| Source of variance | Summary of ANOVA | Mineral N | ||
| DF | Microbial N | Microbial C/Microbial N | ||
| Plant (P) | 2 | **b | NS | *** |
| Soil (S) | 3 | *** | *** | *** |
| Date (D) | 3 | * | * | *** |
| P × S | 6 | NS | NS | * |
| P × D | 6 | NS | * | ** |
| S × D | 9 | * | NS | * |
| P × S × D | 18 | * | NS | ** |