. 2021 Sep 2;7(9):e07912. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07912

Table 5.

Seed performance of LPA, compared to HPA and commercial hybrids (SC701 and LS8520), in response to the P application rate.

Varieties	P (mg/kg)	Final germination (%)	MGT	GVI	EC (μS g⁻¹)	Root length	Shoot length	Root: shoot
LPA	18	92.0^a	2.82^a	35.3^a	16.7^bc	10.6^a	7.62^a	1.39^a
HPA		95.7^abc	2.74^a	38.4^abc	12.5^ab	13.5^bcd	9.15^abcd	1.49^a
SC701		100^c	2.88^a	38.2^abc	13.2^abc	12.8^bc	8.80^abc	1.45^a
LS8520		95.0^abc	2.79^a	35.2^a	17.67^c	12.0^ab	7.95^ab	1.50^a
LPA	26	96.0^abc	2.81^a	36.4^abc	13.0^abc	12.5^abc	8.45^ab	1.49^a
HPA		95.0^abc	2.61^a	36.2^abc	10.9^a	14.1^cd	11.0^de	1.28^a
SC701		100^c	2.49^a	39.2^bc	10.4^a	13.0^bc	9.62^bcd	1.36^a
LS8520		97.7^bc	2.99^a	35.8^ab	12.5^ab	11.9^ab	8.27^ab	1.41^a
LPA	34	96.8^abc	2.84^a	37.2^abc	11.0^a	12.8^bc	9.70^bcd	1.33^a
HPA		96.0^abc	2.74^a	38.5^abc	9.80^a	15.5^d	11.97^e	1.29^a
SC701		99.0^c	2.66^a	39.7^c	9.00^a	13.5^bcd	10.7^cde	1.26^a
LS8520		93^ab	2.96^a	35.1^a	10.50^a	12.3^abc	8.60^ab	1.43^a
LSD(G×P)		3.22	0.30	2.21	2.77	1.23	1.13	0.96
P (G)		<.001	0.035	<.001	0.001	<.001	<.001	0.330
(P)		0.172	0.506	0.268	<.001	<.001	<.001	0.034
(PxG)		0.031	0.278	0.263	0.371	0.128	0.207	0.038
CV		2.0	7.8	4.2	13.4	6.7	8.5	9.9

Note: LPA = low phytic acid, HPA = high phytic acid, SC701 = white commercial maize variery and LS8520 = yellow commercial maize variety. Values within the same column sharing the same letter are not significant different at p < 0.05.