Table 6.
Effect of nutrient management on tillers (m−2) of rice at different growth stages.
| Treat | Tillers (m−2) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 DAT | 40 DAT | 60 DAT | 80 DAT | 100 DAT | 120 DAT | |||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Kharif rice | ||||||||||||
| T1 | 298.8 a | 299.7 a | 311.2 | 315.8 a | 340.3 | 340.7 a | 327.8 a | 326.8 | 324.7 a | 310.4 | 317.3 a | 306.8 |
| T2 | 296.9 a | 292.1 a | 300.3 | 308.8 a | 330.2 | 333.3 a | 305.3 ab | 312 | 303.6 ab | 298.3 | 298.6 ab | 295.2 |
| T3 | 263.1 a | 228.6 a | 278.8 | 274.1 ab | 280.2 | 295.7 a | 270.5 ab | 286.3 | 263.1 ab | 259.4 | 257.8 ab | 259.1 |
| T4 | 289.1 a | 290.8 a | 290.3 | 298.1 a | 331.7 | 333.3 a | 302.9 ab | 312.7 | 302.5 ab | 294.3 | 300.2 ab | 291.6 |
| T5 | 263.6 a | 265.2 a | 280.1 | 284.9 ab | 280.3 | 288.5 ab | 281.2 ab | 280.2 | 280.9 ab | 275.7 | 280.3 ab | 274.0 |
| T6 | 290.1 a | 292.2 a | 296.3 | 301.1 a | 322.6 | 330.0 a | 319.2 a | 307.8 | 313.1 a | 301.2 | 310.2 a | 296.4 |
| T7 | 265.0 a | 264.0 a | 280.5 | 282.2 ab | 282.3 | 283.7 ab | 280.7 ab | 299.8 | 278.9 ab | 281.2 | 271.5 ab | 277.4 |
| T8 | 291.8 a | 293.3 a | 296.3 | 306.2 a | 337.3 | 340.1 a | 318.7 a | 320.2 | 312.1 a | 297.7 | 309.3 a | 296.0 |
| T9 | 263.3 a | 267.0 a | 273.2 | 283.5 ab | 280.8 | 287.0 ab | 285.0 ab | 302.5 | 280.5 ab | 284.0 | 274.7 ab | 274.1 |
| T10 | 287.3 a | 293.7 a | 290.1 | 294.2 ab | 325.5 | 325.3 a | 313.0 a | 309.5 | 309.6 a | 296.6 | 305.3 a | 293.1 |
| T11 | 280.2 a | 285.1 a | 281.5 | 290.4 ab | 281.9 | 301.7 a | 282.0 ab | 299.4 | 280.3 ab | 276.3 | 275.2 ab | 271.3 |
| T12 | 198.3 b | 151.3 b | 206.0 | 205.7 b | 212.7 | 210.7 b | 208.7 b | 208.0 | 204.5 b | 200.8 | 201.7 b | 195.9 |
| F-test | * | * | NS | * | NS | ** | ** | NS | ** | NS | ** | NS |
| SEm (±) | 7.7 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 12.7 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 11.2 | 9.8 |
| CV (%) | 13.49 | 9.54 | 13.65 | 10.53 | 15.50 | 9.31 | 11.84 | 18.94 | 11.98 | 23.91 | 12.16 | 12.42 |
| Boro rice | ||||||||||||
| T1 | 340.8 a | 346.8 a | 361.2 | 362.7 a | 386.3 a | 388.3 a | 380.8 a | 365.7 | 366.7 a | 366.0 | 361.3 a | 360.3 a |
| T2 | 326.9 a | 325.1 a | 330.3 | 335.1 a | 383.6 a | 383.8 a | 375.3 a | 372.3 | 368.6 a | 363.0 | 360.0 a | 361.8 a |
| T3 | 293.1 a | 308.6 a | 310.8 | 316.3 a | 342.0 ab | 340.3 ab | 330.5 ab | 331.7 | 321.1 a | 325.7 | 300.8 ab | 320.3 ab |
| T4 | 332.1 a | 325.8 a | 339.3 | 336.7 a | 371.7 a | 373.6 a | 362.5 a | 367.3 | 359.9 a | 366.0 | 357.2 a | 353.0 a |
| T5 | 299.6 a | 323.0 a | 330.1 | 330.3 a | 345.3 ab | 337.4 ab | 331.2 ab | 328.5 | 326.9 a | 323.5 | 320.3 ab | 320.3 ab |
| T6 | 337.1 a | 332.2 a | 346.3 | 348.3 a | 362.6 a | 372.9 a | 359.2 a | 370.0 | 353.1 a | 369.2 | 347.2 a | 362.5 a |
| T7 | 303.0 a | 320.0 a | 331.0 | 330.7 a | 350.3 ab | 343.3 a | 330.7 ab | 330.7 | 325.9 a | 326.5 | 321.5 ab | 323.3 ab |
| T8 | 338.8 a | 333.3 a | 340.3 | 341.3 a | 383.3 a | 373.1 a | 358.7 a | 363.6 | 352.1 a | 361.3 | 350.3 a | 352.7 a |
| T9 | 303.3 a | 307.0 a | 313.2 | 322.2 a | 342.0 ab | 346.3 ab | 338.6 ab | 332.0 | 331.5 a | 326.5 | 321.7 ab | 323.5 ab |
| T10 | 327.3 a | 333.7 a | 328.1 | 330.3 a | 365.5 a | 373.5 a | 353.0 a | 365.3 | 350.6 a | 363.5 | 345.3 a | 356.9 a |
| T11 | 309.2 a | 319.0 a | 323.5 | 325.0 a | 349.9 ab | 345.9 ab | 342.0 a | 330.7 | 335.3 a | 322.2 | 315.2 ab | 320.3 ab |
| T12 | 208.3 b | 211.3 b | 226.0 | 221.7 b | 252.7 b | 257.3 b | 245.7 b | 240.7 | 233.5 b | 228.0 | 229.7 b | 223.3 b |
| F-test | * | * | NS | * | ** | ** | ** | NS | * | NS | ** | ** |
| SEm (±) | 10.2 | 11.3 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 12.2 | 13.9 | 12 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 10 | 13.2 | 10.8 |
| CV (%) | 7.46 | 8.12 | 16.50 | 9.30 | 9.44 | 10.90 | 9.37 | 17.68 | 8.56 | 22.52 | 9.83 | 12.30 |
The treatment details for the Kharif and Boro rice are mentioned in Table 3. CV (%) = coefficient of variation; ** and * significant at p ≤ 0.01 and p ≤ 0.05, respectively; NS = not significant; different letters within the continuous columns indicate significant differences at the 1% level of probability.