Table 2.

Biomass (kg/ha; mean ± standard deviation) and harvest index of crops during the six growing seasons under varied FYM input in Mallasar

	FYM treatments (t/ha/crop-season)	June-October 2003 blackgram	October 2003–April 2004 fallow	April–October 2004 rice	October 2004–May 2005 wheat	Jnue-October 2005 blackgram	October 2005–April 2006 fallow
Root	0	98 ± 4	–	1735 ± 83	1659 ± 202	96 ± 5	–
	16	138 ± 43	–	1848 ± 257	1882 ± 172	117 ± 14	–
	30	116 ± 6	–	1919 ± 142	1952 ± 84	114 ± 13	–
	60	134 ± 0.2	–	1961 ± 149	2056 ± 195	159 ± 5	–
Shoot	0	404 ± 15	–	2325 ± 87	2055 ± 266	435 ± 7	–
	16	421 ± 5	–	2538 ± 145	2331 ± 213	440 ± 21	–
	30	479 ± 10	–	2597 ± 114	2359 ± 171	481 ± 10	–
	60	526 ± 17	–	3574 ± 473	2856 ± 282	513 ± 37	–
Grain	0	1789 ± 58	–	2175 ± 223	1078 ± 151	1776 ± 55	–
	16	1822 ± 29	–	2333 ± 15	1169 ± 103	1822 ± 71	–
	30	1940 ± 21	–	2475 ± 288	1693 ± 212	1941 ± 27	–
	60	2091 ± 62	–	3100 ± 164	2425 ± 52	2084 ± 76	–
Total Biomass	0	2291 ± 72	–	6235 ± 360	4792 ± 216	2307 ± 54	–
	16	2381 ± 27	–	6720 ± 334	5382 ± 486	2379 ± 78	–
	30	2535 ± 32	–	6990 ± 366	6003 ± 20	2536 ± 24	–
	60	2751 ± 76	–	8635 ± 561	7337 ± 91	2756 ± 59	–
HI	0	78.09 ± 0.11	–	34.83 ± 1.73	22.62 ± 4.21	76.98 ± 0.67	–
	16	76.54 ± 1.62	–	34.78 ± 1.71	21.72 ± 0.28	76.58 ± 0.51	–
	30	76.53 ± 0.31	–	35.34 ± 2.70	28.20 ± 3.54	76.53 ± 0.34	–
	60	76.01 ± 0.33	–	35.95 ± 1.75	33.05 ± 0.68	75.59 ± 1.41	–