Table 4 Seasonal and mean annual microbial biomass carbon (MBC) across soil depths (0-30 cm) in study site (Means ±SE followed by common letter are not statistically different by Tukey’s HSD test at 5% level of significance)

539.30 ± 12.32 ^a

758.29 ± 17.22 ^b

442.23 ± 13.34 ^c

579.94 ± 14.29 ^d

546.10 ± 17.23 ^a

764.30 ± 21.42 ^b

436.20 ± 12.34 ^c

582.20 ± 16.99 ^ad

318.96 ± 09.21 ^a

403.22 ± 08.78 ^b

234.70 ± 06.34 ^c

318.96 ± 08.11 ^ad

324.98 ± 07.87 ^a

421.27 ± 06.67 ^b

270.81 ± 05.32 ^c

339.02 ± 06.62 ^ad

429.13 ± 10.76 ^a

580.75 ± 13.00 ^b

338.46 ± 09.84 ^c

449.44 ± 11.20 ^ad

435.54 ± 12.55 ^a

592.78 ± 14.04 ^b

353.50 ± 08.83 ^c

460.61 ± 11.80 ^ad

461.08 ± 11.65 ^a

604.75 ± 13.45 ^b

417.90 ± 09.89^ac

494.57 ± 11.66 ^d

471.20 ± 10.43 ^a

592.41 ± 08.21 ^b

427.70 ± 07.87 ^c

497.10 ± 08.83 ^d

252.76 ± 08.11 ^a

394.94 ± 08.32 ^b

222.67 ± 05.99 ^c

290.12 ± 07.47 ^d

257.59 ± 07.54 ^a

388.71 ± 08.32 ^b

222.70 ± 07.66 ^c

289.66 ± 07.89 ^d

356.92 ± 09.88 ^a

499.84 ± 10.88 ^b

320.28 ± 07.94 ^c

392.34 ± 09.56 ^d

364.39 ± 08.98 ^a

490.56 ± 08.26 ^b

325.20 ± 07.76 ^c

393.38 ± 08.36 ^d

399.80 ± 13.32 ^a

458.23 ± 17.33 ^b

356.91 ± 8.76 ^c

404.98 ± 13.13 ^ad

400.10 ± 12.32 ^a

435.55 ± 15.34 ^b

344.87 ± 6.78 ^c

393.51 ± 11.48 ^ad

252.76 ± 10.23 ^a

258.78 ± 11.56 ^a

192.58 ± 8.78 ^c

234.71 ± 10.19 ^ad

228.64 ± 9.79 ^a

294.88 ± 12.83 ^b

186.54 ± 7.88 ^c

236.69 ± 10.16 ^ad

326.56 ± 11.77 ^a

358.50 ± 14.44 ^b

274.74 ± 8.77 ^c

319.84 ± 11.66 ^ad

314.37 ± 11.05 ^a

365.21 ± 14.08 ^b

265.70 ± 07.33 ^c

315.10 ± 21.64 ^ad