Table 5 Impact of 21 years of treatment application on the levels of different biological carbon components in the soil.

From: Long-term application of agronomic management strategies effects on soil organic carbon, energy budgeting, and carbon footprint under rice–wheat cropping system

Treatments

0–15 cm

15–30 cm

PMN (mg kg−1)

MBC (mg kg−1)

MBN (mg kg−1)

DOC (mg kg−1)

PMN (mg kg−1)

MBC (mg kg−1)

MBN (mg kg−1)

DOC (mg kg−1)

T1

3.3e

106.7f

5.1e

89.9f

2.9e

85.9e

4.5f

82.8ef

T2

8.3cd

319.2cd

11.9de

128.3de

6.9de

196.8cd

10.3de

106.9de

T3

10.3bc

418.6bc

19.9cd

144.1bc

7.8bc

296.9bc

13.1cd

121.2cd

T4

12.4a

517.7b

27.1a

193.6a

11.9a

409.3a

19.9a

151.1a

T5

14.6a

526.2a

35.8a

212.8a

13.9

424.9a

25.6a

161.9a

T6

7.6cd

279.5de

9.8de

122.5de

6.6de

187.5cd

9.5ef

104.6de

T7

9.9cd

389.9cd

16.7cd

136.4cd

7.4cd

256.8cd

12.8cd

119.6cd

T8

11.6ab

481.7a

22.7ab

166.4ab

9.9ab

354.8ab

14.9ab

138.6ab

T9

12.5a

493.9ab

25.4ab

187.9ab

10.4ab

367.3ab

18.5ab

146.3ab

T10

6.7cd

261.4de

9.1de

113.5de

5.9de

173.9cd

8.7ef

101.7de

T11

9.5cd

345.2cd

14.9cd

126.9cd

6.6cd

219.8cd

11.8cd

112.9cd

T12

10.8bc

470.7bc

21.1bc

155.7bc

8.2bc

319.9bc

13.9bc

126.4bc

T13

12.6a

515.8a

26.3a

197.6a

11.2a

401.8a

19.6a

148.6ab

T14

5.6e

196.8e

7.7e

103.7e

3.8e

106.6de

6.1f

92.3ef

  1. Values in a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different (P < 0.05).
  2. PMN potentially mineralizable Nitrogen, MBC Soil microbial biomass carbon, MBN Soil microbial biomass nitrogen, and DOC Dissolved organic carbon.