Table 3.

Yield and its attributes of hybrid and inbred rice varieties at different dates of planting in dryseasons, 2008-2009^¶ and 2009-2010^¶¶.

Variety × planting date	Panicles m−2		Spikelets panicle−1		Filled spikelets (%)		1000-grain weight (g)		Grain yielda (t ha−1)
	2008-09	2009-10	2008-09	2009-10	2008-09	2009-10	2008-09	2009-10	2008-09	2009-10
BRRI hybrid dhan2
20 December	278.5	270.4	138.0	131.9	79.04ab	79.5ab	26.53	26.84	7.42ab	6.78ab
05 January	265.3	247.2	132.7	133.3	78.73ab	75.5bcd	26.93	26.76	6.84bc	6.10bc
20 January	246.5	235.1	133.6	130.1	76.23b	70.2ef	27.06	26.43	6.06cd	5.66cd
05 February	239.4	216.7	131.3	131.0	66.49c	66.4fg	26.96	26.88	5.34de	4.44f
Hybrid Heera2
20 December	310.5	284.8	130.2	131.8	79.00ab	78.3abc	26.61	26.93	8.03a	7.31a
05 January	285.0	256.9	139.7	136.4	77.70ab	75.2cd	27.39	26.04	7.65ab	6.21bc
20 January	290.4	248.6	125.4	133.5	78.67ab	72.6de	27.03	26.54	7.28ab	5.59cd
05 February	260.7	241.3	128.8	122.3	64.81c	63.2g	27.21	27.14	5.12e	4.37f
Inbred BRRI45
20 December	322.3	308.9	101.1	95.2	81.40ab	81.7a	25.86	25.54	6.16cd	5.52cd
05 January	303.8	278.7	105.2	97.08	82.39a	80.7a	25.54	25.16	5.74de	5.23de
20 January	292.9	276.7	99.3	98.51	81.28ab	78.8abc	26.05	25.22	5.62de	4.77ef
05 February	283.5	269.9	96.8	94.5	80.99ab	78.2abc	25.33	25.36	5.50de	4.57ef
Variety	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗
Planting date	∗	∗∗	NS	NS	NS	∗∗	NS	NS	∗∗	∗∗
CV (%)	8.71	9.30	6.64	8.80	4.13	3.31	3.86	3.06	8.24	7.42

Within a column for each site, means followed by the same letters are not significantly different according to DMRT at 5% level of significance. ^¶site SAU, ^¶¶Dhaka. site BRRI, Gazipur.

NS: nonsignificant at 5% level of significance.

^*Significant at 5% level of significance.

^**Significant at 1% level of significance.

^a14% moisture contained in yield.