Spring 1996 (v8n2)

Organic and conventional
management effects on biologically active soil organic matter pools.

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Figure 1. Average soil nitrogen supply and respiration rates in three different farming systems in 1990: I. Available inorganic nitrogen. II. Mineralized nitrogen. III. Whole-soil respiration rates. Different letters indicate treatments were significantly different based on Fisher's protected LSD (P<0.05). Mean separation based on pooled ANOVA is not indicated in I and II because soil nitrogen supply (available and mineralized nitrogen) parameters had significant date x treatment interactions; however, the appropriately calculated LSDs would distinguish between the animal-based and conventional treatment.


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Figure 2. Average soil light fraction (LF) measurements in three different farming systems in 1990: I. Carbon. II. Nitrogen. Different letters indicate significantly different seasonal averages based on Fisher's protected LSD (P<0.05).

 

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