Nitrogen Transformations in Broiler Litter-Amended Soils

Table 5

Comparison of calculated potentially mineralizable organic N pools (𝑁₀) in soils alone and soils amended with broiler litter 1 or 2.

Soil series	Soil alone^†	Soil + broiler litter 1^††	Soil + broiler litter 2^††
mg NO3^− kg^−1
Appling	85.3c	252b	283a
Cecil	120a	251a	331a
Colbert	76.7cd	360a	368a
Decatur	86.9cb	356a	405a
Dothan	66.9ed	131a	167a
Hartsells	47.9f	208a	294a
Linker	102b	195a	209a
Maytag	82.8cd	221a	217a
Sucarnoochee	123a	569a	286b
Troup	59.7ef	189a	185a

^†Means with the same letter in the soil alone column are not significantly different at 𝑃<0.05.
^††Means with the same letter in the same row of the broiler litter-amended soils are not significantly different at 𝑃<0.05.