*2.6. Statistical Analysis*

The dataset was screened for normality and variance homogeneity using the Shapiro– Wilk test [70] and Bartlett's test [71]. Thereafter, a one-way ANOVA was used to determine significant differences among the different cropping systems. Tukey's post hoc test was used to separate the means, in case of significant difference at a 5% significance threshold level. All analyses were performed in R software version 4.1.
