Table 2.
Treatments | grass-clover ley |
winter wheat |
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yield | N2O-N |
CH4-C | yield | N2O-N |
CH4-C | |||
t ha−1 | kg ha−1 | EF% | kg ha−1 | t ha−1 | kg ha−1 | EF% | kg ha−1 | |
CT x SL | 11.7 (0.4) | 0.82 (0.09) | 0.71a/0.09b | −0.14 (0.02) | 4.49 (0.12) | 2.07 (0.23) | 1.64a/0.24b | −0.24 (0.04) |
CT x MC | 11.3 (0.7) | 0.82 (0.12) | 0.69/0.09 | −0.12 (0.08) | 4.32 (0.19) | 2.96 (0.56) | 1.91/0.77 | −0.25 (0.06) |
RT x SL | 11.2 (0.2) | 0.75 (0.20) | 0.65/0.16 | 0.01 (0.10) | 4.62 (0.07) | 2.27 (0.24) | 1.81/0.29 | −0.08 (0.05) |
RT x MC | 10.3 (0.3) | 0.89 (0.22) | 0.74/0.27 | −0.07 (0.03) | 4.23 (0.22) | 2.80 (0.24) | 1.80/0.57 | −0.39 (0.08) |
ANCOVA (F-Statistics and significance levels) | ||||||||
Clay content | 2.11 ns | 9.04 * | 15.07 ** | 47.63 *** | 2.14 ns | 5.68 * | ||
Tillage | 9.08 * | 0.02 ns | 4.78 (*) | 2.72 ns | 0.82ns | 0.37 ns | ||
Fertilisation | 7.12 * | 0.05 ns | 0.01 ns | 5.16 * | 3.91 (*) | 12.25 ** | ||
Tillage x Fertilisation | 0.23 ns | 0.14 ns | 0.82 ns | 0.55 ns | 0.23 ns | 5.31 * |
Treatments: CT – ploughing, RT – reduced tillage, SL – slurry, MC – manure compost. ns = not significant.
(*)p < 0.1. *p < 0.05. **p < 0.01. ***p < 0.001.