“…The following soil properties were measured for this study: total organic carbon (TOC: %), pH (CaCl 2 ), total nitrogen (TN: %), cation exchange capacity (CEC: mmol 100 g soil), plant available phosphorus (P: mg/kg soil), plant available potassium (K: mg/kg soil), exchangeable magnesium, calcium, and sodium (Mg 2+ , Ca 2+ , Na + ; mg/kg soil), water‐stable aggregates (WSA: mg/kg soil), water holding capacity (WHC: %), bulk density (BD: g/cm 3 ), percentages of silt, clay, and sand, microbial biomass carbon (MBC: mg/kg soil), microbial biomass nitrogen (MBN: mg/kg soil), soil respiration (SR: μg CO 2 ‐C hr −1 g −1 soil), number and biomass of earthworms (number and g/m 2 ), decomposition through tea bag index (% mass loss) and soil suppressiveness to Pythium ultimum (%; Bongiorno, Postma, et al, ). Microbial quotient (qMic) and metabolic quotient (qCO 2 ) were calculated as the microbial biomass carbon divided by the total organic carbon, and the soil respiration divided by the microbial biomass carbon, respectively.…”