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. 2023 Aug 19;9(9):e19041. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19041


Estimated marginal means

Pairwise comparisons

CS Mean( ± SE) L.B U. B Diff. in CS Mean Diff. Sig. L.B U. B
BD MxC 1.14 (±0.01) 1.12 1.17 MxC-MnC 0.01 0.66 −0.04 0.06
MnC 1.13 (±0.02) 1.09 1.18 MnC-MxC −0.01 0.66 −0.06 0.04
C: N MxC 7.55 (±0.165) 7.23 7.88 MxC-MnC 1.44* 0.00 0.69 2.20
MnC 6.11 (±0.343) 5.43 6.79 MnC-MxC −1.44* 0.00 −2.20 −0.69
Clay MxC 28.08 (±0.69) 26.70 29.45 MxC-MnC 3.31* 0.04 0.14 6.48
MnC 31.389 (±1.44) 28.53 34.25 MnC-MxC −3.31* 0.04 −6.48 −0.14
pHw MxC 6.05 (±0.07) 5.90 6.19 MnC-MxC −0.62* 0.00 −0.95 −0.28
MnC 5.43 (±0.15) 5.13 5.73 MxC-MnC 0.62* 0.00 0.28 0.95
Sand MxC 45.51 (±0.63) 44.26 46.76 MnC-MxC −2.74 0.06 −5.62 0.15
MnC 42.78 (±1.31) 40.18 45.38 MxC-MnC 2.74 0.06 −0.15 5.62
Silt MxC 26.41 (±0.46) 25.50 27.32 MnC-MxC −0.58 0.59 −2.68 1.53
MnC 25.83 (±0.96) 23.93 27.73 MxC-MnC 0.58 0.59 −1.53 2.68
SOC MxC 2.25 (±0.06) 2.14 2.36 MnC-MxC −0.51* 0.00 −0.77 −0.26
MnC 1.74 (±0.12) 1.51 1.97 MxC-MnC 0.51* 0.00 0.26 0.77
SOCS MxC 67.43 (±1.9) 63.52 71.35 MnC-MxC −15.42 0.00 −23.75 −7.09
MnC 52.01 (±5.6) 40.15 63.87 MxC-MnC 15.42 0.00 7.09 23.75
TN MxC 0.30 (±0.005) 0.29 0.31 MnC-MxC −0.03* 0.02 −0.05 0.00
MnC 0.28 (±0.009) 0.26 0.30 MxC-MnC 0.03* 0.02 0.00 0.05
VWC MxC 42.22 (±2.45) 37.36 47.08 MnC-MxC −3.94 0.49 −15.17 7.29
MnC 38.28 (±5.1) 28.16 48.40 MxC-MnC 3.94 0.49 −7.29 15.17

CS= Cropping system, MnC = mono-cropping system, MxC = mixed cropping system, SE = standard error of means, L.B = lower bound, UB = upper bound.

Based on estimated marginal means: *. The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level.

b. Adjustment for multiple comparisons: Bonferroni.