Nitrogen uptake in lentil cultivar mixtures is not predictable from pure stands performance but is correlated with agronomic parameters and experimental conditions

Table 2 Significant results of orthogonal contrasts for all lentil mixtures in 2020 and 2021 concerning N concentration (%), ¹⁵N excess, nodules and yield

Nodules are expressed as the result of three experimental years (2019, 2020, 2021) according to Lorenzetti et al. [29] analysis
The values represent the ratio between the mixture performances and that of its components (S.E.) For enrichment, nodules and yield when the ratio is < 1 the mixture perform worse than its components, if it is > 1 the mixture performs better than its components. For N%, when the ratio in positive the mixture performs better than its components, when negative the mixture perform worse than its components. + indicates statistical significance at p ≤ 0.1, * at p ≤ 0.05 level, ** at p ≤ 0.01, *** at p ≤ 0.001 (Estimated Marginal Means post hoc test). Ne = cv. Nera, Ro cv. = Robin, Sc = cv. Screziata, Tu = cv. Turca

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