Table 1.
Seven years' mean grain/seed and stover yields (Mg ha−1) (± S.D.) and sustainable yield index (SYI) under the CA-based CEP and nutrient management in the maize–chickpea rotation.
Treatment | Maize | Chickpea | ||||
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Grain | Stover | SYI | Seed | Stover | SYI | |
CET practices | ||||||
ZTFB | 4.34a# ± 0.33 | 7.22a ± 0.63 | 0.91a | 1.41b ± 0.69 | 4.58b ± 0.56 | 0.78b |
PNB | 4.37a ± 0.40 | 7.24a ± 0.43 | 0.93a | 1.58a ± 0.70 | 4.87a ± 0.57 | 0.89a |
CT | 3.79b ± 0.29 | 6.34b ± 0.69 | 0.79b | 1.24c ± 0.48 | 4.08c ± 0.44 | 0.68c |
Nutrient management | ||||||
FFP | 3.44c ± 0.46 | 5.84c ± 0.81 | 0.61c | 1.31b ± 0.63 | 4.06c ± 0.60 | 0.82c |
RDF | 4.43a ± 0.30 | 7.09b ± 0.55 | 0.82a | 1.43a ± 0.65 | 4.43b ± 0.56 | 0.90a |
NE | 4.63a ± 0.29 | 7.87a ± 0.41 | 0.86a | 1.49a ± 0.57 | 5.03a ± 0.42 | 0.94a |
#Means followed by a similar uppercase letter within a column is not significantly different (p < 0.05) according to Tukey’s HSD test.