Table 3 Effect of crop residue management practices on soil physical properties in the rice–wheat system (pooled data of 2 years).

From: Interactive effects of long-term management of crop residue and phosphorus fertilization on wheat productivity and soil health in the rice–wheat

Treatments

Soil bulk density (g cm–3)

Steady-state infiltration rate (cm hr–1)

Aggregate size distribution

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

  1. T1: Transplanted rice (After removing wheat straw) (summer season) and zero tillage sowing of wheat (After removing paddy straw) (winter season); T2: Transplanted rice (After removing wheat straw) (summer season) and conventional tillage sowing of wheat (After removing paddy straw); T3: Transplanted rice (After removing wheat straw) (summer season) and conventional tillage sowing of wheat (With paddy straw); T4: Transplanted rice (After removing wheat straw) (summer season) and zero tillage sowing of wheat (With paddy straw) (winter season); T5: Transplanted rice (With wheat straw) (summer season) and zero tillage sowing of wheat (With paddy straw) (winter season); T6: Transplanted rice after burning wheat straw (summer season) and zero tillage wheat after partial burning of paddy straw (winter season). P0: 0 kg P2O5 ha–1; P1: 30 kg P2O5 ha–1; P2: 60 kg P2O5 ha–1.
  2. Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments at Duncan´s test at 5% significance.