Table 6. Calculated total mass of harvested plant parts (from results in dry weight, please see Text S2, Table S4).
Date of harvest | Crops | Total plant mass (kg fw m−2) | ||||
GWS | BIOW | FYM | MSW | Control | ||
20 Oct 1999 | Maize | 9.92 | 9.73 | 10.64 | 9.86 | 9.88 |
25 July 2000 | Wheat | 6.64 | 6.42 | 7.02 | 6.69 | 6.52 |
20 Oct 2001 | Maize | 9.26 | 9.18 | 9.18 | 9.55 | 8.91 |
20 July 2002 | Wheat | 5.22 | 5.75 | 5.68 | 6.05 | 5.05 |
15 Oct 2003 | Maize | 8.32 | 9.22 | 9.10 | 8.50 | 9.11 |
25 July 2004 | Wheat | 7.80 | 7.78 | 7.87 | 7.68 | 7.21 |
15 Oct 2005 | Maize | 8.75 | 8.63 | 8.71 | 8.15 | 7.81 |
19 July 2006 | Wheat | 7.00 | 6.70 | 7.26 | 6.89 | 6.42 |
19 July 2007 | Barley | 7.33 | 5.79 | 6.80 | 6.18 | 5.04 |
GWS: Co-compost of greenwaste and sewage sludge, BIOW: Biowaste compost, FYM: Farmyard manure and MSW: Municipal solid waste compost.