Table 3.
Burrows of bandicoot rats, B. bengalensis as influenced by different crop establishment-cum-residue management (CERM) and winter crops in rice-fallow system of eastern India (after 4th years of experimentation: 2019–2020).
| CERM | Rodent burrow (no./62.5 m2) | Mean | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R–C | R–L | R–SF | R–Li | R–M | ||
| Conservation agriculture (CA) | ||||||
| R− | 2.00 ± 0.58 | 1.33 ± 0.33 | 0.33 ± 0.00 | 1.67 ± 0.33 | 2 ± 0 | 1.47C |
| R+ | 5.33 ± 0.33 | 8.00 ± 0.58 | 2.33 ± 0.33 | 1.67 ± 0.33 | 3.67 ± 0.33 | 4.20A |
| Partial conservation agriculture | ||||||
| R− | 2.67 ± 0.33 | 0.67 ± 0.19 | 0.67 ± 0.19 | 1.00 ± 0.00 | 2.00 ± 0.58 | 1.40C |
| R+ | 4.00 ± 0.58 | 2.67 ± 0.33 | 1.67 ± 0.67 | 1.67 ± 0.33 | 3.00 ± 0.58 | 2.60B |
| Farmer practices (FP) | ||||||
| R | 2.00 ± 0.58 | 2.33 ± 0.33 | 1.33 ± 0.33 | 2.33 ± 0.33 | 0.33 ± 0.00 | 1.67C |
| R+ | 2.00 ± 0.00 | 3.00 ± 0.58 | 2.00 ± 0.58 | 3.67 ± 0.33 | 2.00 ± 0.58 | 2.53B |
| Mean | 3.00A | 3.00A | 1.39C | 2.00B | 2.17B | |
| LSD (p = 0.05) | CERM | WC | CERM*WC | |||
| 0.51 | 0.47 | 1.15 | ||||
R+: residue retention (30% RT), R−: control; R–C: Rice–Chickpea; R–L: Rice–Lentil; R–SF: Rice–Safflower; R–Li: Rice–Linseed; R–M: Rice–Mustard; Different capital letters (vertical) represent significant variations in CERM; Different (horizontal) capital letters indicate significant variations in different cropping sequences; Values with ± represent standard error of mean.