Understanding the Impact of the Intercropping System on Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) Emissions and Soil Carbon Stocks in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Table 3

Carbon dioxide emission efficiency (CEE) of sorghum in intercrop and sole systems at Syferkuil and Ofcolaco during the 2018/19 and 2020/21 cropping seasons.

Treatments	Syferkuil 2018/19	Syferkuil 2020/21	Ofcolaco 2020/21
NSS551-intercrop	1.15^a	0.44	0.51^b
Enforcer-intercrop	1.10^ab	0.40	0.47^b
Enforcer sole	1.00^abc	0.41	0.27^c
NSS5511 sole	0.97^abc	0.51	0.45^b
Titan-intercrop	0.90^bcd	0.45	0.52^b
Avenger-intercrop	0.84^cd	0.44	0.75^a
Titan sole	0.82^cd	0.57	0.55^b
Avenger sole	0.74^d	0.49	0.58^b
Grand mean	0.94	0.46	0.51
≤ 00.5	∗∗	ns	∗∗