Table 9.

Net assimilation rate (g/(m²·d)) 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	27.72c~f	31.56a~d	24.94ef	35.01ab	29.81ab	23.69NS	38.46	37.96	29.65	32.44NS
2	24.44f	31.45a~d	27.40def	24.88ef	27.04b	23.79	34.82	43.87	35.68	34.54
3	33.86abc	37.07a	28.92b~f	28.46c~f	32.08a	28.53	39.27	38.78	36.90	35.87
4	31.15a~e	29.45b~f	33.77abc	31.54a~d	31.48a	29.13	37.15	37.13	35.36	34.69
Means	29.97NS	32.38	28.76	29.97		26.28b	37.43a	39.44a	34.40a

LSD _0.05 (seedlings hill⁻¹) 2002=3.16; LSD _0.05 (transplanting dates) 2003=7.17; LSD _0.05 (transplanting dates×seedlings hill⁻¹) 2002=6.32; Means followed by different letter(s) are significant at 5% level of probability using LSD test.

^NSNon-significant