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. 2021 May 10;19:67. doi: 10.1186/s43141-021-00171-w

Table 3.

Grain yield and its components discriminated for main stems or tillers under greenhouse conditions

Treatment G Pots (EXP2) Microplots (EXP3)
GY (g pl−1) GN IGW (mg) GY (g m−2) GN IGW (mg)
Ms Ts Ms Ts Ms Ts Ms Ts Ms Ts Ms Ts
WW WT 3.7a 28.5a 89.7a 669.2a 41.0c 42.8b 431.7b 31.8c 8029.4d 621.5d 53.7a 49.9a
TR1 3.3ab 28.0a 85.7a 696.9a 38.4c 40.6b 493.7a 64.1b 10546.1a 1294.1cd 46.8b 49.9a
TR4 2.9bc 24.9a 71.3b 636.2a 40.5c 40.3b 423.6bc 78.0ab 9185.0c 2575.3a 46.4bc 38.0b
WD WT 0.8d 8.3b 14.3d 169.0b 57.9a 49.8a 374.5cd 18.4c 8448.0cd 581.5d 43.9c 29.7c
TR1 3.0bc 13.0b 57.0c 291.1b 53.1ab 46.1ab 471.9ab 66.1b 11961.8b 1731.1bc 39.2d 37.2b
TR4 2.8c 11.5b 53.3c 229.1b 52.0b 50.3a 330.9d 92.0a 8080.4d 2368.1ab 41.0d 37.6b
Genotype (G) ** ns ** ns ns ns ** ** ** ** * ns
Water treatment (T) *** *** *** *** *** *** * ns ns ns ** **
G × T *** ns *** ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns
LSD 0.5 5.9 9.8 181.8 5.7 6.32 49.6 21.0 917.8 756.1 2.7 5.3
ΔWW vs WD WT 2.6 20.2 75.3 500.2 17.0 7.0 58.9 13.3 1273.9 185.6 9.8 20.1
TR1 0.3 15.0 28.7 407.2 14.7 5.6 85.0 21.3 1742.5 438.4 7.6 12.7
TR4 0.2 13.4 18.0 405.8 11.5 10.1 92.7 38.9 1165.5 861.4 5.4 3.2
Significance *** ** *** ** ** ns ns ** ns ** ns ***

WW well-watered, WD water deficit, G genotype, T water treatment, MS main stems, TS tillers, GY grain yield, GN grain number, IGW individual grain number. In pots, GY and GN are expressed per plant, while in microplots, they are expressed per unit area (m2). Asterisks indicate significant differences (*p< 0.1; **p< 0.05; p< 0.001; ns, not significant). Means (n=3) sharing the same letters in columns do not differ (p< 0.1)