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