Table 5. Effect of seaweed extracts on number of pods/plant, number of seeds/pod, 100-seed weight and seed yield of soybean under control and drought conditions.
Lowercase letters indicate that mean values are significantly different from one another.
| Seaweed extracts | Number of pods/plant | Number of seeds/pod | 100 seed weight (g) | Seed yield/plant (g) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well-watered | Drought | Well-watered | Drought | Well-watered | Drought | Well-watered | Drought | |
| 0.0% | 52.02b ± 0.37* | 37.44e ± 1.02 | 1.93b ± 0.06 | 1.66c ± 0.07 | 10.30c ± 0.18 | 7.82f ± 0.13 | 10.18c ± 0.16 | 5.54f ± 0.41 |
| 5.0% | 53.51b ± 0.61 | 46.70d ± 1.48 | 2.06a ± 0.12 | 1.77c ± 0.07 | 11.24a ± 0.27 | 8.54e ± 0.24 | 11.89b ± 0.17 | 6.71e ± 0.24 |
| 10.0% | 56.43a ± 0.77 | 48.76c ± 1.04 | 2.13a ± 0.03 | 1.87b ± 0.08 | 11.63b ± 0.12 | 9.59d ± 0.28 | 12.62a ± 0.11 | 8.58d ± 0.24 |
| Level of significance | ** | ** | ** | ** | ||||
| CV (%) | 1.9 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||||
Notes:
*
Mean values ± SE.
**
for p < 0.01.
CV, coefficient of variation.