always showed higher MBC and MBN contents than the RP
treatment in all the sampling years. A similar magnitude of the
changes in both MBC and MBN was observed when MBC and MBN
pools (kg ha1
) were calculated based on equivalent soil mass to
take into account the impact of soil bulk density (data not shown).
The estimated MTT values ranged from 6 to 14 days, and were
significantly longer in RT (10-14 days) than CT (6-7 days) soils,
which corresponded to lower microbial biomass turnover rates
(MTR) under RT (0.072–0.096 day1
) than CT (0.142–0.147 day1
)
p