. 2017 Jul 12;8:491. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00491

Table 5.

Effect of silicon and paclobutrazol on yield components of rice MR219.

Treatment	Effective tillers (%)	Weight/Panicle (g)	No of spikelets/Panicle	Filled spikelets (%)	Weight 100 grains (g)	Number of tillers
C	95.93 ± 1.42^ab	4.52 ± 0.13^b	166 ± 5.8^c	85.75 ± 1.99^b	2.85 ± 0.06^a	41 ± 1^c
4	99.27 ± 1.26^a	5.34 ± 0.22^a	195 ± 1.0^ab	87.90 ± 2.02^a	2.98 ± 0.06^a	47 ± 2^b
6	98.07 ± 1.92^a	5.49 ± 0.27^a	200 ± 3.4^a	87.67 ± 1.37^a	2.99 ± 0.10^a	50 ± 2^a
PBZ	92.03 ± 1.12^bc	5.15 ± 0.40^a	185 ± 5.5^b	87.73 ± 0.81^a	2.88 ± 0.17^a	46 ± 1^b
4T	86.83 ± 5.69^cd	3.22 ± 0.42^c	160 ± 9.4^c	78.46 ± 2.42^d	2.09 ± 0.17^b	43 ± 2^c
6T	85.87 ± 3.79^d	3.15 ± 0.44^c	169 ± 3.6^c	81.27 ± 1.19^c	1.95 ± 0.22^b	42 ± 1^c
LSD	5.30	0.541	10	1.88	0.273	2.52

Means with same letter in the same column are not significantly different at p ≤ 0.05 according to Fisher's least significant difference (LSD). C, control; 4, 4 g Si/pot; 6, 6 g Si/pot; PBZ, PBZ only; 4T, 4 g Si+ 400 ppm PBZ; 6T, 6 g Si+ 400 ppm PBZ.