Table 6.
Effect of different CSA-based scenarios on β-Glucosidase (μg p-NP per g soil per hr) during wheat crop growth stages (2 yrs’ mean).
| Scenariosa | Sowing | Crown Root Initiation | Tillering | Panicle initiation | Harvest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface soil (0−15 cm depth) | |||||
| 1 | 5.70Bb | 5.38B | 8.84C | 44.40C | 34.50B |
| 2 | 10.63A | 9.22A | 15.80A | 49.65C | 36.30B |
| 3 | 9.62A | 8.26A | 9.48C | 61.08B | 36.04B |
| 4 | 9.59A | 9.73A | 12.09B | 79.05A | 44.59A |
| Sub-surface soil (15−30 cm depth) | |||||
| 1 | 3.77C | 4.48C | 5.05B | 33.32B | 26.26B |
| 2 | 6.01A | 5.35B | 5.68B | 43.24B | 35.09A |
| 3 | 4.65B | 4.98BC | 5.89B | 61.98A | 33.46A |
| 4 | 4.58B | 6.70A | 7.28A | 63.03A | 31.93A |
| Main effects | P- value | |
| Scenario (S) | <0.05 | |
| Depth (D) | <0.05 | |
| Growth stage (GS) | <0.05 | |
| Year (Y) | NS | |
| Interaction effects | ||
| GS × S | <0.05 | |
| S × Y | NS | |
| GS × Y | <0.05 |
Where; CSA- climate smart agriculture, Sc1: conventional rice-wheat system, Sc2: partial CSA based rice-wheat-mungbean system, Sc3: full CSA based rice-wheat-mungbean system, Sc4: full CSA based maize-wheat-mungbean system.
a
Refer Table 1 for scenario description.
b
Means followed by a similar uppercase letters within each column are not statistically different (P ≤ 0.05, Duncan’s multiple range test).