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Microbial Processes > Long-Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) Study > Results to Date > Priest River LTSP (Region 1) Pre-Harvest Soil Measurements

R1 Pre-Harvest % Soil Organic Matter

Graph showing pre-harvest % organic matter before implementing 9 treatments - C0OM0: 34.2720725216234%; C0OM1: 32.9739961939962%; C0/Stumped: 36.6096159261685%; C1OM0: 32.2336328673375%; C1OM1: 35.9045308969873%; C1OM2: 33.3867882946036%; C2OM0: 33.3138984018295%; C2OM1: 34.5463500889369%; C2OM2: 38.4585338953431%


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R1 Pre-Harvest Soil pH

Graph showing soil pH before implementing 9 treatments - C0OM0: No data available; C0OM1: 6.1339676619422; C0OM2: 5.51553579139567; C0/Stumped: 5.68143553847304; C1OM0: 6.06509903156828; C1OM1: 5.95918254606459; C1OM2: 5.96078668510195; C2OM0: 5.88718179761746; C2OM1: 6.05727807812455; C2OM2: 5.61357002360516


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R1 Pre-Harvest Mineral % Soil Carbon and Nitrogen

Graph showing % soil carbon and nitrogen before implementing 9 treatments - C0OM0: carbon = 15.2728571428571%, nitrogen = 0.406428571428571%; C0OM1: carbon = 12.7444444444444%, nitrogen = 0.424944444444445%; C0OM2: carbon = 15.7994545454545%, nitrogen = 0.513545454545455%; C0/Stumped: carbon = 13.4219047619048%, nitrogen = 0.444809523809524%; C1OM0: carbon = 16.418%, nitrogen = 0.4727%; C1OM1: carbon = 14.0317647058824%, nitrogen = 0.462882352941176%; C1OM2: carbon = 12.7270588235294%, nitrogen = 0.445529411764706%; C2OM0: carbon = 13.1805555555556%, nitrogen = 0.528833333333333%; C2OM1: carbon = 14.4728571428571%, nitrogen = 0.461619047619048%; C2OM2: carbon = 16.3327272727273%, nitrogen = 0.527181818181818%


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R1 Pre-Harvest Soil Cations

Graph showing soil cations before implementing 9 treatments - C0OM0: MG = 1372.60869565217 mg/L, CA = 230.434782608696 mg/L, K = 1383.47826086957 mg/L; C0OM1: MG = 2323.88888888889 mg/L, CA = 320 mg/L, K = 1310.55555555556 mg/L; C0OM2: MG = 2060 mg/L, CA = 183.333333333333 mg/L, K = 1106.66666666667 mg/L; C0/Stumped: MG = 1926.31578947368 mg/L, CA = 237.368421052632 mg/L, K = 1430.52631578947 mg/L; C1OM0: MG = 2471.25 mg/L, CA = 249.375 mg/L, K = 1338.125 mg/L; C1OM1: MG = 1906.25 mg/L, CA = 248.75 mg/L, K = 1268.125 mg/L; C1OM2: MG = 3118.33333333333 mg/L, CA = 375 mg/L, K = 1707.77777777778 mg/L; C2OM0: MG = 2521.57894736842 mg/L, CA = 398.947368421053 mg/L, K = 1170.52631578947 mg/L; C2OM1: MG = 3302.5 mg/L, CA = 376.5 mg/L, K = 1483.5 mg/L; C2OM2: MG = 2123 mg/L, CA = 219 mg/L, K = 1267 mg/L


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R1 Pre-Harvest Bulk Density Summary

Graph showing mean bulk density before implementing 9 treatments - C0OM0: 0.59 g/cm3; C0OM1: 0.67 g/cm3; C0OM2: 0.6702 g/cm3; C0/Stumped: 0.668020408163265 g/cm3; C1OM0: 0.6224 g/cm3; C1OM1: 0.6825 g/cm3; C1OM2: 0.64325 g/cm3; C2OM0: 0.586145833333333 g/cm3; C2OM1: 0.6146 g/cm3; C2OM2: 0.6128 g/cm3


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Priest River LTSP (R1) Immediate Post-Harvest Soil Measurements >