Table 10 Effects of irrigation levels, plant densities, antitranspirants, and their interaction on water use efficiency (WUE) of maize during 2019 and 2020 seasons
Treatments | Antitranspirants (An) | Mean of IL × PD | Antitranspirants (An) | Mean of IL × PD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irrigation levels (IL) | Plant densities (PD) | An1: control | An2: chitosan | An3: kaolin | An1: control | An2: chitosan | An3: kaolin | ||
2019 season | 2020 season | ||||||||
IL1: 80% | PD1:17.500 | 1.10 | 1.21 | 1.25 | 1.19 | 1.04 | 1.10 | 1.14 | 1.10 |
PD2:23.333 | 1.21 | 1.29 | 1.37 | 1.29 | 1.18 | 1.32 | 1.34 | 1.28 | |
PD3:35.000 | 1.28 | 1.40 | 1.48 | 1.39 | 1.31 | 1.47 | 1.50 | 1.43 | |
Mean of IL1 | 1.20 | 1.30 | 1.37 | 1.29 | 1.18 | 1.30 | 1.33 | 1.27 | |
IL2: 70% | PD1:17.500 | 1.18 | 1.32 | 1.39 | 1.30 | 1.11 | 1.36 | 1.43 | 1.30 |
PD2:23.333 | 1.25 | 1.38 | 1.43 | 1.35 | 1.28 | 1.41 | 1.46 | 1.38 | |
PD3:35.000 | 1.40 | 1.52 | 1.58 | 1.50 | 1.39 | 1.55 | 1.59 | 1.51 | |
Mean of IL2 | 1.28 | 1.41 | 1.47 | 1.38 | 1.26 | 1.44 | 1.49 | 1.40 | |
IL3: 60% | PD1:17.500 | 1.18 | 1.30 | 1.38 | 1.29 | 1.17 | 1.28 | 1.43 | 1.30 |
PD2:23.333 | 1.28 | 1.32 | 1.45 | 1.35 | 1.32 | 1.38 | 1.44 | 1.38 | |
PD3:35.000 | 1.37 | 1.46 | 1.61 | 1.48 | 1.41 | 1.50 | 1.61 | 1.51 | |
Mean of IL3 | 1.28 | 1.36 | 1.48 | 1.37 | 1.30 | 1.39 | 1.50 | 1.39 | |
Mean of (PD × An) | PD1:17.500 | 1.15 | 1.28 | 1.34 | 1.26 | 1.11 | 1.25 | 1.33 | 1.23 |
PD2:23.333 | 1.24 | 1.33 | 1.42 | 1.33 | 1.26 | 1.37 | 1.42 | 1.35 | |
PD3:35.000 | 1.35 | 1.46 | 1.56 | 1.46 | 1.37 | 1.51 | 1.57 | 1.48 | |
Mean of An | 1.25 | 1.36 | 1.44 | – | 1.25 | 1.37 | 1.44 | – | |
LSD0.05 | IL: 0.02 | PD: 0.02 | IL: 0.02 | PD: 0.02 | |||||
An: 0.01 | IL × PD: 0.02 | An: 0.01 | IL × PD: 0.02 | ||||||
IL × An: 0.02 | PD × An: NS | IL × An: 0.02 | PD × An: 0.02 | ||||||
IL × PD × An: NS | IL × PD × An: 0.03 | ||||||||