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Table 3.

Effect of sowing date (SD) and deficit irrigation on growth characteristics of sorghum plants in 2017 and 2018 seasons (means ± SE).

Treatment	Plant height (cm)	Leaves area (cm²)	Stem diameter plant⁻¹ (cm)	1000 grain weight (g)	Grain yield (t ha⁻¹)	Forage yield (t ha⁻¹)
2017
SD	^**	^**	^**	^**	^**	^**
SS	164.51 ± 3.1^a	115.91 ± 3.9^a	2.12 ± 0.06^a	29.33 ± 0.99^a	5.32 ± 0.23 ^a	35.77 ± 1.9^a
FS	145.11 ± 3.1^b	108.70 ± 3.5^b	1.95 ± 0.09^b	26.08 ± 0.78^b	4.30 ± 0.19^b	28.55 ± 2.1^b
DI	^**	^**	^**	^**	^**	^**
DI ₀	167.61 ± 5.4^a	126.22 ± 2.6^a	2.25 ± 0.02^a	30.33 ± 1.1^a	5.52 ± 0.15^a	38.60 ± 1.7^a
DI_10%	164.70 ± 5.2 ^a	119.60 ± 2.2^b	2.19 ± 0.02^a	30.17 ± 0.87^a	5.31 ± 0.33^a	36.90 ± 2.0^a
DI_20%	154.92 ± 4.7^b	109.80 ± 0.33^c	2.06 ± 0.06^b	27.00 ± 0.58^b	4.70 ± 0.22^b	31.59 ± 1.3^b
DI_30%	133.31 ± 1.9^c	93.61 ± 1.9^d	1.64 ± 0.08^c	23.33 ± 0.61^c	3.71 ± 0.23^c	21.56 ± 1.5^c
SD × DI	^**	*	*	*	^**	^**

2018
SD	^**	^**	^**	^**	^**	^**
SS	170.33 ± 5.1^b	122.71 ± 4.5^a	2.19 ± 0.06^a	30.73 ± 0.92^a	5.51 ± 0.26^a	36.87 ± 1.8^a
FS	153.42 ± 3.6^c	115.17 ± 3.9^b	2.01 ± 0.09^b	26.70 ± 1.11^b	4.50 ± 0.21^b	29.06 ± 2.1^b
DI	^**	^**	^**	^**	^**	^**
DI ₀	174.20 ± 4.4^a	134.42 ± 2.8^a	2.35 ± 0.01 ^a	31.81 ± 0.82^a	5.81 ± 0.24^a	39.80 ± 1.5^a
DI_10%	171.30 ± 4.3^a	127.30 ± 2.3^b	2.26 ± 0.02^b	31.74 ± 0.99^a	5.48 ± 0.21^a	37.24 ± 1.5^a
DI_20%	160.22 ± 5.3^b	116.40 ± 0.54^c	2.12 ± 0.06^c	27.89 ± 0.72^b	4.86 ± 0.35^b	32.11 ± 2.1^b
DI_30%	138.21 ± 1.6^c	97.81 ± 1.6^d	1.67 ± 0.08^d	23.42 ± 1.11^c	3.86 ± 0.12^c	22.90 ± 1.5^c
SD × DI	^**	*	^**	*	*	^**

^** and * denote significant differences at (p ≤ 0.05 and p ≤ 0.01) probability level; ns denotes non-significant difference. All means tracked by the similar letter for each column are not differed significantly based on the LSD test (p ≤ 0.05).