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. 2018 Jan 15;252:132–147. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2017.10.006

Table 9.

Estimated average GWP (total, due to diesel, electricity, fertilizer, pesticides, N2O, and methane emissions) of different scenarios during rabi (wheat) season, kharif (rice/maize) season, and at systems level based on 5-year average.1

Scenario Total GWP GWP by diesel GWP by electricity GWP by fertilizers GWP by pesticides N2O emissions CH4 emissions
kg CO2 equivalent ha−1
Wheat
1 1608a 111 448 801 17 231 0
2 1501b 32 447 782 17 223 0
3 1482b 37 482 740 17 211 0
4 1481b 37 475 736 17 210 0



Rice/maize
1 4713a 151 2908 862 62 409 320
2 3741b 143 2095 748 75 350 320
3 3209c 61 1683 854 71 401 140
4 2806d 20 276 882 51 1576 0



System (wheat + rice/maize + mungbean)
1 6321a 262 3355 1663 79 640 320
2 5402b 193 2693 1529 92 573 320
3 4861c 116 2316 1590 88 611 140
4 4455d 75 900 1622 68 1788 0
1

Within a column for each season and the system, means followed by the same small letter are not different at the 0.05 level of probability using Tukey’s HSD test.