Table 1 Temporal changes in crop height and tiller number.

From: Pipe experiment elucidates biochar application depth affects nitrogen leaching under crop present condition

Date

Control

A

B

C

27 January 2022

14.8 ± 0.09

16.5 ± 0.20 ns

16.3 ± 0.33 ns

14.9 ± 0.43 ns

7 February 2022

31.5 ± 0.02

33.7 ± 0.59 ns

33.4 ± 0.52 ns

31.9 ± 0.58 ns

21 February 2022

47.8 ± 0.11

48.2 ± 0.66 ns

49.1 ± 0.69 ns

48.6 ± 0.44 ns

14 March 2022

79.0 ± 1.56

82.8 ± 0.65 ns

81.9 ± 0.86 ns

80.9 ± 0.89 ns

28 March 2022

86.7 ± 0.54

90.6 ± 1.07 ns

85.4 ± 1.04 ns

85.0 ± 0.58 ns

13 April 2022

107.3 ± 0.66

109.1 ± 1.05 ns

107.2 ± 0.84 ns

105.3 ± 0.11 ns

Tiller number

7 ± 0.4

8 ± 0.4 ns

7 ± 0.6 ns

7 ± 0.2 ns

  1. Unit of crop height: cm. Control: no biochar; A: surface application; B: plow layer application; C: subsurface application. The average values of three replicates are displayed. ns indicates non-significant difference compared with the control. ± represents standard error.