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Table 6.

Balance of macronutrients

Primary Tillage Practice Input Consumption Balance ±,kg/ha
Input with Seeds, kg/ha Input with Plant Residues, kg/ha Input with Straw, kg/ha Ʃ PlantResidues+ Straw, kg/ha Conversion to % of Use from Crop‐Root Residues, kg/ha (15%) Total Input,,kg/ha Removal by Grain Harvest, kg/ha
Nitrogen
Plowing 5.2 19.8 34.7 54.5 8.2 13.4 97.2 ‐83.8
Combined tillage 5.2 5.6 32.5 38.1 5.7 10.9 76.0 ‐65.1
Surface tillage 5.2 16.5 21.3 37.8 4.2 9.4 81.8 ‐72.4
Direct sowing 5.2 18.5 20.2 38.7 5.8 11.0 63.9 ‐52.9
Phosphorus
Plowing 2.1 16.0 40.5 56.5 8.5 10.6 40.5 ‐29.9
Combinedtillage 2.1 8.2 33.6 41.8 6.3 8.4 33.6 ‐25.2
Surface tillage 2.1 10.8 28.1 38.9 5.8 7.9 28.1 ‐20.2
Direct sowing 2.1 7.2 27.1 34.3 5.1 7.2 27.1 ‐19.9
Potassium
Plowing 1.4 41.4 68.2 109.6 16.4 17.8 26.4 ‐8.6
Combinedtillage 1.4 33.4 56.8 90.2 13.5 14.9 21.2 ‐7.7
Surface tillage 1.4 34.8 34.6 69.4 10.4 11.8 18.8 ‐8.4
Direct sowing 1.4 46.3 29.9 76.2 11.4 12.8 17.3 ‐5.9

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