TABLE 1.
Annual input rates of manure and chemical fertilizers in the different treatments.
| Treatment | Pig manure* | Urea | Superphosphate | Potassium chloride |
| kg hm–2 (dry weight) | kg hm–2 | kg hm–2 | kg hm–2 | |
| CK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| NP | 0 | 300 | 120 | 0 |
| NPK | 0 | 300 | 120 | 75 |
| M | 4000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MN | 5500 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
*Fresh manure was applied as a basal fertilizer to agricultural soil before wheat sowing every year (early October).