Table 4 Effect of pea seed powder on plant height, yield, and yield components of wheat plants
Treatments | Pea seed powder g/pot | Plant height (cm) | Spike length (cm) | Number of spikes/plant | Number of spikelets/spike | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At sowing | 1 week before sowing | Mean | At sowing | 1 week before sowing | Mean | At sowing | 1 week before sowing | Mean | At sowing | 1 week before sowing | Mean | ||
Wheat + chard + canarygrass | 0 | 43.33 | 45.00 | 44.165 | 5.61 | 6.00 | 5.81 | 3.00 | 2.86 | 2.93 | 10.50 | 13.00 | 11.75 |
Wheat only | 0 | 66.00 | 64.50 | 65.25 | 7.24 | 10.00 | 8.62 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 13.48 | 23.00 | 18.24 |
Wheat + chard + canarygrass + pea seed powder | 20 | 52.50 | 51.66 | 52.08 | 7.53 | 9.43 | 8.48 | 3.00 | 3.03 | 3.02 | 15.30 | 21.00 | 18.15 |
40 | 53.66 | 54.00 | 53.83 | 8.25 | 9.53 | 8.89 | 3.75 | 3.56 | 3.66 | 15.33 | 24.00 | 19.67 | |
60 | 56.00 | 59.33 | 57.665 | 8.83 | 11.03 | 9.93 | 3.93 | 3.96 | 3.95 | 18.25 | 26.00 | 22.13 | |
80 | 63.33 | 66.13 | 64.73 | 11.70 | 12.00 | 11.85 | 5.10 | 5.63 | 5.37 | 23.50 | 22.00 | 22.75 | |
100 | 52.66 | 53.66 | 53.16 | 10.66 | 10.43 | 10.55 | 4.06 | 3.93 | 4.00 | 21.50 | 21.00 | 21.25 | |
Mean | 55.35 | 56.33 | 8.54 | 9.77 | 3.83 | 3.85 | 16.83 | 21.42 | |||||
LSD at 5% | A = 0.79 B = 2.72 AB = 3.85 | A = 0.09 B = 0.25 AB = 0.35 | A = NS B = 0.21 AB = 0.30 | A = 0.17 B = 0.71 AB = 1.01 | |||||||||