Yield and Growth Response to Transplanted Aman Rice under Raised Bed over Conventional Cultivation Method
Table 8
Irrigation water savings by bed planting of rice production over conventional method.
Method of fertilizer application
Water required at different times of irrigation (cm)
Water saved over conventional method (%)
Land preparation
Transplanting
Reproductive stage
Rainfall
Total
Fertilizer broadcasting in raised bed
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6.35a
41.62b
52.50a
100.47b
42%
Fertilizer broadcasting in conventional plot
13.06
6.20b
70.90a
52.50a
142.66a
Coefficient of variation CV (%)
—
3.54
7.25
6.33
4.37
Level of significance
—
**
**
n.s.
**
Where n.s. and **represent probability of >0.05 and ≤0.01, respectively. In a column figures with same letter do not differ significantly, whereas figures with dissimilar letter differ significantly ().