Table 5 One way-ANOVA and LSD test-based soil properties at the harvest of the crop in the year 2015 (values marked with* indicate significant difference at a significant level of 5% in comparison to the corresponding value under T1 in the same column)
From: An application of blended amendments in monsoon rice field
Treatment | Soil porosity (%) | Water-holding capacity (%) | Soil organic matter (%) | Panicle length (cm) | Grain yield (kg/m2) | Methane emission (mg/m2/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | 38.50 ± 1.27 | 19.66 ± 4.93 | 1.95 ± 0.03 | 27.93 ± 0.29 | 0.533 ± 0.02 | 0.33 ± 0.00 |
T2 | 46.30 ± 0.88* | 25 ± 5.03 | 2.10 ± 0.12 | 24.46 ± 0.68* | 0.531 ± 0.02 | 0.30 ± 0.01* |
T3 | 50.20 ± 1.27* | 34 ± 1.52* | 2.09 ± 0.01 | 28.26 ± 0.34 | 0.540 ± 0.02 | 0.34 ± 0.01* |
T4 | 43.90 ± 1.27* | 31 ± 4.16* | 2.15 ± 0.01 | 26.16 ± 0.35* | 0.505 ± 0.05 | 0.34 ± 0.01* |
T5 | 43.80 ± 0.90* | 35 ± 3.05* | 2.48 ± 0.10* | 27.40 ± 0.25 | 0.560 ± 0.01 | 0.33 ± 0.01 |
ANOVA significance | 0.004 | 0.002 | 0.106 | 0.000 | 0.787 | 0.001 |
LSD significance | ||||||
T1 × T2 | 0.005 | 0.111 | 0.393 | 0.000 | 0.970 | 0.014 |
T1 × T3 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.424 | 0.585 | 0.873 | 0.061 |
T1 × T4 | 0.033 | 0.007 | 0.257 | 0.014 | 0.523 | 0.014 |
T1 × T5 | 0.033 | 0.001 | 0.012 | 0.388 | 0.547 | 0.418 |