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.