Table 5. Grain yields and harvest indexes under different wheat straw incorporation treatments from 2008 to 2011.
Treatments | Grain yield (kg hm-2) | Harvest Index | ||||||
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2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
H | 4524a 1 | 4868a | 4743a | 4118a | 0.40a | 0.39a | 0.40a | 0.39a |
M | 4475a | 47076a | 4591a | 3726b | 0.41a | 0.39a | 0.39a | 0.38a |
L | 4051b | 4099b | 3986b | 3295c | 0.40a | 0.38ab | 0.38ab | 0.37b |
CK | 3792c | 3846c | 3693c | 3071d | 0.40a | 0.37b | 0.38b | 0.37b |
Note: CK, no straw incorporation; L, incorporation of straw at a low rate of 3 000 kg hm-2 wheat straw; M, incorporation of straw at a medium rate of 6 000 kg hm-2 wheat straw; H, incorporation of straw at a high rate of 9 000 kg hm-2 wheat straw.
1 Values within a column for the same year followed by different letters are significantly different (P<0.05)