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. 2019 May 29;14(5):e0216939. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216939

Table 9. Linolenic and Arachidic acid content (%) in maize oil as influenced by cultivar and levels of NPK in two years.

Levels of NPK Linolenic acid Arachidic acid
P 3522 P 3396 Rajkumar P 3522 P 3396 Rajkumar
2012–13 2013–14 2012–13 2013–14 2012–13 2013–14 2012–13 2013–14 2012–13 2013–14 2012–13 2013–14
50% RDF 1.26cd 1.14c-g 1.11d-g 1.13d-g 0.99e-g 1.09e-g 0.02j 1.18a 0.57d-f 0.28e 0.38hi 0.02f
75% RDF 0.01i 0.97f-i 0.01i 1.24b-e 1.23cd 0.92g-i 0.02j 0.65b 0.02j 0.41c-e 0.02j 0.61bc
100% RDF 0.78h 0.78i 1.07d-g 1.23b-e 1.21cd 1.33a-d 1.01b 1.00a 0.61de 0.27e 0.67cd 0.51b-d
125% RDF 1.97a 0.81hi 1.10d-g 1.39ab 1.19c-e 0.99f-i 0.02j 0.59bc 0.55d-g 0.25e 0.04j 0.65b
150% RDF 1.22cd 0.92g-i 1.18c-f 1.15c-f 0.01i 1.00f-h 0.37i 0.62bc 0.44f-i 0.58bc 0.03j 0.03f
100% PK 0.01i 1.07e-g 1.34bc 1.35a-c 0.92gh 1.41ab 0.03j 0.55bc 0.41g-i 0.33de 0.60de 0.04f
100% NK 0.01i 0.94f-i 1.47b 1.48a 1.18c-f 1.12d-g 0.02j 0.62bc 0.01j 0.24e 0.44f-i 0.44b-e
100% NP 0.01i 0.98f-i 0.98fg 1.12d-g 1.25cd 1.11e-g 0.03j 1.18a 1.18a 0.51b-d 0.02j 0.05f
Control 1.84a 1.24b-e 0.98fg 1.47a 0.95gh 0.99f-i 0.04j 0.40c-e 0.76c 0.00 0.52e-h 0.02f
Sources of variation
Year ** **
Cultivar ** **
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);

**Significant at p ≤ 0.01;

Recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF), 200-60-60 kg N-P2O5-K2O ha−1