Table 2 Wald statistics for fixed effects and their interactions for pasture mineral concentrations for macro elements, micro elements, mineral ratios and indices over 12 years.
Strata/decomposition | Effecta | Ca | K | Mg | Na | P | S | Cl | Si | Cu | Fe | Mn | Zn | Al | K:Nad | K:(Na + Mg )e | Ca:Pf | Tetanyg | DCADh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Macro elementb | Micro elementc | ||||||||||||||||||
Experimental unit | |||||||||||||||||||
Lime | F | 54.1** | 1.9n.s | 2.2n.s | 5.7* | 0.4n.s | 2.4n.s | 2.9n.s | 43.5*** | 11.5*** | 0.2n.s | 70.4*** | 55.9*** | 0.4n.s | 1.1n.s | 0.5n.s | 28.1*** | 9.0** | 43.8*** |
Pasture | F | 5.7* | 7.6** | 12.0*** | 9.9** | 0.6n.s | 8.4** | 13.6*** | 27.5*** | 0.0n.s | 2.1n.s | 1.4n.s | 0.1n.s | 1.0n.s | 0.3n.s | 0.5n.s | 6.4* | 11.5*** | 0.1n.s |
Lime × Pasture | F | 0.3n.s | 0.4n.s | 0.1n.s | 0.1n.s | 0.1n.s | 0.2n.s | 3.6 (P = 0.06) | 0.7n.s | 5.8* | 0.2n.s | 0.5n.s | 1.0n.s | 1.8n.s | 0.1n.s | 0.3n.s | 0.2n.s | 1.2n.s | 3.1n.s |
Residual | R | ||||||||||||||||||
Experimental unit × Year | |||||||||||||||||||
Year | F | 0.9n.s | 56.8*** | 91.3*** | 60.4*** | 166.3*** | 3.4n.s | 287.8*** | 78.9*** | 114.2*** | 7.6*** | 92.9*** | 114.5*** | 37.0*** | 25.9*** | 7.7*** | 36.3*** | 22.1*** | 18.9*** |
Lime × Year | F | 1.8n.s | 4.0* | 17.7*** | 0.1n.s | 33.6*** | 0.1n.s | 4.4* | 0.8n.s | 0.0n.s | 5.8* | 16.7*** | 0.3n.s | 1.0n.s | 0.4n.s | 0.0n.s | 1.1n.s | 0.4n.s | 23.5*** |
Pasture × Year | F | 10.2** | 0.9n.s | 0.0n.s | 0.6n.s | 16.1*** | 0.8n.s | 0.8n.s | 0.3n.s | 5.1* | 0.6n.s | 2.3n.s | 2.8n.s | 0.2n.s | 0.1n.s | 0.7n.s | 21.5*** | 3.6n.s | 1.4n.s |
Lime × Pasture × Year | F | 0.9n.s | 0.1n.s | 1.6n.s | 2.0n.s | 4.6* | 0.5n.s | 0.4n.s | 0.0n.s | 0.2n.s | 0.0n.s | 0.7n.s | 0.1n.s | 1.2n.s | 2.1n.s | 1.8n.s | 2.3n.s | 0.5n.s | 1.0n.s |
Residual | R | ||||||||||||||||||
