Table 3. Impact of leaf extracts from local and exotic moringa landraces on number of kernels per panicle, 1000-kernal weight and grain yield of rice cultivated under different levels of drought stress (n = 4).
| Treatments | Kernels per panicle | 1000-kernel weight (g) | Grain yield (g) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC | MDS | SDS | Mean (FT) | CC | MDS | SDS | Mean (FT) | CC | MDS | SDS | Mean (FT) | |
| WS | 104.75 | 90.50 | 70.50 | 88.58 D | 24.64 ef | 23.73 g | 16.34 l | 21.56 E | 65.35 | 35.38 | 19.25 | 39.99 D |
| MLE-LM | 114.75 | 96.00 | 76.25 | 95.67 B | 25.93 b | 24.97 de | 20.18 i | 23.68 B | 71.25 | 50.75 | 27.25 | 49.75 B |
| MLE-LF | 119.50 | 101.50 | 81.00 | 100.67 A | 28.07 a | 26.11 b | 21.37 h | 25.18 A | 75.50 | 55.50 | 30.00 | 53.67 A |
| MLE-LD | 113.75 | 96.50 | 76.50 | 95.58 B | 25.68 bc | 24.98 de | 19.40 j | 23.35 C | 70.50 | 52.00 | 25.99 | 49.49 B |
| MLE-EL | 111.50 | 94.00 | 73.00 | 92.83 C | 25.24 cd | 24.18 fg | 18.34 k | 22.58 D | 69.50 | 45.50 | 24.25 | 46.42 C |
| Mean (WT) | 113.00 A | 96.00 B | 76.00 C | 25.91 A | 24.79 B | 19.12 C | 70.42 A | 47.82 B | 25.34 C | |||
| LSD, 0.05 | WT = 0.8535, FT = 1.1636, WT×FT = NS | WT = 0.2090, FT = 0.3235, WT×FT = 0.5603 | WT = 0.7855, FT = 0.8574, WT×FT = NS | |||||||||
Means sharing the same alphabets did not differ significantly at P ≤ 0.05. NS = statistically non-significant, CC = control condition, MDS = moderate drought stress, SDS = severe drought stress, FT = foliar treatments, WS = water spray, MLE-LM = moringa leaf extract from local landrace of Multan origin, LF = local landrace of Faisalabad origin, LD = local landrace of DG Khan origin, EL = exotic landrace, WT = water treatments