Table 4.
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 5th years of experimentation: 2020–2021).
| CERM | Rodent burrow (no./62.5 m2) | Mean | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R–C | R–L | R–SF | R–Li | R–M | ||
| Conservation agriculture (CA) | ||||||
| R− | 3.67 ± 0.33 | 6.00 ± 0.58 | 0.33 ± 0.00 | 5.00 ± 0.58 | 22.67 ± 0.67 | 7.53C |
| R+ | 12.67 ± 0.33 | 11.33 ± 0.33 | 5.00 ± 0.58 | 6.67 ± 0.33 | 32.67 ± 0.67 | 13.67A |
| Partial conservation agriculture | ||||||
| R− | 4.67 ± 0.33 | 4.67 ± 0.33 | 2.67 ± 0.33 | 4.00 ± 0.58 | 7.67 ± 0.33 | 4.73D |
| R+ | 6.00 ± 0.58 | 8.67 ± 0.33 | 5.33 ± 0.33 | 14.67 ± 0.33 | 10.00 ± 0.58 | 8.93B |
| Farmer practices (FP) | ||||||
| R− | 2.00 ± 0.00 | 0.67 ± 0.00 | 1.00 ± 0.00 | 7.33 ± 0.67 | 7.00 ± 0.58 | 3.60E |
| R+ | 3.33 ± 0.33 | 4 ± 0.58 | 2.33 ± 0.33 | 14.33 ± 0.88 | 10.67 ± 0.33 | 6.93C |
| Mean | 5.39C | 5.89C | 2.78D | 8.67B | 15.11A | |
| LSD (p = 0.05) | CERM | WC | CERM*WC | |||
| 0.62 | 0.54 | 1.33 | ||||
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.