Table 5. Grain K uptake (kg ha-1) of maize as influenced by cultivar and levels of NPK in two years.
Treatments | Grain K uptake | |
---|---|---|
2012–13 | 2013–14 | |
Cultivar | ||
P 3522 | 43.05a | 36.63a |
P 3396 | 38.99b | 35.17a |
Rajkumar | 37.89b | 33.31b |
Levels of NPK | ||
50% RDF | 40.41de | 35.26bc |
75% RDF | 44.96c | 41.39ab |
100% RDF | 45.21bc | 42.12ab |
125% RDF | 48.92a | 45.49a |
150% RDF | 48.28ab | 43.23ab |
100% PK | 26.65f | 23.92d |
100% NK | 42.53cd | 33.59c |
100% NP | 38.47e | 28.95cd |
Control | 24.36f | 21.40d |
Sources of variation | ||
Year | ** | |
Cultivar | ** | |
Levels of NPK | ** | |
Year × cultivar | ns | |
Year × levels of NPK | ns | |
Cultivar × levels of NPK | ns | |
Year × cultivar × levels of NPK | ns |
Within cultivar, levels of NPK or year, numbers followed by different letters indicate significant differences at p ≤ 0.05 (otherwise statistically at par); ns: non-significant (p > 0.05);
**Significant at p ≤ 0.01;
Recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF), 200-60-60 kg N-P2O5-K2O ha−1