Research Article

Covariance Structures in Conventional and Organic Cropping Systems

Table 3

Basic statistics for total yield, temporal variance, and coefficient of variation in each of the two cycles averaged over conventional and organic cropping systems in a long-term experiment.

VariableMeanConfidence Minimum Maximum CV%
−95%95%

CumY, Mg ha−132.8 31.4 34.2 11.9 57.6 29.0
 Cycle 1 18.8 18.0 19.6 6.6 32.9 29.4
 Cycle 2 14.0 13.3 14.7 3.5 28.5 34.9
TYV (Mg ha−1)26.3 5.9 6.7 1.7 14.8 44.9
 Cycle 1 8.4 7.8 9.0 1.2 23.8 52.1
 Cycle 2 4.9 4.3 5.4 0.22 19.2 74.3
CV% 61.8 59.8 63.8 37.7 111.9 22.4
 Cycle 1 62.1 59.7 64.5 27.7 111.4 27.6
 Cycle 2 59.4 57.7 61.0 34.7 93.9 19.5