Table 5.
Effects of lime treatments on yield and yield components of wheat.
| Treatments | Biomass yield (t ha−1) |
Grain yield (t ha−1) |
Straw yield (t ha−1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2019 | Average | 2018 | 2019 | Average | 2018 | 2019 | Average | |
| Control | 7.01d | 6.90e | 6.96e | 2.60d | 2.55e | 2.57d | 4.41e | 4.35d | 4.38d |
| ¼ FEAR | 7.20d | 7.38de | 7.29de | 2.67d | 2.79de | 2.72d | 4.53de | 4.60cd | 4.57cd |
| ½ FEAR | 7.54cd | 7.82cde | 7.68cde | 2.80cd | 2.96cde | 2.88cd | 4.74cde | 4.85bcd | 4.80bcd |
| FEAR | 8.14abcd | 8.37abcde | 8.26abcde | 3.16abcd | 3.32abcde | 3.24abcd | 4.98bcde | 5.06abcd | 5.02bcd |
| ¼ FBR | 9.58abc | 9.85abc | 9.71abc | 3.75abc | 3.90abc | 3.83abc | 5.82abc | 5.96ab | 5.88ab |
| FEAB | 7.75bcd | 8.10bcde | 7.92bcde | 2.94bcd | 3.10bcde | 3.02bcd | 4.81bcde | 5.00abcd | 4.90bcd |
| ¼ FBB | 9.16abcd | 9.42abcd | 9.29abcd | 3.48abcd | 3.65abcd | 3.56abcd | 5.68abcd | 5.77abc | 5.73abc |
| ½ FBB | 9.95ab | 10.19ab | 10.07ab | 3.89ab | 4.12ab | 4.01ab | 6.05ab | 6.07ab | 6.06ab |
| FBB | 10.36a | 10.65a | 10.50a | 4.12a | 4.30a | 4.21a | 6.24a | 6.35a | 6.29a |
| P-value | 0.036 | 0.034 | 0.035 | 0.040 | 0.031 | 0.035 | 0.035 | 0.038 | 0.036 |
| LSD (0.05) | 2.25 | 2.37 | 2.31 | 1.02 | 1.10 | 1.05 | 1.24 | 1.29 | 1.27 |
| CV (%) | 15.43 | 15.78 | 15.60 | 18.27 | 18.54 | 18.40 | 13.78 | 14.14 | 13.94 |
FEAR = full dose of lime determined using exchangeable acidity method and applied in rows; FEAB = full dose of lime determined using exchangeable acidity and applied in broadcasting method; FBR = full dose of lime determined using buffer method and applied in rows; FBB = full dose of lime determined using buffer method and applied in broadcasting method.