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. 2024 Feb 2;19(2):e0289300. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289300

Table 2. Two-way ANOVA of the effects of straw incorporation (S) and biochar applied (C) on cumulative N2O emissions, cumulative NH3 volatilization, and soil moisture, NO3−N, NH4+−N, total N (TN), soil organic matter (SOM) content, and pH in the 0−10 cm, 10−20 cm, and 20−40 cm soil layers.

Parameters S C S*C
F Sig. F Sig. F Sig.
N emissions N2O 5.819 0.028* 5.669 0.008** 24.382 0.000***
NH3 375.988 0.000*** 44.616 0.000*** 21.786 0.000***
Soil conditions 0−10 cm Moister 1.741 0.206 22.019 0.000*** 3.488 0.040*
NO3−N 37.266 0.000*** 2.716 0.079 5.100 0.011*
NH4+−N 0.629 0.439 5.192 0.011* 0.774 0.525
pH 49.973 0.000*** 5.349 0.010* 6.081 0.006**
TN 37.371 0.000*** 0.703 0.564 0.685 0.574
SOM 5.732 0.029* 2.106 0.140 1.138 0.363
C/N 2.081 0.168 5.798 0.007** 1.883 0.173
10−20 cm Moister 4.124 0.059 10.617 0.000*** 1.072 0.389
NO3-−N 0.019 0.893 1.946 0.163 5.838 0.007**
NH4+−N 4.351 0.053 1.515 0.249 6.335 0.005**
pH 84.566 0.000*** 7.299 0.003** 46.246 0.000***
TN 8.100 0.012* 0.390 0.762 1.508 0.250
SOM 15.973 0.001** 1.605 0.227 7.874 0.002**
C/N 0.031 0.863 1.121 0.370 5.420 0.009**
20−40 cm Moister 9.000 0.008** 4.529 0.018* 5.843 0.094
NO3-−N 0.098 0.759 1.484 0.257 0.268 0.848
NH4+−N 5.995 0.026* 1.020 0.410 2.687 0.081
pH 13.157 0.002** 1.947 0.163 7.502 0.002**
TN 25.790 0.000*** 4.710 0.015* 10.801 0.000***
SOM 22.279 0.000*** 2.765 0.076 5.610 0.008**
C/N 0.366 0.554 0.978 0.428 1.366 0.289

*, ** and *** represent the 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001 significance levels, respectively.