Table 3 Microbial enzymes activities and microbial biomass of carbon and nitrogen evaluated in the soils samples at the 0–10 cm layer in an Oxisol under native vegetation of Cerrados (Native) or cropped with soybean/corn under no-tillage (NT) or conventional tillage (CT) systems
Treatment | *MB-N | *MB-C | β-Glucosidase | Arylsulfatase | Acid Phosphatase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mg/kg soil | mg/kg soil | mg p-nitrofenol/kg soil/h | |||
NT | 30.71 B | 215.86 B | 150.03 A | 70.73 A | 812.09 A |
CT | 23.85 B | 150.65 C | 92.51 B | 41.75 B | 621.13 B |
Native | 84.13 A | 539.08 A | 94.30 B | 71.50 A | 824.58 A |
p | 0.0017 | 0.0000 | 0.0124 | 0.0126 | 0.0061 |
CV% | 18.19 | 3.34 | 12.63 | 12.04 | 5.41 |