Afieldexperimentwasconductedfortwoconsecutiveyearsinafarmer'sfieldatHajiMoraVillage,DeraIsmailKhan(D.I.Khan)intheNorthwestFrontierProvince(NWFP)ofPakistantocomparevariousmanagementpractices,suchastheeffectofvariousorganicmanuresandgypsuminarice-wheatcroppingsystemonasaline-sodicEntisol(Zindanisoilseries).Thetreatmentsconsistedof1)acontrol(rice-wheat),2)gypsum,3)farmyardmanure(FYM),4)berseem(TrifoliumalexandrinumL.)asgreenmanure(GM),and5)dhancha(Sesbaniasp.)asGM.Alltreatmentsincreasedyieldsofbothriceandwheatsignificantly(P＜0.01)overthecontrol,withthegreenmanuretreatmentsprovingmoreeconomicalthantheothers;whiletheydecreasedpH,electricalconductivity(EC),andsodiumadsorptionratio(SAR)ofthesoil.Saturationpercentageandavailablewaterofthesoilwereraisedforalltreatmentsduetoanincreaseinorganicmattercontentofthesoil.
