Table 3.
Fresh and dry weight cob and plant of maize cultivars under salt and Si application during 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons.
| Treatments | Total dry weight (g) | Total fresh weight (g) | Cob dry weight (g) | Cob fresh weight (g) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | |
| Salinity (mg L-1) | ||||||||
| 1000 | 301.04 a | 286.16 a | 733.50 a | 689.64 a | 114.33 a | 105.00 a | 227.15 a | 210.98 a |
| 2000 | 262.82 b | 246.84 b | 641.94 b | 596.83 b | 97.63 b | 88.83 b | 193.83 b | 178.37 b |
| 3000 | 232.23 c | 216.02 c | 563.96 c | 520.26 c | 82.84 c | 74.41 c | 162.72 c | 148.06 c |
| LSD | 18.64 | 18.13 | 48.11 | 44.82 | 13.4 | 12.37 | 26.42 | 24.60 |
| Maize cultivars | ||||||||
| ES 81 | 261.74 a | 257.17 a | 648.73 a | 616.18 a | 102.33 a | 94.20 a | 201.19 a | 187.10 a |
| ES 83 | 274.67 a | 251.01 ab | 656.68 a | 604.05 a | 98.73 a | 90.49 a | 196.26 a | 180.60 a |
| ES90 | 259.69 a | 240.84 b | 633.99 a | 586.50 a | 93.75 a | 83.55 a | 186.26 a | 169.70 a |
| Silicon application (kg ha-1) | ||||||||
| 0 | 241.38 c | 225.33 c | 587.40 c | 543.36 c | 88.16 c | 79.58 c | 176.08 c | 160.87 c |
| 1 | 265.80 b | 250.79 b | 646.48 b | 603.79 b | 98.89 b | 90.27 b | 195.12 b | 180.15 b |
| 2 | 288.91 a | 272.89 a | 705.52 a | 659.57 a | 107.75 a | 98.39 a | 212.50 a | 196.38 a |
| LSD | 12.54 | 11.21 | 31.37 | 29.37 | 6.97 | 6.36 | 13.78 | 12.64 |
Values in the column with identical letter(s) do not substantially differ at the 5% level of probability.