The pig manure compost (PM) was produced by Jiangsu Tianniang Co. Ltd., in Suzhou by composting pig manure at 30e70
C for
25 days, and cattle manure compost (CM) was produced by Jiangyin
Lianye Co. Ltd., in Wuxi by composting cattle manure at 30e70
C
for 25 days. The Chinese medicine residue compost (CMR) was
provided by Mingzhu Co. Ltd., in Nanjing and produced by composting residues from Chinese medicines at 30e70
C for 30 days.
The three companies were commercial organic fertilizer companies
in China. The bio-organic fertilizer (BIO) was kindly supplied by
Jiangsu Xintiandi of Biological Fertilizer Engineering Center., Ltd. in
China. The BIO was prepared by a solid fermentation method according to Chen et al. (2011)[25]. The detailed properties of soil
amendments are presented inTable 1