Table 2.
Soil water content, soil electric conductivity and soil temperature in response to seed dressings, earthworms and collembola
| Seed dressing | Soil water content (%) | Soil electrical conductivity (mS m−1) | Soil temperature (°C) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| −EW | +EW | −EW | +EW | −EW | +EW | |||||||
| −C | +C | −C | +C | −C | +C | −C | +C | −C | +C | −C | +C | |
| No seed dressing | 8.07 ± 1.68 | 7.73 ± 0.93 | 8.86 ± 2.36 | 11.11 ± 2.32 | 0.62 ± 0.04 | 0.61 ± 0.05 | 0.97 ± 0.66 | 1.02 ± 0.22 | 16.43 ± 0.81 | 16.62 ± 0.61 | 16.79 ± 0.44 | 16.46 ± 0.56 |
| Neonics | 8.46 ± 1.04 | 9.11 ± 1.06 | 11.37 ± 2.25 | 10.65 ± 0.49 | 0.74 ± 0.10 | 0.71 ± 0.06 | 0.88 ± 0.18 | 0.84 ± 0.10 | 16.43 ± 0.52 | 16.67 ± 0.30 | 16.72 ± 0.60 | 16.53 ± 0.44 |
| Fungicide | 8.33 ± 098 | 9.49 ± 0.59 | 10.01 ± 1.41 | 9.91 ± 1.49 | 0.74 ± 0.16 | 0.82 ± 0.34 | 0.82 ± 0.12 | 0.83 ± 0.12 | 16.44 ± 0.42 | 16.16 ± 0.60 | 16.76 ± 0.37 | 16.76 ± 0.40 |
| ANOVA results | Soil water content | Soil electrical conductivity | Soil temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factors | df | F | P | df | F | P | df | F | P |
| Seed dressing | 2 | 1.976 | 0.150 | 2 | 0.022 | 0.978 | 2 | 0.070 | 0.933 |
| Earthworms | 1 | 20.826 | <0.001 | 1 | 8.424 | 0.006 | 1 | 2.521 | 0.119 |
| Collembola | 1 | 1.518 | 0.224 | 1 | 0.026 | 0.872 | 1 | 0.193 | 0.662 |
| SD × EW | 2 | 0.904 | 0.412 | 2 | 2.490 | 0.094 | 2 | 0.846 | 0.436 |
| SD × Coll | 2 | 0.535 | 0.589 | 2 | 0.132 | 0.876 | 2 | 0.125 | 0.883 |
| EW × Coll | 1 | 0.000 | 0.983 | 1 | 0.001 | 0.980 | 1 | 0.681 | 0.413 |
ANOVA results for main factors and their interactions given below. Significant results in italics