Table 2.
Dry weight of DPW under Fe fertilizers treatments at grain filling and maturity stages
| Tissues | Grain filling stage | Maturity stage | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CK | FeCl3 | Fe2(SO4)3 | CK | FeCl3 | Fe2(SO4)3 | ||
| Grains | 1.47 ± 0.07 b | 1.46 ± 0.11 b | 2.23 ± 0.30 a | 3.75 ± 0.14 B | 4.38 ± 0.12 A | 4.33 ± 0.24 A | |
| Rachises | 1.25 ± 0.26 a | 1.39 ± 0.17 a | 1.32 ± 0.05 a | 2.02 ± 0.03 A | 1.88 ± 0.18 A | 2.55 ± 0.34 A | |
| Glumes | 6.69 ± 0.72 a | 7.56 ± 0.23 a | 7.28 ± 0.57 a | 6.25 ± 0.30 B | 5.91 ± 0.59 B | 8.52 ± 0.46 A | |
| Node 1 | 0.29 ± 0.07 a | 0.32 ± 0.03 a | 0.29 ± 0.06 a | 0.59 ± 0.02 A | 0.59 ± 0.03 A | 0.58 ± 0.02 A | |
| Internode 1 | 4.38 ± 0.76 a | 3.99 ± 0.68 a | 4.26 ± 1.17 a | 5.16 ± 0.28 A | 4.64 ± 0.18 A | 4.96 ± 0.21 A | |
| Flag leaves | 5.53 ± 0.58 a | 6.91 ± 1.10 a | 6.27 ± 0.62 a | 5.45 ± 0.24 AB | 4.72 ± 0.87 B | 6.37 ± 0.44 A | |
| Lower nodes | 1.22 ± 0.25 a | 1.15 ± 0.08 a | 0.93 ± 0.08 a | 1.72 ± 0.09 C | 1.90 ± 0.04 B | 2.14 ± 0.07 A | |
| Lower internodes | 5.87 ± 0.44 a | 6.33 ± 0.46 a | 5.70 ± 1.10 a | 6.19 ± 0.71 B | 6.93 ± 0.24 AB | 7.44 ± 0.24 A | |
| Lower leaves | 9.56 ± 1.03 a | 10.80 ± 0.33 a | 10.40 ± 0.81 a | 10.37 ± 0.54 AB | 8.66 ± 0.80 B | 10.60 ± 0.83 A | |
| Roots | 2.37 ± 0.44 a | 2.00 ± 0.04 ab | 1.69 ± 0.02 b | 1.93 ± 0.04 A | 1.91 ± 0.04 A | 1.31 ± 0.08 B | |
| Whole plant | 38.63 ± 1.77 a | 41.90 ± 2.36 a | 40.38 ± 3.10 a | 43.44 ± 1.07 B | 41.53 ± 1.90 B | 48.49 ± 1.50 A | |
Values are presented as means ± standard deviation (n = 3); different lowercase and uppercase letters indicate the significant differences in tissue dry weights among treatments at grain filling and maturity stages, respectively (P ≤ 0.05).