Table 12. Saturated: Unsaturated and linoleic: Linolenic acid ratios in maize oil as influenced by cultivar and levels of NPK in two years.
Levels of NPK | Saturated: Unsaturated | Linoleic: Linolenic | ||||||||||
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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 | 0.191b-e | 0.191a-f | 0.191b-e | 0.164f-h | 0.172c-f | 0.190a-f | 41.40f-i | 45.90c-i | 46.17b-h | 43.27d-j | 49.92b-f | 46.70b-h |
75% RDF | 0.285a | 0.185a-g | 0.136f | 0.177d-h | 0.193b-e | 0.174d-h | 53.19bc | 52.64bc | 40.75g-i | 40.65g-j | 41.28g-i | 51.63b-d |
100% RDF | 0.214b | 0.212a | 0.187b-e | 0.158gh | 0.177b-e | 0.191a-f | 66.65a | 66.17a | 47.84b-g | 41.66f-j | 42.81e-i | 35.35jk |
125% RDF | 0.202b-d | 0.168e-h | 0.197b-e | 0.168e-h | 0.162d-f | 0.194a-e | 25.72k | 63.81a | 44.82c-i | 37.94i-k | 43.88d-i | 49.47b-f |
150% RDF | 0.168d-f | 0.200a-d | 0.178b-e | 0.195a-e | 0.178b-e | 0.184b-h | 42.66e-i | 54.80b | 42.82e-i | 42.97e-j | 50.19b-e | 50.07b-f |
100% PK | 0.185b-e | 0.181b-h | 0.189b-e | 0.166e-h | 0.186b-e | 0.157h | 49.24b-g | 48.98b-g | 38.94hi | 32.32k | 54.25b | 39.96h-k |
100% NK | 0.184b-e | 0.207a-c | 0.159ef | 0.154h | 0.177b-e | 0.184b-h | 54.64b | 54.54b | 37.40ij | 36.07jk | 42.84e-i | 45.48c-i |
100% NP | 0.180b-e | 0.210ab | 0.210bc | 0.188a-g | 0.162d-f | 0.181c-h | 51.58b-d | 50.77b-e | 51.10b-e | 45.76c-i | 42.73e-i | 45.58c-i |
Control | 0.158ef | 0.181b-h | 0.211b | 0.174d-h | 0.184b-e | 0.188a-g | 31.09jk | 45.00c-i | 50.67b-d | 36.64jk | 50.81b-e | 52.18bc |
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 < 0.05;
**Significant at p < 0.01;
Recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF), 200-60-60 kg N-P2O5-K2O ha−1