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Table 7 Ammonium (\({\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + }\)) concentrations in soil after transplanting with different tillages (T), nitrogen fertilizations (N), and years (Y)

From: Nitrous oxide emissions and maize yield as influenced by nitrogen fertilization and tillage operations in upland soil

Year

Year 1

Year 2

Y mean1

 

Tillage operations

CT

NT

T mean

CT

NT

T mean

CT

NT

T × Y mean2

Nitrogen fertilizations

   

Ammonium (\({\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + }\)) (mg kg−1)

   

WOU

7.12a (0.15)

7.23a (0.16)

7.17A (0.10)

17.24b (0.23)

20.51a (0.11)

18.87A (0.71)

12.18b (1.92)

13.87a (2.51)

13.02B (1.54)

WU

8.27a (1.04)

7.58a (0.15)

7.92A (0.50)

18.00b (0.27)

21.19a (0.75)

19.60A (0.71)

13.13a (1.90)

14.39a (2.60)

13.76A (1.56)

N mean3

7.69a (0.53)

7.41a (0.12)

 

17.62b (0.22)

20.85a (0.37)

 

12.66b (1.31)

14.13a (1.56)

 

T × N mean4

7.55b (0.27)

  

19.23a (0.47)

     
  1. Standard error in brackets. Different lower- and upper-case letters denote significant differences at p < 0.05 in column and row comparisons, respectively
  2. 1Y mean: mean value across years
  3. 2T × Y: mean value across tillage operations and years
  4. 3N mean: mean value across N fertilizations
  5. 4T × N: mean value across tillage operations and N fertilizations