Table 3.
Pyrolytic indices of mineralization (N/O) and humification (B/E3). For each site, different letters indicate statistically different values among the treatments (P < 0.05).
| Whole soil | AHC extract | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/O | B/E3 | N/O | B/E3 | ||
| Abanilla-Spain | S-C | 1.49a | 0.547b | 1.21a | 0.581b |
| S-WOF | 1.23b | 0.827a | 1.16a | 0.732a | |
| Alberese-Italy | I-CA | 0.85b | 0.645b | 0.93b | 0.796b |
| I-BA | 0.96a | 0.738a | 1.13a | 0.977a | |
| Puch-Germany | P-CA | 1.39a | 0.930a | 1.28a | 0973a |
| P-IT | 1.04c | 0.768b | 1.13b | 0.910b | |
| P-C | 1.25b | 0.765b | 1.31a | 0.911b | |
N/O, furfural/pyrrole; B/E3, benzene/toluene; AHC, active humic carbon.
C, control; WOF, waste organic fraction addition; CA, conventional agriculture; BA, organic agriculture; IT, intensive tillage. Data reported as mean values of T1 (initial sampling time) and T2 (one year later), coefficient of variation of the two sampling times ranging from 2 to 10%.