Table V.

Factors contributing to grain yield at various water treatment levels based on path coefficient analysis

Traits	GY (W0)	GY (W1)	GY (W2)	GY (W3)	GY (W4)
BY	0.3723*a	0.3364**	0.3084**	0.2540**	0.1737**
	0.0200b	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
HI	2.9000**	4.7999**	4.2181**	4.1542**	3.9644**
	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
DFAIG	−0.0100**
	<0.0001	ns	ns	ns	ns
TSN	0.0014*
	0.0138	ns	ns	ns	ns
PSS	−0.0072**
	<0.0001	ns	ns	ns	ns
PN	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
PH	−0.0043**
	0.0003	ns	ns	ns	ns
R2 Value	90.99	97.10	96.05	96.71	94.70

Traits, see Table 2. W0–W4, see Table 1.

^avalue of estimate.

^bP value.

R², the fitted model explaining the variability of GY at a particular water treatment level. ^*, level of significance of correlation (^**significant at 99%; ^*significant at 95%). ns, not significant.