Table 3.
Effect of management scenarios on energy (input and output), energy use efficiency and productivity during 2016–17 and 2017–18.
| Scenariosa | Energy input × 103 MJ ha−1 | Energy output × 103 MJ ha−1 | Energy use efficiency (MJ ha−1) |
Energy productivity (kg MJ−1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice/Maize | Wheat | Mung-bean | System | Rice/Maize | Wheat | Mung-bean | System | Rice/Maize | Wheat | Mung-bean | System | Rice/Maize | Wheat | Mung-bean | System | |
| 2016–17 | ||||||||||||||||
| ScI | 47.72Ab | 24.16A | -NAc- | 71.88A | 224.6A | 129.8C | -NA- | 354.4A | 4.71E | 5.38D | -NA- | 4.93E | 0.16D | 0.23D | 0.00 | 0.18D |
| ScII | 40.25B | 18.79B | 4.04A | 66.44B | 225.2A | 132.6BC | 7.40A | 357.8A | 5.63D | 7.06C | 1.83A | 5.40DE | 0.18D | 0.30C | 0.12A | 0.21DE |
| ScIII | 36.75B | 19.12B | 3.96A | 58.13C | 185.1B | 153.0A | 2.25D | 338.2A | 5.04DE | 8.01BC | 0.57C | 5.82D | 0.16D | 0.33C | 0.04C | 0.21E |
| ScIV | 15.14D | 18.48B | 3.88A | 35.87E | 1980B | 150.9A | 2.25D | 348.9A | 13.08B | 8.19B | 0.58C | 9.73B | 0.51B | 0.36C | 0.04C | 0.40B |
| ScV | 23.57C | 16.08C | 3.03B | 42.54D | 196.0B | 154.1A | 2.89C | 350.0A | 8.31C | 9.59A | 0.96B | 8.23C | 0.26C | 0.42A | 0.07B | 0.31C |
| ScVI | 13.13D | 15.78C | 3.03B | 32.10E | 199.8B | 149.1AB | 3.19B | 348.9A | 15.22A | 9.45A | 1.05B | 10.87A | 0.62A | 0.40AB | 0.07B | 0.46A |
| 2017–18 | ||||||||||||||||
| ScI | 47.55A | 25.68A | -NA- | 73.23A | 213.oBC | 142.8A | -NA- | 355.8B | 4.48D | 5.56C | -NA- | 4.86E | 0.14D | 0.23C | -NA- | 0.18E |
| ScII | 41.93B | 21.26B | 3.96A | 67.15B | 222.0B | 146.6A | 10.88A | 379.5B | 5.29D | 6.98B | 2.75A | 5.65D | 0.16D | 0.29B | 0.19A | 0.24D |
| ScIII | 37.61C | 20.62B | 3.87A | 62.10C | 192.6C | 154.7A | 6.62B | 353.9B | 5.14D | 7.52B | 1.71C | 5.70D | 0.16D | 0.32B | 0.12C | 0.24D |
| ScIV | 15.11E | 20.50B | 3.87A | 39.49E | 267.5A | 154.7A | 6.57C | 428.8A | 17.70B | 7.56B | 1.70C | 10.86B | 0.52B | 0.32B | 0.12C | 0.41B |
| ScV | 28.39D | 16.58C | 3.23B | 48.21D | 200.2C | 156.8A | 7.45B | 364.4B | 7.05C | 9.45A | 2.31B | 7.56C | 0.22C | 0.40A | 0.16B | 0.32C |
| ScVI | 13.10E | 16.51C | 3.23B | 32.84 F | 274.45A | 159.3A | 7.74B | 441.5A | 20.96A | 9.65A | 2.40B | 13.45A | 0.62A | 0.41A | 0.16B | 0.51A |
aRefer Table 5 for scenario description.
bMeans followed by a similar uppercase letter(s) within a column are not significantly different at 0.05 level of probability using Tukey’s HSD test.
cNot applicable.