Table 5: Grain yield, straw yield, biomass yield, harvest index, and water productivity for grain (WPg) and biomass (WPb) production under municipal waste water irrigation with five fertility levels (F0, F1, F2, F3 and F4) at two locations in Mymensingh peri-urban area in Bangladesh.

Treatment

Grain yield

(t ha-1)

Straw yield

(t ha-1)

Biomass yield

(t ha-1)

Harvest index

(-)

WPg

(kg m-3)

WPb

(kg m-3)

Fertilizer

F0

9.64a

10.70a

20.35a

0.49a

1.26a

2.65a

F1

10.69a

11.37a

22.05a

0.51a

1.41a

2.88a

F2

9.91a

9.53a

19.44a

0.52a

1.30a

2.54a

F3

9.26a

9.12a

18.39a

0.51a

1.23a

2.42a

F4

10.11a

9.48a

19.59a

0.53a

1.34a

2.57a

Experiment

Exp 1

8.25b

6.90b

15.15b

0.55a

1.20b

2.21b

Exp 2

11.60a

13.18a

24.78a

0.47b

1.41a

3.01a

Common letter(s) within the same column do not differ significantly at 5% level of significance (p ≤ 0.05).

Note: The five fertility levels were: Fo: No fertilizer, F1: 25% of recommended fertilizer dose, F2: 50% of recommended fertilizer dose, F3: 75% of recommended fertilizer dose, and F4: Recommended fertilizer dose.