Table 2 Test weight and dry weight of weeds as influenced by ecological intensification in maize-chickpea system.

From: Sustainable intensification of climate-resilient maize–chickpea system in semi-arid tropics through assessing factor productivity

Treatments

100-seed weight (g)

Total dry matter at harvest (g/plant)

2017

2018

2019

Mean

2017

2018

2019

Mean

T1 = Farmers’ practice (FP)

30.3bc

31.2

29.3bc

30.3

271.5ab

269.5b-d

252.5ab

264.5ab

T2 = Ecological intensification (EI)

31.8a

35.2

35.7a

34.2

289.5a

297.3a

268.5a

285.1a

T3 = EI-RTM

30.5ab

30.8

30.9bc

30.7

256.2bc

277.2a-c

261.2ab

264.9ab

T4 = EI-INM

27.6d

33.3

30.9bc

30.6

212.5d

273.5bc

254.3ab

246.8b

T5 = EI-RPM

30.5ab

32.6

31.8bc

31.6

258.5bc

288.5ab

263.4ab

270.1ab

T6 = EI-RIM

28.2c

32.6

32.0bc

30.9

242.5c

259.2cd

259.8ab

253.8b

T7 = EI-IWM

29.4b

32.0

30.4bc

30.6

249.3d

248.5d

249.5ab

249.1b

T8 = EI-IPM

29.9

31.7

29.9

30.5

253.4cd

257.3cd

254.6ab

255.1b

LSD (p = 0.05)

1.4

NS

3.5

2.1

22.31

21.93

19.56

24.3

  1. The superscipt letters a, b, c, d indicate significant differences between treatments at p < 0.05.