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. 2021 Dec 28;8(1):e08690. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08690

Table 2.

Organic carbon in water-stable aggregates.

Treatment % Organic C in WSA
LMA; >2 mm SMA; >250 μm–2 mm MiA; 53–250 μm SCA; < 53 μm
Control 3.40cd 1.26ab 0.17abc 0.13abc
Lime 3.65d 0.96a 0.09a 0.079ab
AS70 1.52a 2.67c 0.86e 0.37d
AS211 2.58abcd 2.02abc 0.47cd 0.24cd
AN70 1.91abc 2.02abc 0.39bcd 0.15abc
AN211 1.67ab 2.49c 0.65de 0.25cd
AS70L 3.41cd 1.35ab 0.22abc 0.064a
AS211L 2.08abcd 2.31bc 0.53d 0.22bc
AN70L 3.34bcd 1.58abc 0.15ab 0.15abc
AN211L 3.07abcd 1.48abc 0.12ab 0.067ab
p value <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001

Values followed by a different lowercase letter in the same column are significantly different (p < 0.05) according to Tukey's LSD procedure. C = control (0 kg/ha), L = lime (2250 kg ha−1), AS70 = ammonium sulphate at 70 kg ha−1; AS211 = ammonium sulphate at 211 kg ha−1; AN70 = ammonium nitrate at 70 kg ha−1; AN211 = ammonium nitrate at 211 kg ha−1; AS70L = ammonium sulphate at 70 kg ha−1 + lime; AS211L = ammonium sulphate at 211 kg ha−1 + lime; AN70L = ammonium nitrate at 70 kg ha−1 + lime and AN211L = ammonium nitrate at 211 kg ha−1 + lime.