Table 3 Effect of crop residue management practices on soil physical properties in the rice–wheat system (pooled data of 2 years).
Treatments | Soil bulk density (g cm–3) | Steady-state infiltration rate (cm hr–1) | Aggregate size distribution | ||
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CRM practices | 0–15 cm | 8.00‒4.75 (mm) | 4.00‒2.00 (mm) | 0.106‒0.25 (mm) | |
T1 | 1.40a | 1.8b | 10.1b | 9.3c | 19.8 |
T2 | 1.42a | 1.4c | 9.5b | 8.9dc | 21.2 |
T3 | 1.35c | 1.5c | 11.9ab | 9.5c | 18.2 |
T4 | 1.36c | 2.1a | 14.1a | 11.9a | 16.4 |
T5 | 1.34c | 2.2a | 15.5a | 12.3a | 15.8 |
T6 | 1.39ab | 1.8b | 10.2b | 10.1b | 19.5 |
LSD (p ≤ 0.05) | 0.02 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 0.05 | NS |