Table 4.
Effect of different methods and doses of boron treatment on yield and germination of Corchorus olitorius seed in 2021, 2022 and pooled.
| Treatments | Seed yield (kg/ha) |
% germination |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2022 | Pooled | 2021 | 2022 | Pooled | |
| T1: No Boron (control) | 457.67f | 419.92d | 438.80d | 85.33b | 85.00b | 85.17b |
| T2: 2.0 kg/ha boron- basal application | 548.68d | 456.06cd | 502.37c | 92.00a | 92.00a | 92.00a |
| T3: 3.0 kg/ha boron- basal application | 540.74d | 484.61bc | 512.68bc | 94.67a | 96.33a | 95.67a |
| T4: 4.0 kg/ha boron- basal application | 504.23e | 495.81abc | 500.02c | 95.67a | 92.33a | 94.00a |
| T5: 2.0 kg/ha boron- foliar spray (the half at 20–25 DAS and the rest half at the first flowering stage) | 582.54bc | 482.47bc | 532.50b | 91.00a | 93.67a | 92.33a |
| T6: 3.0 kg/ha boron- foliar spray (the half at 20–25 DAS and the rest half at the first flowering stage) | 615.82a | 531.23a | 573.53a | 91.00a | 93.33a | 92.16a |
| T7: 4.0 kg/ha boron- foliar spray (the half at 20–25 DAS and the rest half at the first flowering stage) | 591.15 ab | 534.02a | 562.59a | 92.67a | 95.33a | 94.00a |
| T8: 2.0 kg/ha boron - half as basal and ¼ th at 20–25 DAS and rest ¼ th at 40–45 DAS as foliar spray | 555.56d | 485.37bc | 520.46bc | 92.67a | 93.33a | 93.00a |
| T9: 3.0 kg/ha boron - half as basal and ¼ th at 20–25 DAS and rest ¼ th at 40–45 DAS as foliar spray | 592.06 ab | 522.45 ab | 557.26a | 92.00a | 91.67a | 91.83a |
| T10: 4.0 kg/ha boron - half as basal and ¼ th at 20–25 DAS and rest ¼ th at 40–45 DAS as foliar spray | 597.35 ab | 523.59 ab | 560.47a | 96.33a | 93.33a | 94.83a |
| % CV | 3.99 | 5.21 | 2.49 | 5.53 | 3.36 | 2.48 |
| Significance Level | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗ | ∗ | ∗∗ |
∗ Indicates a 5 % level of significance ∗∗ indicates a 1 % level of significance and ∗∗∗ indicates a 0.1 % level of significance; CV = coefficient of variation, Pooled value = average value of two years.