Table 2: Effects of tillage, N application and different seasons on wheat grain water use efficiency (kg grain ha-1 mm-1) *.

Year Conventional till (CT) No-till (NT) Year mean
No N added (N0) 75 kg N ha-1 (N75) No N added (N0) 75 kg N ha-1 (N75)
1992 16.54 17.36 17.39 19.35 17.66
1993 9.20 9.90 9.90 10.80 9.95
1994 4.81 7.61 5.35 6.85 6.16
1995 6.26 4.29 6.53 7.06 6.04
1996 8.49 13.10 7.38 12.63 10.40
Mean 9.06 10.45 9.31 11.34 10.04

*Treatment effects: least significant difference at P < 0.05; year, 1.00; N, 0.71; year × N, 1.42. Tillage, and year × tillage, tillage × N and year × tillage × N interactions were not significant.