Table 2 Means for seasonal drainage water, gross irrigation, rainfall and actual evapotranspiration, ETa, depths.

From: Nitrogen leaching and groundwater N contamination risk in saffron/wheat intercropping under different irrigation and soil fertilizers regimes

Treatment

Gross irrigation, mm

Drainage water, mm

Drainage water, %

Rainfall, mm

ETa, mm

Irrigation regime

 40% ETc

254.9d*

2.18d

0.87d

290

558

 60% ETc

382.5c

57.19c

15.21c

290

613

 80% ETc

510.1b

216.34b

42.69b

290

578

 100% ETc

637.4a

345.16a

54.26a

290

572

Source of nitrogen

 Manure

446.2a

146.80b

26.49b

290

590

 Urea

446.2a

163.64a

30.02a

290

570

Cropping system

 Mono-cropping

446.2a

162.92a

29.89a

290

575

 Intercropping

446.2a

147.52b

26.62b

290

586

Growing season

 1st

420c

145.86b

28.17b

280

559

 2nd

478.3a

145.89b

24.04c

232

566

 3rd

472.5b

163.21a

27.87b

281

594

 4th

414.2d

165.91a

32.94a

368

601

  1. *Means followed by similar letters in each column for each factor and each trait are not significantly different at 5% level of probability according to Tukey test.