Treatment | Soil moisture content (%) | ||||
Initial | 18 DAS | 55 DAS | 75 DAS | At harvest | |
Tillage practices | |||||
MT | 15.45 | 15.79 | 14.58 | 15.76 | 21.52 |
CT | 13.78 | 13.35 | 12.43 | 13.75 | 18.53 |
DT | 13.75 | 13.99 | 12.28 | 13.81 | 18.41 |
SE (±) | 0.19 | 0.34 | 0.41 | 0.37 | 0.18 |
Probability | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
Previous crop residue retention | |||||
S0 | 12.39 f | 12.27 d | 12.09 e | 11.77 d | 15.72 d |
Sr | 13.26 e | 12.93 c | 12.81 d | 12.41 c | 17.18 c |
Sm | 13.46 de | 13.12 c | 12.99 cd | 12.46 bc | 17.23 c |
SW | 13.49 d | 13.15 c | 13.31 c | 12.42 c | 18.16 bc |
Smr | 14.30 bc | 13.70 b | 13.89 b | 13.12 b | 18.91 b |
Srw | 14.26 c | 13.62 b | 13.77 b | 13.10 b | 18.82 b |
Smw | 14.50 b | 13.72 b | 13.93 b | 13.51 b | 19.94 b |
Swrm | 15.21 a | 14.51 a | 14.64 a | 14.30 a | 20.57 a |
SE (±) | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.12 |
Probability | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** |
CV (%) | 6.01 | 7.05 | 8.27 | 7.62 | 6.38 |