Treatments | Hot Water C Fraction (mg·kg−1) | |||||
Depths (cm) | ||||||
0 - 5 | 5 - 10 | |||||
| Pre-grazed | Post-grazed | Corn-phase | Pre-grazed | Post-grazed | Corn-phase |
Cover Crops (CC) |
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Grass Blend | 20.17a | 13.22b | 19.65a | 14.23a | 14.02a | 15.19a |
Legume Blend | 19.06a | 17.81a | 19.68a | 13.51a | 13.07a | 15.04a |
Equal Blend | 18.32a | 18.68a | 18.51a | 14.56a | 13.03a | 13.81a |
Control | 18.03a | 18.12a | 18.12a | 12.66a | 11.69a | 12.67a |
Grazing (G) |
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Ungrazed | - | 17.39a | 19.60a | - | 13.23a | 14.52a |
Grazed | - | 16.78a | 18.37a | - | 12.64a | 13.83a |
| Analysis of Variance (P > F) | |||||
CC | 0.76 | 0.02 | 0.69 | 0.31 | 0.36 | 0.5 |
G | - | 0.77 | 0.29 | - | 0.54 | 0.6 |
CC × G | - | 0.41 | 0.9 | - | 0.42 | 0.83 |
| Cold Water C Fraction (mg·kg−1) | |||||
Cover Crops (CC) |
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Grass Blend | 8.31a | 6.80ab | 5.31a | 5.76a | 5.34a | 4.17a |
Legume Blend | 7.92a | 8.24a | 5.55a | 5.77a | 5.69a | 4.20a |
Equal Blend | 7.37a | 7.07ab | 4.66a | 5.98a | 5.44a | 3.82a |
Control | 8.51a | 6.80b | 5.40a | 5.97a | 4.98a | 3.70a |
Grazing (G) |
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Ungrazed | - | 6.89a | 5.03a | - | 5.96b | 4.05a |
Grazed | - | 7.57a | 5.43a | - | 4.77a | 3.90a |
| Analysis of Variance (P > F) | |||||
CC | 0.41 | 0.19 | 0.31 | 0.96 | 0.73 | 0.58 |
G | - | 0.19 | 0.26 | - | 0.02 | 0.64 |
CC × G | - | 0.4 | 0.09 | - | 0.85 | 0.61 |