Table 7.

Leaf area index (m⁻²) as affected by time of transplanting and seedlings hill⁻¹ in transplanted rice 45 DAT during 2002 and 2003

Seedlings hill−1	2002					2003
	Date of transplanting				Means	Date of transplanting				Means
	June 20	June 27	July 4	July 11		June 20	June 27	July 4	July 11
1	10.24ab	11.19a	7.57efg	7.29efg	9.07a	12.86NS	10.75	10.6	11.40	11.40NS
2	7.91efg	8.06d~g	6.79g	8.79cde	7.87b	10.35	8.38	10.32	10.62	9.92
3	7.18fg	8.32c~f	7.62efg	9.96d~g	7.77b	11.55	9.31	9.39	12.97	10.86
4	7.64efg	8.42c~f	9.43bcd	9.79abc	8.82a	11.56	10.53	9.89	14.78	11.69
Means	08.24NS	9.00	7.85	8.44		11.58NS	9.74	10.05	12.44

LSD _0.05 (seedlings hill⁻¹) 2002=0.74; LSD _0.05 (transplanting dates×seedlings hill⁻¹) 2002=1.49; Means followed by different letter(s) are significant at 5% level of probability using LSD test.

^NSNon-significant