Table 3.
Effects of nicosulfuron on yield characteristics of foxtail millet in the field.
| Varieties | Treatments | Ear length (cm) | Ear weight (g) |
1000 grain weight (g) | Yield (t/hm2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhangzagu 10 | CK | 31.74 ± 0.86a | 18.88 ± 2.83a | 2.92 ± 0.04a | 5.75 ± 0.37a |
| 1/8X | 31.32 ± 0.71a | 18.41 ± 2.02a | 2.78 ± 0.02a | 5.64 ± 0.15a | |
| 1/4X | 30.06 ± 0.63b | 15.95 ± 2.95b | 2.62 ± 0.02b | 5.18 ± 0.24b | |
| 1/2X | 26.16 ± 0.72c | 12.26 ± 0.69c | 2.41 ± 0.03c | 4.15 ± 0.24c | |
| 1X | — | — | — | — | |
| Jingu 21 | CK | 27.72 ± 0.76a | 47.24 ± 3.49a | 3.13 ± 0.06a | 5.01 ± 0.13a |
| 1/8X | 26.44 ± 1.36a | 43.71 ± 3.26a | 3.07 ± 0.03a | 4.79 ± 0.28b | |
| 1/4X | 25.86 ± 1.36b | 31.55 ± 1.96b | 2.95 ± 0.02b | 3.41 ± 0.12c | |
| 1/2X | 23.38 ± 1.17c | 23.09 ± 1.16c | 2.77 ± 0.04c | 2.45 ± 0.13d | |
| 1X | — | — | — | — |
Data represent means ± standard deviations. For the different nicosulfuron dosages of the same variety, values not displaying the same letter are significantly different (P < 0.05).
—, indicates that the foxtail millet was seriously damaged and failed to harvest.