Figure 5

Abundance of nosZI (A,B), nosZII (C,D) expressed as gene copy number per gram of dry soil, and the ((nosZI + nosZII)/(nirK + nirS)) ratio (E,F) at 40% WFPS (grey bars) and 80% WFPS (black bars), 16 (A,C,E) and 51 days (B,D,F) after treatment application. Significant differences (p < 0.05) between treatments within each WFPS condition are indicated with different letters. Asterisk (*) indicates significant WFPS effect for each fertilised treatment (p < 0.05). Values represent the mean ± SE (n = 4). C = unfertilised control; AS = ammonium sulphate; DMPP = ammonium sulphate + DMPP; and DMPSA = ammonium sulphate + DMPSA.