Table 5 Effect of crop residue management practices and phosphorus levels on yield attributes and yield of wheat 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

Effective tillers (No. m–2)

Spike length (cm)

Grains spike–1 (No.)

1000-grain weight (g)

Straw yield (t ha–1)

Biological yield (t ha–1)

CRM practices

 T1

286.4c*

10.2b

43.6c

39.6

7.02c

12.23c

 T2

290.3c

10.4b

43.7c

39.4

7.18c

12.49c

 T3

309.9b

11.2a

49.2ab

40.0

7.67b

13.51b

 T4

307.3b

11.2a

48.5b

40.3

7.56b

13.45b

 T5

333.0a

11.6a

50.9a

40.6

7.93a

141.2a

 T6

295.3c

10.4b

45.2c

39.4

7.27c

12.7.9c

 LSD (p ≤ 0.05)

11.3

0.5

2.6

NS

0.38

0.58

Phosphorus levels

 P0

287.4c

10.5b

44.8c

39.7

7.11c

12.38c

 P1

306.3b

10.9a

47.2b

39.9

7.45b

13.18b

 P2

317.5a

11.1a

48.6a

40.0

7.75a

13.72a

 LSD (p ≤ 0.05)

6.3

0.2

1.1

NS

0.24

0.26

 CRM x P

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

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. Means followed by the same letter or without letter in each column are not significantly different at P = 0.05.