. 2021 Oct 12;12:717178. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.717178

TABLE 2.

Effect of water regimes on kernel filling components of maize hybrids in Expt. 1.

Treatments	Maximum water content (mg kernel^–¹)	Kernel water loss rate (mg kernel^–¹ day^–¹)	Kernel filling duration (days)	Kernel filling rate (mg day^–¹)
Water regimes
D1	225.10^a	3.06^c	72^a	4.84^b
D2	214.80^b	3.98^b	70^b	4.94^ab
D3	206.62^c	4.11^b	68^c	4.38^c
D4	209.41^c	4.16^b	65^d	4.99^ab
D5	215.21^b	5.77^a	61^e	5.36^a
LSD (P ≤ 0.05)	5.040	0.482	1.637	0.418
Hybrids
Pioneer 30B80	193.00^c	4.54^a	65^b	4.45^b
NK 40	236.50^a	4.27^b	70^a	5.52^a
Suwan 4452	213.21^b	3.83^c	66^b	4.74^b
LSD (P ≤ 0.05)	6.272	0.251	1.511	0.292
Interaction effect of water regimes and hybrids
D1
Pioneer 30B80	202.50^ghi	3.52^de	70^cd	4.15^hi
NK 40	250.91^a	3.13^de	75^ab	5.78^ab
Suwan 4452	221.90^cdef	2.54^fg	72^bc	4.60^efghi
D2
Pioneer 30B80	198.11^hij	4.87^c	63^e	5.11^bcdef
NK 40	233.60^bc	4.83^c	76^a	5.45^abc
Suwan 4452	212.70^efgh	2.23^g	71^cd	4.26^ghi
D3
Pioneer 30B80	186.40^f	3.56^de	62^ef	3.89ⁱ
NK 40	225.40^cde	3.04^ef	68^d	4.93^cdefg
Suwan 4452	208.12^fgh	5.72^b	73^abc	4.31^ghi
D4
Pioneer 30B80	190.50^ij	5.33^bc	68^d	4.40^fghi
NK 40	228.82^cd	3.74^d	70^cd	5.43^abc
Suwan 4452	208.91^fgh	3.40^de	57^g	5.15^bcde
D5
Pioneer 30B80	187.30^ij	5.43^bc	63^e	4.69^defgh
NK 40	243.73^ab	6.62^a	62^ef	6.03^a
Suwan 4452	214.62^defg	5.27^bc	59^fg	5.36^abcd
LSD (P ≤ 0.05)	14.02	0.562	3.378	0.901
CV (%)	3.84	7.81	2.95	7.82

FC, field capacity; PM, physiological maturity.

Treatment abbreviated as in Figure 3.

Means in each column with the same letter are not significantly different from each other at p ≤ 0.05.