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. 2014 Dec 31;2014:416074. doi: 10.1155/2014/416074

Table 1.

Chemical and physical properties at T1 and T2 sampling times. For each site, different letters indicate statistically different values among the treatments (P < 0.05).

TOC THC AHC TN WSC Porosity
g kg−1 g kg−1 g kg−1 g kg−1 g kg−1 mm3 g−1
T1
Abanilla-Spain S-C 5.1b 0.81b 0.58b 0.72b 82a 192b
S-WOF 27.6a 2.82a 1.96a 3.28a 225b 203a
Alberese-Italy I-CA 12.6b 1.35b 0.89b 1.14b 63b 131b
I-BA 18.7a 1.93a 1.35a 1.38a 70a 147a
Puch-Germany P-CA 20.0a 3.09a 1.59a 1.79a 128a 204a
P-IT 10.3b 2.05c 1.13c 0.80c 98b 161b
P-C 11.5b 2.45b 1.34b 0.98b 96b 160b

T2
Abanilla-Spain S-C 5.9b 0.91b 0.52b 0.75b 76b 198b
S-WOF 24.0a 2.63a 1.49a 2.52a 154a 217a
Alberese-Italy I-CA 13.1b 1.38a 0.69b 0.81b 46b 142b
I-BA 18.2a 1.41a 0.95a 1.64a 53a 154a
Puch-Germany P-CA 17.3a 2.56a 1.58a 1.53a 75a 210a
P-IT 8.0c 2.19c 1.08c 0.57c 65b 174b
P-C 11.4b 2.40b 1.51a 1.18b 58c 167b

TOC, total organic carbon; THC, total humic carbon; AHC, active humic carbon; TN, total nitrogen; WSC, water soluble carbon.

C, control; WOF, waste organic fraction added; CA, conventional agriculture; BA, organic agriculture; IT, intensive tillage. T1, initial sampling time; T2, one year later.