Improving productivity and soil fertility in Medicago sativa and Hordeum marinum through intercropping under saline conditions

Table 5 Significance levels of cultivation mode, treatment, and the interaction between cultivation mode and treatment for different physicochemical properties of the soil

Trait	Mean	Cultivation mode (CM)		Treatment (T)		Interaction (CM x T)
Trait	Mean	F	P	F	P	F	P
pH	8.25	3.413	0.043	234.189	0.000	9.523	0.001
CEC	11.92	7.622	0.002	49.638	0.000	3.859	0.030
S	35.75	4.000	0.027	0.000	1.000	12.000	0.000
OM	3.24	18.509	0.000	8.265	0.011	2.868	0.069
C	1.88	18.469	0.000	9.114	0.008	2.947	0.064
N	11.41	26.211	0.000	4.636	0.047	5.455	0.009
P₂O₅	14.91	2.446	0.101	2.253	0.153	3.310	0.047
K₂O	305.57	119.625	0.000	17.924	0.001	40.178	0.000
CaCo₃	2.69	6.333	0.005	9.000	0.008	33.000	0.000

F: coefficient of Snedecor-Fisher significant (P ≤ 0.05). Potential of hydrogen (pH), cation exchange capacity (CEC. mS/cm), percentage of soil saturation (S), percentage of organic matter (OM. %), percentage of total carbon (C. %), total nitrogen (N. mg, g Ms), total phosphorus (P₂O₅. mg.g Ms), total potassium (K₂O. ppm), percentage of total Calcium Carbonate (CaCO₃. %)

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