. 2022 Feb 10;17(2):e0263323. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263323

Table 2. Mean sum of squares of growth, physiological and yield parameters in response to foliar applied K and MLE in normal and late sown kabuli chickpea.

SOV	Chl.	E	Gs	NdPP	NdDW	PH
Treatments (T)	599.7^**	1.102^**	367.4^**	3.883^NS	9.653^*	113.2^**
Sowing dates (S)	34.11^*	5.241^*	2231^**	8.533^*	297.1^**	785.4^**
T × S	2.53^NS	0.073^NS	46.14^**	0.616^NS	0.470^NS	2.825^NS
	BPP	PP	HGW	BY	GY	HI
Treatments (T)	31.88^**	198.1^**	8.878^**	263987 ^**	32982^**	19.49 ^**
Sowing dates (S)	229.6^**	554.7^**	2.465^**	2538103^**	1637069^**	167.2^**
T × S	3.217^NS	1.783^NS	0.201^**	80988^**	47326^**	3.743^**
	CAT	SOD	APX	Proline	GPC	GKC
Treatments (T)	43.84^**	63.82^**	14.89^**	5.33^**	4.652^**	7.518^**
Sowing dates (S)	34.35^*	63.95^*	34.77^*	14.26^**	1.875^*	1.008^NS
T × S	21.56^**	40.38^**	9.05^**	0.017^NS	0.062^NS	0.044^NS

SOV = Source of variance, Chl = Chlorophyll, E = Transpiration rate, gs = stomatal conductance, NdPP = Nodules per plant, NdDW = Nodules dry weight, PH = Plant height, BPP = Branches per plant, PP = Pods per plant, HGW = 100-grain weight, BY = Biological yield, GY = Grain yield, HI = Harvest index, CAT = Catalase, SOD = Superoxide dismutase, APX = Ascorbate peroxidase, GPC = Grain protein contents, GKC = Grain potassium contents NS = Non-significant,

* = Significant at P ≤ 0.05,

** = Significant at P ≤ 0.01.