | 3.4E−5 | 0.369 | 0.0343 | 0.0410 |
| Total C (kg 100 m−2) | 1.1E−3 | 1.22 | 1.76 | 1.63 | 5.25 | 20.25 |
| Micr. resp. (mg kg−1 d−1) | 1.50 | 19.6 | 18.8 | 11.2 | 26.6 | 30.6 |
| Total bact. (kg 100 m−2) | 6.1E−10 | 0.420 | 0.565 | 4.8E−5 | 8.22 | 4.05 |
| Total fungi (kg 100 m−2) | 6.1E−11 | 7.0E−3 | 0.011 | 6.4E−7 | 4.67 | 3.04 |