Table 3. Soil water content (mm) in each of the soil layers and the entire profile at different sampling dates for the fallow (Fa), first kill (FK) and second kill (SK) treatments.
| 0–20 | 20–40 | 40–60 | 60–80 | 80–100 | 100–120 | 0–120 | |||||||||
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| 2011–2012 | |||||||||||||||
| 07/10/2011 | Fa | 23.9 | a | 40.3 | a | 38.1 | a | 40.8 | a | 37.4 | a | 40.4 | a | 221 | a |
| CC sowing | FK | 18.7 | a | 30.8 | b | 39.4 | a | 41.7 | a | 44.2 | a | 43.4 | a | 218 | a |
| SK | 18.5 | a | 35.1 | ab | 42.6 | a | 41.0 | a | 37.0 | a | 41.0 | a | 215 | a | |
| 13/03/2012 | Fa | 25.2 | a | 42.7 | a | 40.5 | a | 37.5 | a | 34.1 | a | 34.9 | a | 215 | a |
| First kill date | FK | 12.4 | b | 28.7 | b | 33.3 | a | 35.5 | a | 35.5 | a | 36.5 | a | 182 | b |
| SK | 11.4 | b | 31.7 | b | 35.5 | a | 32.2 | a | 33.1 | a | 35.5 | a | 179 | b | |
| 09/04/2012 | Fa | 33.9 | a | 42.2 | a | 40.1 | a | 38.3 | a | 35.4 | ab | 36.3 | a | 226 | a |
| Second kill date | FK | 18.3 | b | 28.1 | b | 33.2 | a | 36.0 | a | 36.3 | a | 37.5 | a | 189 | b |
| SK | 12.6 | c | 28.6 | b | 33.8 | a | 29.8 | a | 30.8 | b | 36.4 | a | 172 | c | |
| 30/04/2012 | Fa | 9.4 | c | 27.6 | c | 32.6 | a | 36.2 | a | 34.1 | ab | 36.4 | a | 251 | a |
| HPD | FK | 10.6 | b | 27.4 | b | 36.9 | a | 42.7 | a | 41.5 | a | 44.0 | a | 266 | a |
| SK | 12.8 | a | 32.0 | a | 38.7 | a | 37.3 | a | 37.4 | b | 43.6 | a | 269 | a | |
| 12/09/2012 | Fa | 9.4 | a | 27.6 | a | 32.6 | a | 36.2 | a | 34.1 | b | 36.4 | a | 176 | a |
| Mulch period end | FK | 10.6 | a | 27.4 | a | 36.9 | a | 42.7 | a | 41.5 | a | 44.0 | a | 203 | a |
| SK | 12.8 | a | 32.0 | a | 38.7 | a | 37.3 | a | 37.4 | ab | 43.6 | a | 202 | a | |
| 2012–2013 | |||||||||||||||
| 08/10/2012 | Fa | 43.9 | b | 55.3 | a | 31.3 | a | 33.6 | a | 32.0 | b | 34.4 | a | 231 | a |
| CC sowing | FK | 48.5 | ab | 55.7 | a | 36.3 | a | 39.7 | a | 38.5 | a | 40.5 | a | 259 | a |
| SK | 52.7 | a | 55.2 | a | 39.0 | a | 34.7 | a | 35.3 | ab | 41.0 | a | 258 | a | |
| 15/03/2013 | Fa | 50.3 | a | 56.0 | a | 58.8 | a | 56.4 | a | 44.7 | a | 39.1 | a | 305 | a |
| First kill date | FK | 43.4 | b | 47.3 | b | 41.1 | b | 43.8 | b | 40.8 | a | 38.3 | a | 255 | b |
| SK | 41.2 | b | 42.2 | c | 39.3 | b | 39.3 | b | 37.4 | a | 39.2 | a | 239 | b | |
| 11/04/2013 | Fa | 49.4 | b | 56.1 | a | 57.7 | a | 60.0 | a | 55.9 | a | 47.7 | a | 327 | a |
| Second kill date | FK | 53.9 | a | 59.1 | a | 61.2 | a | 58.2 | a | 43.8 | b | 39.8 | b | 316 | a |
| SK | 39.1 | c | 50.4 | b | 41.0 | b | 40.1 | b | 37.8 | b | 39.3 | b | 248 | b | |
| 30/04/2013 | Fa | 44.2 | b | 52.6 | a | 54.6 | a | 57.6 | a | 55.6 | a | 51.8 | a | 311 | a |
| HPD | FK | 52.7 | a | 55.4 | a | 57.6 | a | 59.5 | a | 50.0 | a | 42.4 | b | 307 | a |
| SK | 40.3 | c | 41.7 | b | 42.2 | b | 40.8 | b | 38.8 | b | 40.5 | b | 244 | b | |
| 01/09/2013 | Fa | 7.8 | a | 37.7 | a | 47.0 | a | 56.2 | a | 56.5 | a | 54.9 | a | 315 | a |
| Mulch period end | FK | 8.5 | a | 32.5 | ab | 45.3 | a | 50.9 | a | 50.1 | ab | 49.2 | a | 318 | a |
| SK | 8.8 | a | 27.5 | b | 41.4 | a | 44.0 | a | 43.3 | b | 47.2 | a | 244 | b | |
Within a date and depth, means with the same letter are not significantly different at P<0.05.