Table 5.

Total bacterial population (×10⁶ CFU g⁻¹ soil) in rice soil as influenced by crop establishment methods and weed management practices.

Total Bacterial Population (×106 CFU g−1 Soil)
Treatments	7 DAS/T		14 DAS/T		21 DAS/T		28 DAS/T
	2016	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017
Establishment Methods
M1	37.57 c	38.48 c	40.83 c	41.75 c	42.97 c	43.73 c	44.68 b	46.40 b
M2	38.53 b	39.38 b	41.87 b	43.33 b	44.08 b	44.70 b	45.33 b	45.47 b
M3	39.47 a	40.50 a	43.82 a	44.18 a	45.67 a	45.83 a	49.57 a	48.85 a
M4	35.93 d	37.78 d	40.65 c	40.88 d	43.08 c	42.03 d	45.32 b	46.45 ab
SEm (±)	0.081	0.063	0.067	0.064	0.049	0.066	0.199	0.348
CD (0.05)	0.282	0.218	0.23	0.221	0.17	0.23	0.688	1.204
Weed Management Practice
W1	42.00 b	43.48 a	42.93 c	44.58 c	43.88 c	45.98 c	44.23 c	47.50 b
W2	31.93 d	32.93 c	38.53 d	40.38 d	42.78 d	45.45 d	44.95 c	47.93 ab
W3	33.25 c	35.30 b	35.83 e	39.40 e	38.35 e	44.68 e	40.75 d	46.53 b
W4	33.25 c	35.30 b	35.83 e	39.40 e	33.98 f	32.55 f	38.43 e	41.45 c
W5	41.98 b	43.48 a	44.05 b	45.20 b	46.25 b	47.10 b	53.75 b	49.73 a
W6	44.85 a	43.75 a	53.60 a	46.28 a	58.48 a	48.70 a	55.25 a	47.63 ab
SEm (±)	0.074	0.067	0.01	0.019	0.014	0.011	0.234	0.428
CD (0.05)	0.215	0.195	0.03	0.056	0.042	0.031	0.684	1.249

M₁—Direct Seeded Rice (DSR), M₂— Wet Seeded Rice (WSR), M₃—Unpuddled Transplanted Rice (NPTR), M₄—Puddled Transplanted Rice (PTR), W₁—Weedy check, W₂—Bensulfuron methyl 0.6% + Pretilachlor 6% (PE) 0.660 kgha⁻¹ + Hand weeding (HW) at 30 DAS/T, W₃—Bensulfuron methyl 0.6% + Pretilachlor 6% (PE) 0.495 kgha⁻¹ + HW at 30 DAS/T, W₄—Bensulfuron methyl 0.6% + Pretilachlor 6% (PE) 0.495 kgha⁻¹ + Bispyribac-Sodium (POE) 0.025 kg ha⁻¹ at 15 DAS/T, W₅—Cono weeding at 15 DAS/T + hand weeding 30 DAS/T, W₆—Brown manuring/Green manuring. SE, standard Error, CD, Critical difference at 5% level of probability. Different superscript letters indicate a significant difference between the mean.