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. 2022 Nov 23;13:953451. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.953451

Table 4.

Effect of silicon on the yield and its components and water use efficiency of the maize cultivars under irrigation water salinity during 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons.

Treatments Total biomass (t ha-1) Stover yield (t ha-1) Cob dry weight (t ha-1) Grain yield (t ha-1)
2019-20 2020-21 2019-20 2020-21 2019-20 2020-21 2019-20 2020-21
Salinity (mg L-1)
1000 26.40 a 25.11 a 15.37 a 14.76 a 11.03 a 10.35 a 8.36 a 8.47 a
2000 22.35 b 21.27 b 13.60 b 13.06 b 8.74 b 8.21 b 7.23 b 7.43 b
3000 18.01 c 17.17 c 11.71 c 11.24 c 6.29 c 5.92 c 5.64 c 5.82 c
LSD 1.70 1.60 1.14 1.09 1.657 1.538 0.405 0.415
Maize cultivars
ES 81 22.45 a 21.37 a 13.77 a 13.22 a 8.67 a 8.14 a 7.16 a 7.33 a
ES 83 22.12 a 21.05 a 13.33 a 12.80 a 8.79 a 8.25 a 6.97 a 7.14 a
ES90 22.20 a 21.13 a 13.59 a 13.04 a 8.60 a 8.08 a 7.09 a 7.26 a
Silicon application (kg ha-1)
0 20.07 c 19.12 c 12.44 c 11.94 c 7.63 c 7.17 c 5.83 c 5.97 c
1 22.39 b 21.31 b 13.66 b 13.11 b 8.73 b 8.20 b 7.46 b 7.64 b
2 24.30 a 23.12 a 14.59 a 14.01 a 9.70 a 9.11 a 7.94 a 8.12 a
LSD 0.948 0.903 0.675 0.648 0.478 0.445 0.145 0.149

Values in the column with identical letter(s) do not substantially differ at the 5% level of probability.