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 bean | Rice after long bean | Rice after mung bean | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 |
| 0 | 0 | 42.9c | 38.9c | 43.5c | 43.5c | 42.7c | 43.2b | 4 | 0 | 46.8b | 44.3b | 45.6b | 45.5b | 46.4b | 45.5b | 8 | 0 | 50.9a | 43.9b | 45.7b | 45.7b | 47.6b | 45.6b | 12 | 0 | 49.3a | 48.1a | 48.7a | 48.7a | 49.5a | 48.3a |
| N (g m−2) | Harvest indices (%) | | | Rice after winged bean | Rice after corn | Rice after fallow | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 |
| 0 | 0 | 46.6b | 45.9b | 38.5c | 33.2c | 39.4d | 35.3c | 4 | 0 | 51.1a | 49.7a | 43.7b | 39.6b | 41.4c | 37.7b | 8 | 0 | 52.0a | 50.3a | 46.0a | 42.4a | 45.8b | 42.2a | 12 | 0 | 53.0a | 52.5a | 48.0a | 43.7a | 49.1a | 43.1a |
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Means followed by the same letters are not significantly different for each treatment mean ().
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