Table 1 Growing season (May to August) precipitation (GSP, mm), nutrients applied, grain yield and biomass of wheat grown in silt loam and clay soil from 1982 to 2011

From: A modelling approach to evaluate the long-term effect of soil texture on spring wheat productivity under a rain-fed condition

Year

GSP (mm)

Nutrients applied (NO3-N kg ha−1)

Grain yield (kg ha−1)

Biomass (kg ha−1)

  

Silt loam

Clay

Silt loam

Clay

Silt loam

Clay

1982

243

62

43

2839 (245)

1577 (63)

8443 (837)

3791 (216)

1983

186

55

55

2111 (56)

-

5355 (208)

-

1984

94

50

55

651 (154)

1166 (181)

1933 (353)

3062 (450)

1985

73

35

25

764 (146)

1156 (197)

1999 (158)

2552 (378)

1986

205

20

20

2873 (237)

-

6751 (551)

-

1987

129

45

45

1399 (161)

783 (124)

2796 (366)

1450 (251)

1988

143

38

5

532 (83)

-

1288 (176)

-

1989

210

19

23

2258 (157)

1663 (181)

6216 (201)

4881 (449)

1990

179

45

32

2485 (62)

2159 (150)

6153 (138)

5240 (486)

1991

302

55

55

2770 (275)

3052 (45)

7827 (627)

8669 (561)

1992

183

58

60

1866 (56)

2017 (28)

5240 (98)

4817 (54)

1993

175

60

55

2430 (97)

2783 (331)

5950 (208)

7167 (575)

1994

160

54

58

2384 (149)

2518 (340)

7553 (600)

6363 (859)

1995

189

61

64

2809 (313)

2499 (427)

8069 (706)

7459 (1264)

1996

168

53

60

2320 (175)

2276 (111)

6331 (695)

6263 (114)

1997

163

58

62

2775 (432)

2511 (148)

6689 (813)

6581 (394)

1998

166

64

63

1072 (171)

1337 (53)

4220 (427)

4041 (157)

1999

240

49

62

2416 (186)

3234 (256)

6395 (707)

7966 (817)

2000

245

65

66

2035 (54)

1962 (488)

6386 (310)

5415 (814)

2001

112

63

64

970 (255)

663 (101)

2072 (588)

1402 (216)

2002

237

32

25

2354 (388)

2100 (307)

5463 (806)

4643 (731)

2003

129

60

51

1675 (227)

2145 (152)

5048 (773)

4999 (394)

2004

211

46

46

3009 (83)

2690 (61)

7668 (147)

7305 (486)

2005

167

60

56

2273 (263)

2948 (205)

6566 (247)

8111 (422)

2006

269

58

60

1661 (196)

2037 (149)

4550 (377)

5620 (329)

2007

110

61

65

1264 (129)

2193 (138)

3482 (403)

5476 (596)

2008

253

40

55

2176 (260)

2970 (265)

4860 (736)

8428 (655)

2009

94

55

57

1374 (193)

2278 (215)

2782 (378)

4760 (454)

2010

286

49

54

2472 (282)

2932 (416)

6346 (780)

6997 (905)

2011

240

55

57

2880 (492)

2638 (156)

7478 (1241)

6387 (405)

Mean

185

51

49

2030

2159

5397

5352

  1. Note: Values in parentheses are the standard deviation. ‘-’ is missing value.