Table 1. Cumulative indices for total extractable ammonium (c-tsNH4+), nitrite (c-NO2−), nitrate (c-NO3−), the sum of nitrite and nitrate (c- [NO2− + NO3 −]), actual N2O production rate (c-aN2O), acidity (c-H+) and solution-phase ammonium (c-slNH4+) and ammonia (c-slNH3) as affected by soil type and rate of bovine urine (BU) in Series 1 experiments.
Soil | BU added (mg N kg−1) |
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600 | 800 | 1000 | 1200 | |
c-tNH4+ (g N d kg−1) | ||||
L | 5.48 D‡ | 8.78 C | 12.42 B | 18.05 A |
W | 6.28 D | 7.21 C | 12.12 B | 15.61 A |
P > |t| | <0.001§ | <0.001 | 0.216 | <0.001 |
c-NO2− (mg N d kg−1) | ||||
L | 23.95 D | 59.55 C | 209.37 B | 761.04 A |
W | 15.43 B | 18.72 B | 72.64 A | 94.38 A |
P > |t| | 0.005 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
c-NO3− (g N d kg−1) | ||||
L | 5.35 A | 5.53 A | 5.43 A | 3.64 B |
W | 5.56 B | 6.03 AB | 6.22 AB | 6.25 A |
P > |t| | 0.502 | 0.128 | 0.023 | <0.001 |
c-(NO2− + NO3−) (g N d kg−1) | ||||
L | 5.38 A | 5.59 A | 5.64 A | 4.40 B |
W | 5.57 B | 6.05AB | 6.29 A | 6.35 A |
P > |t| | 0.448 | 0.102 | 0.029 | <0.001 |
c-H+ (mol H+ d kg−1) | ||||
L | 0.315 A | 0.295 A | 0.256 B | 0.129 C |
W | 0.267 A | 0.274 A | 0.243AB | 0.221 B |
P > |t| | 0.010 | 0.217 | 0.433 | <0.001 |
c-aN2O (mg N2O-N kg−1) | ||||
L | 0.90 D | 1.72 C | 2.90 B | 8.08 A |
W | 0.44 B | 0.52 B | 1.10 A | 1.29 A |
P > |t| | 0.005 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
c-slNH4+ (g N d kg−1) | ||||
L | 0.94 D | 2.02 C | 4.45 B | 10.29 A |
W | 0.35 C | 0.41 C | 0.74 B | 1.01 A |
P > |t| | 0.020 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
c-slNH3 (mg N d kg−1) | ||||
L | 0.72 D | 1.99 C | 8.79 B | 50.26 A |
W | 0.055 C | 0.11 C | 0.76 B | 3.70 A |
P > |t| | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
‡Within a row, means followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05.
§Significance of t test comparing the means from the two soils for a given rate of BU addition.