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. 2020 Jul 10;11:994. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00994

Table 5.

Mean values for DM at maturity, grain yield (GY), harvest index (HI) in each growing environment, and pooled means for management factors plant density, defoliation, and nitrogen timing.

Factor   Grain yield (t/ha) DM at maturity (t/ha) HI
Environment Lo17 2.6b 5.7d 0.46a
Lo18 2.2d 4.8e 0.47a
Te14 2.1c 7.2c 0.29d
Te15 4.4a 12.3a 0.36c
Ya17 4.7a 11.4b 0.41b
Ya18 0.8e 2.7f 0.29d
Plant density Low 2.7 7.1a 0.39
High 2.7 7.4b 0.38
Defoliation Control 2.8a 7.9a 0.35b
Defoliated 2.5b 6.4b 0.40a
Nitrogen timing Seedbed N 2.7a 6.9b 0.40a
Deferred N 2.8b 7.4a 0.37b

Letters a–d indicate means are significantly different at the 95% confidence level.