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. 2016 Oct 13;7:1534. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01534

Table 3.

Yield for DT and non-DT corn hybrids, yield advantage in absolute and relative terms averaged across plant densities at different macro-environments based on cropping season ET values.

Macro-environments
High ET Medium ET Low ET
Topeka, 2012; Tribune, 2013 Hutchinson, 2013 Scandia, 2012 Scandia, 2013; Topeka, 2013
Irrigation regime (ET%) 100 50 100 50 100 50 100 50

Grain yields, expressed in Mg ha-1
DT 13.0 9.2 10.9a† 10.6a 11.0 9.7 12.8 10.6
Non-DT 12.6 8.6 10.0b 10.3b 10.8 8.7 12.9 10.4

DT 11.1a‡ 10.8a 10.4a 11.7a
Non-DT 10.6b 10.1b 9.7b 11.6a

Yield Adv. for DT 0.53 (5.0%) 0.63 (6.2%) 0.66 (6.7%) 0.08 (0.7%)

†Means within an irrigation regime at Hutchinson, 2013 followed by the same letter are not different (P < 0.05). ‡Means within a column followed by the same letter are not different (P < 0.05).