Table 6.

Preanthesis dry matter accumulation in shoot and its translocation to the grain of hybrid and inbred rice varieties at different dates of planting in dryseasons, 2008-2009^¶ and 2009-2010^¶¶.

Variety × planting dates	Shoot dry matter at preanthesis (g m−2)		Shoot dry matter at maturity (g m−2)		Changes in shoot dry matter (g m−2)		Shoot reserve translocation (%)
	2008-09	2009-10	2008-09	2009-10	2008-09	2009-10	2008-09	2009-10
BRRI hy. dhan2
20 December	846.95	729.92	691.99	575.55	154.95ab	155.37a	18.23a	21.10a
05 January	807.36	713.06	662.39	587.56	145.18ab	125.50ab	17.96ab	17.76bc
20 January	649.59	661.62	544.86	557.51	104.73cd	104.10b	16.14b	15.78c
05 February	584.34	559.51	510.55	498.48	73.79de	61.03cd	12.51c	10.84d
Hybrid Heera2
20 December	925.37	784.71	746.50	637.06	178.87a	147.65a	19.39a	18.68ab
05 January	827.57	731.06	666.04	605.29	158.53ab	133.87ab	19.53a	18.23bc
20 January	741.76	662.03	603.25	592.38	138.51bc	69.65c	18.68ab	10.57d
05 February	615.54	602.53	595.45	560.61	53.43e	41.92cd	8.12d	7.00e
Inbred BRRI45
20 December	708.36	596.02	622.57	534.09	85.76de	61.93cd	10.85cd	10.29d
05 January	729.69	569.71	640.89	507.80	61.81e	61.8cd	12.11c	11.03d
20 January	610.48	549.82	540.34	513.47	70.14de	36.34d	11.32c	6.54e
05 February	557.94	518.73	502.82	481.91	55.12e	36.82d	10.01cd	7.03e
Variety	∗∗	∗∗	∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗
Planting date	∗∗	∗	∗∗	NS	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗
CV (%)	8.82	8.06	8.97	6.59	19.52	21.11	12.69	11.50

Within a column, means followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different at 5% level of probability by DMRT. ^¶site SAU, Dhaka. ^¶¶site BRRI, Gazipur.

NS: nonsignificant at 5% level of significance.

^*Significant at 5% level of significance.

^**Significant at 5% level of significance.