Table 7 Water use efficiency as affected by planting patterns and super absorbent polymers in 2019–2020.

From: Effects of strip cropping with reducing row spacing and super absorbent polymer on yield and water productivity of oat (Avena sativa L.) under drip irrigation in Inner Mongolia, China

Year

Treatment

WUE

Planting patterns

Super absorbent polymers

2019

PA

N

8.23 ± 0.20e

Y

9.93 ± 0.10b

PB

N

9.29 ± 0.02c

Y

11.90 ± 0.22a

PC

N

7.01 ± 0.21f.

Y

8.64 ± 0.32d

2020

PA

N

6.72 ± 0.38d

Y

7.61 ± 0.26b

PB

N

7.19 ± 0.05c

Y

9.10 ± 0.17a

PC

N

5.73 ± 0.14e

Y

6.84 ± 0.14 cd

  1. Different letters of different treatments in the same year showed significant differences (P < 0.05), and the following numbers showed the standard deviation of the data.