The experimental area was 4800 m2, divided into three blocks. Each block consisted of four plots, 4.5 m × 40 m each. A border of three meter separated both the blocks and plots. Each plot had three rows, 1.5 m apart and 40 m long, In order to prevent the water in any one plot from affecting its neighboring plots. In both growing seasons, moldboard plow and disk harrow were used for tillage operations and a furrower was used for making furrows (40 m long, 75 cm wide and 50 cm deep) in the SI treatment. Soil moisture was determined using neutron probe (Troxler, 4300) for depth below 15 cm. Neutron probe was calibrated in the field by correlating neutron probe count ratio with volumetric water content measured by gravimetric method and bulk density.