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

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
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