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. 2017 Feb 15;239:324–333. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2017.01.029

Table 2.

Yields, cumulative N2O-N and CH4-C emissions and N2O emission factors (EF) of two cropping seasons: grass-clover (18/09/2012–22/09/2013, 369 days) and winter wheat (22/09/2013–15/07/2014, 296 days). Means (SE, n = 8 for gas data, n = 4 for yield data) are given per treatment and ANCOVA results mark significant differences between tillage and fertiliser systems.

Treatments grass-clover ley
winter wheat
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.