Table 8. Effects of probiotics, probiotics + fulvic acid, and fulvic acid at 1 litter per ton of compost on dimethylamine production of compost before and after incubating1)

Item Before incubating After incubating SEM p-value
Probiotics Probiotics + fulvic acid Fulvic acid Probiotics Probiotics + fulvic acid Fulvic acid
1st 170 92 57 8 39 19 - -
2nd 135 98 46 10 34 17 - -
3rd 154 110 48 11 30 13 - -
4th 45 46 10 6 15 12 - -
5th 84 52 21 3 21 14 - -
6th 92 48 19 5 32 19 - -
7th 53 26 13 0 18 9 - -
8th 42 13 8 2 16 5 - -
Mean 97a 61b 28c 6c 26c 14c 7 < 0.001
The probiotics and fulvic acid products were diluted to 0.1% using water. A complex odor sensor was used to measure the dimethylamine production.
Within a column means without a common superscript differ (p < 0.05).