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 | ||||||||||
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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