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. 2019 Jun 4;7:e7027. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7027

Table 3. Nitrogen uptake from 15N-labeled urea in rice plants under different biochar treatments at the harvest stage.

Temperaturea Treatmentb Ndff (mg pot−1) Ndsf (mg pot−1) REN of15N-labeled urea in rice (%)
Mean Std. error SL Mean Std. error SL Mean Std. error SL
B400 N210 C0 316.03 13.47 a 2,054.31 53.95 a 15.80 0.67 a
C0.7 248.08 31.50 b 1,749.50 129.86 ab 12.40 1.57 bc
C2.1 142.13 42.86 de 1,528.75 249.03 bc 7.11 2.14 d
N168 C0 245.59 2.39 b 1,636.33 98.99 bc 15.25 0.15 ab
C0.7 202.32 4.08 bc 1,560.99 25.51 bc 12.57 0.25 bc
C2.1 113.63 18.83 e 1,350.94 158.09 c 7.06 1.17 d
B700 N210 C0 306.00 25.56 a 2,046.47 81.88 a 15.30 1.28 ab
C0.7 230.51 54.28 b 1,765.17 109.24 ab 11.53 2.71 c
C2.1 171.26 57.10 cd 1,606.81 337.90 bc 8.56 2.86 d
N168 C0 245.51 21.15 b 1,820.15 135.12 ab 15.25 1.31 ab
C0.7 211.12 24.25 bc 1,584.70 143.52 bc 13.11 1.51 abc
C2.1 109.21 21.22 e 1,378.55 216.23 c 6.78 1.32 d

Notes.

a

B400 and B700; C0, C0.7, and C2.1; and N0, N210, and N168 are defined in Table 2 footnote.

Ndff
N content in the plant or soil derived from the 15N-labeled urea
Ndfs
N content in the plant derived from the soil
REN
recovery of 15N-labeled urea in the plant tissue
SL
Significant level (different lowercase letters in a column indicate significant difference at p < 0.05)