Tillage | Soil pH (H2O) | Total N (g·kg−1) | Avail P (mg·kg−1) | CEC (cmol·kg−1) | ||||
| 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 |
MC | 5.20c | 5.60a | 0.51c | 0.52c | 5.63c | 3.84c | 0.69 | 0.59c |
MDIC | 5.41a | 5.44a | 0.61b | 0.61b | 6.50a | 7.84a | 0.79 | 1.86a |
MDNT | 5.30b | 5.53a | 0.72a | 0.81a | 6.14b | 7.43a | 0.78 | 2.02a |
MDST | 5.32b | 5.50a | 0.50c | 0.55c | 5.72c | 5.37b | 0.72 | 1.06b |
SE± | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.002 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
N level (kg N ha−1) | ||||||||
60 | 5.30b | 5.43b | 0.57b | 0.61 | 5.40c | 5.17c | 0.63b | 1.10b |
80 | 5.32b | 5.66a | 0.65a | 0.62 | 5.99b | 6.59b | 0.73a | 1.50ab |
100 | 5.39a | 5.58ab | 0.62a | 0.63 | 7.08a | 7.79a | 0.86a | 1.72a |
120 | 5.23c | 5.47b | 0.51c | 0.63 | 5.53c | 4.94c | 0.75ab | 1.20b |
SE± | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.002 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
P level (kg P ha−1) | ||||||||
6.6 | 5.28a | 5.52a | 0.56c | 0.66a | 5.71b | 5.85b | 0.70b | 1.42 |
13.2 | 5.31a | 5.53a | 0.59b | 0.61ab | 5.58a | 6.67a | 0.84a | 1.33 |
26.4 | 5.33a | 5.56a | 0.60a | 0.59b | 5.70b | 5.84b | 0.69b | 1.39 |
SE± | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.002 | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.04 | 0.13 |
Interaction | ||||||||
T × N | ** | NS | ** | ** | ** | ** | * | * |
T × P | ** | NS | * | ** | NS | ** | ** | NS |
N × P | ** | NS | ** | ** | NS | ** | ** | NS |
T × N × P | ** | NS | ** | ** | NS | ** | ** | NS |