Table 6. Effects of nitrogen treatments on root activity at different stages (TTC reduction μg g-1 h-1).
Nitrogen treatments | V4 | R2 | R4 | ||||||
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2013 | 2014 | Mean | 2013 | 2014 | Mean | 2013 | 2014 | Mean | |
N0 | 78.3c | 72.5d | 75.4d | 129.8c | 123.3c | 126.6d | 105.4 | 99.2c | 102.3b |
N25 | 80.3c | 79.6c | 80.0c | 131.7bc | 127.8c | 129.8c | 110.0 | 102.3bc | 106.2b |
N50 | 96.6a | 94.1a | 95.4a | 148.4a | 143.1a | 145.8a | 125.5 | 113.2a | 119.4a |
N75 | 83.8b | 84.2b | 84.0b | 134.5b | 133.2b | 133.9b | 111.4 | 108.4ab | 109.9b |
ANOVA Effect | |||||||||
Nitrogen (N) | ** | *** | *** | ** | *** | ** | ns | * | ** |
Year (Y) | ** | ** | * | ||||||
N×Y | * | ns | ns |
Means with same letter are not significantly different (P<0.05) using LSD Test.
***, **, *, and ns denote significance at 0.001, 0.01, 0.05 and not significant (P>0.05), respectively.