Table 2 Rate of soil labile carbon to total organic carbon content in different grazing intensity (%)
Property | Depth (cm) | Treatment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NG | LG | MG | HG | ||
POC/ TOC | 0-15 | 34.91 (3.04)aA | 35.52 (1.69)aA | 26.11 (0.59)bA | 23.79 (3.15)bA |
15-30 | 30.22 (1.55)aAB | 29.83 (0.90)aAB | 24.62 (1.26)bA | 22.80 (1.95)bA | |
30-45 | 21.65 (4.21)aB | 22.71 (4.74)aB | 22.48 (3.09)aA | 22.12 (0.59)aA | |
LFOC/ TOC | 0-15 | 11.75 (1.55)aA | 11.93 (1.80)aA | 6.45 (0.46bA | 4.24 (0.59)bA |
15-30 | 7.00 (0.08)aB | 8.93 (1.50)aA | 4.00 (0.81)bB | 3.28 (0.28)bA | |
30-45 | 3.19 (0.37)aC | 3.23 (0.41)aB | 2.45 (0.67)aB | 3.03 (0.64)aA | |
ROC/ TOC | 0-15 | 1.29 (0.09)aA | 1.31 (0.16)aA | 0.98 (0.11)bA | 0.80 (0.09)cA |
15-30 | 1.17 (0.07)aA | 1.17 (0.10)aA | 0.91 (0.04)bA | 0.73 (0.09)bA | |
30-45 | 0.61 (0.06)aB | 0.62 (0.01)aB | 0.60 (0.05)aB | 0.59 (0.06)aA | |