Table 10 Available phosphorus and potassium in soil as influenced by different ecological intensification treatments.

From: Sustainable intensification of climate-resilient maize–chickpea system in semi-arid tropics through assessing factor productivity

Treatments

Available phosphorus (kg/ha)

Available potassium (kg/ha)

2017

2018

2019

Mean

2017

2018

2019

Mean

T1 = Farmers’ practice (FP)

17.9ab

17.2cd

16.8b

17.3 bc

339.5ab

322.5 bc

326.5b

329.5bc

T2 = Ecological intensification (EI)

19.3a

21.5a

22.3a

21.0a

345.5a

367.5a

376.5a

363.2a

T3 = EI-RTM

18.3ab

20.6ab

21.2ab

20.0ab

234.9c

366.3ab

361.8ab

321.0bc

T4 = EI-INM

17.1b

16.3d

16.5b

16.6c

311.2b

315.0c

319.1bc

315.1c

T5 = EI-RPM

18.2ab

19.2a-c

21.2ab

19.5ab

338.5ab

348.5ab

361.3ab

349.4ab

T6 = EI-RIM

18.9ab

18.9bc

19.9ab

19.2ab

329.6ab

352.6ab

368.5ab

350.2ab

T7 = EI-IWM

19.1ab

19.5a-c

22.1ab

20.2ab

344.5ab

349.5ab

354.9ab

349.6ab

T8 = EI-IPM

18.7ab

19.5a-c

20.9ab

19.7ab

329.6ab

348.5ab

359.6ab

345.9ab

LSD (p = 0.05)

1.78

2.31

2.45

2.33

27.5

28.35

24.66

27.24

  1. The superscipt letters a, b, c, d indicate significant differences between treatments at p < 0.05.