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