Table 3 Total aboveground biomass and harvest index in rice as affected by earthworm castings in 2016, and by earthworm castings and cultivars in 2017.

From: Yield effect of applying earthworm castings produced during the oilseed rape-growing season in rice-oilseed rape cropping fields to rice

Earthworm casting treatment/cultivar†

Total aboveground biomass (g m−2)

Harvest index (%)

2016‡

  EC0

1669b

45.9a

  EC1

2097a

47.9a

2017

  EC0

1656b

53.4a

  EC1

1970a

53.7a

  Guihefeng

1478e

51.1e

  Huanghuazhan

1641d

53.6abc

  Liangyoupeijiu

1799c

51.3de

  Longliangyou 97

1897ab

55.6ab

  Shenliangyou 5814

1889abc

53.4bcd

  Xiangliangyou 396

1844bc

55.7a

  Y-liangyou 1

1879abc

53.9abc

  Y-liangyou 2

1972a

53.0cde

  Zhunliangyou 608

1920ab

54.5abc

  1. Within a column for earthworm casting treatments in each year and for cultivars in 2017, data with the same letters are not significantly different at the 0.05 probability level (LSD test).
  2. †EC0 and EC1 represent absence (0 kg m−2) and presence of earthworm castings (17 kg m−2), respectively.
  3. ‡Data are the means across three N rates in 2016.
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