Research Article

Tropical Legume Crop Rotation and Nitrogen Fertilizer Effects on Agronomic and Nitrogen Efficiency of Rice

Table 10

Harvest indices of rice as affected by N fertilizer and legume residues.

N (g m−2)Harvest indices
Rice after bush beanRice after long beanRice after mung bean
20102011201020112010201120102011

0042.9c38.9c43.5c43.5c42.7c43.2b
4046.8b44.3b45.6b45.5b46.4b45.5b
8050.9a43.9b45.7b45.7b47.6b45.6b
12049.3a48.1a48.7a48.7a49.5a48.3a

N (g m−2)Harvest indices (%)
Rice after winged beanRice after cornRice after fallow
20102011201020112010201120102011

0046.6b45.9b38.5c33.2c39.4d35.3c
4051.1a49.7a43.7b39.6b41.4c37.7b
8052.0a50.3a46.0a42.4a45.8b42.2a
12053.0a52.5a48.0a43.7a49.1a43.1a

Means followed by the same letters are not significantly different for each treatment mean ( ).