Management of the different farming systems compared in a two-year rotation in central India (2007–2010).

1in the text, BIODYN and BIOORG are referred to consistently as organic farming systems, 2 in the text, CON and CONBtC are referred to consistently as conventional farming systems, average dry matter content of organic fertilizers: 70%, DAP: Diammonium phosphate, MOP: muriate of potash, SSP: single super phosphate, 3biodynamic preparations entailed cow dung (BD-500) and silica powder (BD-501) both stored for six months, and a mixture of cow dung, chicken egg shell powder, basalt rock powder, and plant materials (yarrow, chamomile, stinging nettle, oak bark, dandelion, valerian) stored for 6 months in an open pit (cow pat pit = CPP).