Table 2. Effect of Rht8 and nitrogen fertilizer application on the grain quality of wheat.
| 40 kg N ha-1 | 100 kg N ha-1 | 200 kg N ha-1 | Standard error of difference | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paragon | rht(tall) | Rht8 | Paragon | rht(tall) | Rht8 | Paragon | rht(tall) | Rht8 | (24 D.F.) |
| Height (cm) | |||||||||
| 100 | 104 | 94 | 107 | 111 | 102 | 110 | 114 | 106 | 1.1 |
| Grain yield (t DM ha-1) | |||||||||
| 5.70 | 5.47 | 5.72 | 7.25 | 7.39 | 6.97 | 9.16 | 9.22 | 8.75 | 0.157 |
| Mean grain weight (mg DM) | |||||||||
| 49.0 | 50.5 | 48.6 | 48.5 | 49.6 | 50.0 | 49.0 | 49.8 | 49.2 | 0.73 |
| Specific weight (kg hl-1) | |||||||||
| 79.6 | 79.8 | 78.4 | 79.4 | 79.5 | 77.7 | 79.7 | 80.4 | 78.0 | 0.64 |
| Hagberg falling number (s) | |||||||||
| 349 | 357 | 356 | 363 | 368 | 367 | 380 | 374 | 388 | 9.46 |
| Nitrogen (% DM) | |||||||||
| 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.53 | 1.57 | 1.54 | 1.55 | 1.91 | 1.88 | 1.83 | 0.019 |
| Sulphur (% DM) | |||||||||
| 0.104 | 0.106 | 0.106 | 0.106 | 0.107 | 0.103 | 0.118 | 0.117 | 0.115 | 0.0018 |
| N:S ratio | |||||||||
| 14.6 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 0.23 |
| SDS-sedimentation (ml) | |||||||||
| 56.2 | 51.6 | 55.8 | 61.4 | 56.2 | 58.4 | 78.4 | 73.6 | 73.8 | 1.94 |