Table 5. Coarse fragment, soil pH, EC, and bulk density at three soil depth in plantation and expansion treatments of Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis.
Depth (cm) | Treatment | Coarse fragment (g g−1) | Soil pH | EC (uS cm−1) | Bulk density (g cm−3) |
0-10 | Plantation | 0.51 (0.07)a | 4.97 (0.15)a | 427.45 (75.36)a | 0.76 (0.06)a |
Expansion | 0.34 (0.08)a | 5.06 (0.29)a | 241.43 (105.54)a | 0.92 (0.06)a |
10-20 | Plantation | 0.49 (0.08)a | 4.79 (0.17)a | 532.38 (157.97)a | 0.88 (0.06)a |
Expansion | 0.37 (0.07)a | 5.29 (0.40)a | 160.83 (22.04)a | 0.98 (0.04)a |
20-30 | Plantation | 0.41 (0.05)a | 5.08 (0.23)a | 369.87 (85.16)a | 0.79 (0.16)a |
Expansion | 0.32 (0.08)a | 5.20 (0.51)a | 123.50 (14.25)b | 1.05 (0.05)a |
Mean | Plantation | 0.47 (0.04)a | 4.93 (0.10)a | 449.9 (64.6)a | 0.81 (0.04)b |
Expansion | 0.34 (0.04)b | 5.18 (0.21)a | 175.25 (35.99)b | 0.97 (0.03)a |
Values in parenthesis are standard error (n=6). Different letters between plantation and expansion treatments represent a significant difference at P < 0.05.