Table 8. Linoleic acid content (%) in maize oil as influenced by cultivar and levels of NPK in two years.
Levels of NPK | Linoleic acid | |||||
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P 3522 | P 3396 | Rajkumar | ||||
2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | |
50% RDF | 52.14a-c | 52.33a-c | 51.08b-d | 48.37cd | 48.75b-d | 50.01b-d |
75% RDF | 34.26e | 50.61b-d | 54.34ab | 50.19b-d | 50.43b-d | 47.22de |
100% RDF | 51.31bc | 51.31b-d | 51.13bc | 51.16b-d | 51.15bc | 46.85de |
125% RDF | 50.44b-d | 51.07b-d | 49.28b-d | 52.72a-c | 51.88a-c | 48.47cd |
150% RDF | 51.93a-c | 49.97b-d | 50.49b-d | 49.35b-d | 53.35a-c | 49.77b-d |
100% PK | 52.07a-c | 52.20a-c | 52.04a-c | 43.66e | 49.80b-d | 55.98a |
100% NK | 52.84a-c | 51.09b-d | 52.28a-c | 53.38ab | 50.49b-d | 50.77b-d |
100% NP | 45.52d | 49.70b-d | 49.70b-d | 51.17b-d | 53.18a-c | 50.41b-d |
Control | 57.20a | 55.67a | 49.57b-d | 53.02ab | 48.36cd | 51.34b-d |
Sources of variation | ||||||
Year | ns | |||||
Cultivar | ns | |||||
Levels of NPK | ** | |||||
Year × cultivar | ** | |||||
Year × levels of NPK | * | |||||
Cultivar × levels of NPK | ** | |||||
Year × cultivar × levels of NPK | ** |
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 ≤ 0.05;
**Significant at p ≤ 0.01;
Recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF), 200-60-60 kg N-P2O5-K2O ha−1