Table 10 Available phosphorus and potassium in soil as influenced by different ecological intensification treatments.
Treatments | Available phosphorus (kg/ha) | Available potassium (kg/ha) | ||||||
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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 |