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Table 1 Effects of different biochar application rates on soil nitrogen availability

From: The effect of biochar on nitrogen availability and bacterial community in farmland

Treatment

TN(g kg−1)

NN(mg kg−1)

AN(mg kg−1)

MBN(mg kg−1)

NN/TN

AN/TN

MBN/TN

CK

2.32±0.03 b

132.38±2.45 a

8.64±0.52 c

51.35±1.02 c

57.64±0.01 a

3.73±0.85 b

22.15±0.26 ab

BC1

2.43±0.20 b

128.91±4.23 b

9.63±0.76 c

53.20±1.16 c

52.03±0.01 b

3.84±1.68 ab

23.90±1.25 a

BC2

2.50±0.09 b

119.80±4.87 bc

13.60±0.90 b

61.24±3.27 b

48.85±0.03 b

4.44±2.61 ab

23.97±0.82 a

BC3

3.07±0.08 a

116.95±4.79 c

13.73±1.43 b

62.80±1.00 ab

38.64±0.01 c

4.35±1.80 ab

20.44±0.79 b

BC4

3.04±0.01 a

115.81±2.56 c

17.41±1.05 a

64.84±1.30 a

38.16±0.01 c

4.75±1.04 a

21.79±0.45 b

  1. Values are presented as mean ± SD (n = 4), and data with different lowercase letters are significantly different at p < 0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range test
  2. Abbreviations: TN total inorganic N, NN nitrate nitrogen, AN ammonium nitrogen, MBN microbial biomass of nitrogen