. 2009 Oct 27;16(2):101–107. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2009.10.009

Table 3.

Effect of treatments on wheat yield parameters (LSD at P ⩽ 0.05; 0.01). Each value represents mean ± S.E. of triplications.

Treatments		No. of spike lets/main spike	Spike length (cm)	Dry weight of spikes (g/plant)	Grain yield (g/plant)	Grain index (weight of 1000 grains)
Seawater concentration %	N-fertilizer and/or Azospirillm	No. of spike lets/main spike	Spike length (cm)	Dry weight of spikes (g/plant)	Grain yield (g/plant)	Grain index (weight of 1000 grains)
Tap water	Control	13.33	9.23	1.54	1.16	39.33
	40 N	14.00	9.60	1.74	1.44	41.67
	60 N	15.66	10.33	2.47	2.12	44.4
	80 N	18.00	10.90	2.91	2.47	48.10
	Azo.	14.00	9.43	1.65	1.27	40.37
	40 N + Azo.	16.00	10.27	2.30	1.83	43.73
	60 N + Azo.	18.00	11.16	3.00	2.55	49.83
	80 N + Azo.	18.33	11.23	3.11	2.65	50.97
8.0%	Control	11	8.16	1.10	0.93	32.63
	40 N	11.66	8.53	1.45	1.23	36.40
	60 N	12.66	9.10	1.81	1.71	40.13
	80 N	14.33	9.50	2.50	2.13	43.63
	Azo.	11.33	8.80	1.34	1.01	35.83
	40 N + Azo.	13.00	9.13	1.86	1.49	39.53
	60 N + Azo.	15.00	9.97	2.23	2.10	44.37
	80 N + Azo.	12.33	9.73	2.13	1.84	43.70
16.0%	Control	8.66	6.43	0.48	0.32	16.93
	40 N	9.33	6.63	0.75	0.47	17.77
	60 N	11	7.00	0.91	0.66	19.57
	80 N	12.66	7.33	1.26	0.90	21.63
	Azo.	9.00	6.53	0.60	0.41	17.86
	40 N + Azo.	10.66	7.13	1.01	0.72	20.73
	60 N + Azo.	12.66	7.66	1.24	0.93	23.70
	80 N + Azo.	10.66	7.40	1.04	0.72	18.20
Seawater irrigation effects		^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎
N levels effect		^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎
Inoculation effect		^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎	^⁎⁎
Saline × N-fertilization		NS	NS	NS	^⁎⁎	NS
Saline × inoculation effects		NS	NS	NS	^⁎⁎	NS
Saline × N × inoculation effects		NS	NS	NS	^⁎⁎	NS

NS = Non significant.

^⁎⁎

= Highly significant.