Table 1: Summary of initial soil properties [i.e., sand, silt, and clay, bulk density (ρb), and soil organic matter (SOM) content] in the top 10 cm among tillage [conventional tillage (CT) and no-tillage (NT)]-site position [up-(UP), middle- (Mid), and down- (Down) slope] treatment combinations under furrow-irrigated rice production during 2018 at the Rice Research and Extension Center near Stuttgart, AR.

Treatment Combination

 Property

CT-Up

CT-Mid

CT-Down

NT-Up

NT-Mid

NT-Down

Sand (g g-1)

0.16a

0.14bc

0.13d

0.14b

0.13cd

0.12e

Silt (g g-1)

0.71cd

0.74a

0.72bc

0.70d

0.73a

0.73ab

Clay (g g-1)

0.13b

0.13b

0.15a

0.15a

0.13b

0.15a

ρb(g cm-3)

1.13c

1.11c

1.17bc

1.30a

1.23ab

1.26ab

SOM (Mg ha-1)

23.3bc

22.7c

24.6abc

25.0ab

23.9bc

26.1a

†Means in the same row followed by different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).