Table 11 DTPA extractable zinc and iron (ppm) in soil as influenced by different ecological intensification treatments.

T₁ = Farmers’ practice (FP)

0.22^b

0.21^c

0.22^e

0.22^c

4.23^b

4.22^b

4.35^c

4.27^b

T₂ = Ecological intensification (EI)

0.43^a

0.42^a

0.41^a

0.42^a

4.95^a

5.31^a

5.42^a

5.23^a

T₃ = EI-RTM

0.34^ab

0.34^ab

0.36^a-e

0.35^ab

4.35^ab

4.51^b

4.72^bc

4.53^ab

T₄ = EI-INM

0.23^b

0.24^bc

0.24^b-e

0.24^bc

4.11^b

4.32^b

4.22^c

4.22^b

T₅ = EI-RPM

0.38^ab

0.39^ab

0.38^a-d

0.38^ab

4.62^ab

4.69^ab

5.32^a

4.88^ab

T₆ = EI-RIM

0.37^ab

0.41^ab

0.39^ab

0.39^ab

4.68^ab

4.78^ab

5.19^ab

4.88^ab

T₇ = EI-IWM

0.38^ab

0.41^ab

0.39^a-c

0.39^ab

4.58^ab

4.74^ab

4.98^ab

4.77^ab

T₈ = EI-IPM

0.39^ab

0.38^ab

0.38^a-d

0.38^ab

4.56^ab

4.83^ab

5.21^ab

4.87^ab

LSD (p = 0.05)

0.094

0.11

0.13

0.11

0.61

0.58

0.51

0.69