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. 2015 Oct 11;226(11):372. doi: 10.1007/s11270-015-2642-9

Table 5.

Index of the effect of biostimulation with compost (IFb) on the activity of soil dehydrogenases

Dose Pp Incubation time, days
g kg−1 DM of soil 15 30 60 90 180
Biodiesel (Bd)
 0 1.549c 0.936d 0.600e 2.666cd 1.500d
 2 1.124d 0.870d 0.779d 1.909d 3.279b
 4 1.308d 1.339c 1.065c 2.857c 1.954c
 8 2.610b 2.043b 1.479b 4.762b 1.916c
 16 6.026a 3.545a 3.177a 6.058a 2.058a
Diesel (D)
 0 1.549c 0.936c 0.600c 2.666d 1.500c
 2 1.395d 0.788d 0.390d 3.081c 1.329d
 4 1.301d 1.015c 0.460d 1.925e 1.011e
 8 2.041b 2.093b 0.808b 3.837b 2.235a
 16 2.945a 3.229a 1.928a 5.035a 2.067b
Fuel oil (Fo)
 0 1.549c 0.936c 0.600c 2.666d 1.500a
 2 1.530c 0.946c 0.346d 3.312e 1.140b
 4 1.313d 1.014c 0.639c 2.795c 1.043c
 8 2.385b 2.081b 0.932b 3.458b 0.861d
 16 3.159a 3.161a 1.188a 3.824a 0.787e
Unleaded petrol (P)
 0 1.549d 0.936d 0.600d 2.666e 1.500d
 2 2.031c 1.535a 0.639d 3.620d 1.615c
 4 2.623a 1.528a 0.687c 4.208c 1.890b
 8 2.193b 1.468b 0.862a 5.269b 2.048a
 16 2.129bc 1.257c 0.759b 16.058a 2.055a

The same letter means a homogeneous group in the columns for a petroleum product (Pp)