Treatments

Microbial Biomass Carbon (mg·kg⁻¹)

Depths (cm)

0 - 5

Post-grazed

Corn-phase

Cover Crops (CC)

Grass blend

5.40^a

8.11^a

Legume blend

3.57^a

6.40^a

Equal blend

4.25^a

7.04^a

Control

5.13^a

6.22^a

Grazing (G)

Ungrazed

4.38^a

6.73^a

Grazed

4.75^a

7.48^a

Analysis of Variance (P > F)

CC

0.35

0.42

G

0.73

0.42

CC × G

0.65

0.58