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Table 3 Effects of irrigation levels, plant densities, antitranspirants, and their interaction on LAI of maize during 2019 and 2020 seasons

From: Beneficial effects of antitranspirants on water stress tolerance in maize under different plant densities in newly reclaimed land

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

6.02

6.10

6.14

6.09

6.03

6.13

6.19

6.12

PD2:23.333

6.55

7.06

7.11

6.91

6.60

7.13

7.18

6.97

PD3:35.000

7.39

8.07

8.17

7.88

7.47

8.12

8.27

7.95

Mean of IL1

6.65

7.08

7.14

6.96

6.70

7.13

7.21

7.01

IL2: 70%

PD1:17.500

5.72

6.01

6.03

5.92

5.86

6.08

6.12

6.02

PD2:23.333

6.12

6.56

6.98

6.56

6.19

7.01

7.05

6.75

PD3:35.000

6.16

7.08

7.12

6.79

6.28

7.17

7.23

6.89

Mean of IL2

6.00

6.55

6.71

6.42

6.11

6.75

6.80

6.56

IL3: 60%

PD1:17.500

4.14

5.17

5.36

4.89

4.36

5.44

5.58

5.13

PD2:23.333

4.19

5.27

5.66

5.04

4.20

5.50

5.90

5.20

PD3:35.000

5.09

5.53

5.68

5.43

5.15

5.88

6.06

5.70

Mean of IL3

4.47

5.32

5.57

5.12

4.57

5.61

5.85

5.34

Mean of (PD × An)

PD1:17.500

5.30

5.76

5.84

5.63

5.42

5.89

5.97

5.76

PD2:23.333

5.62

6.30

6.58

6.17

5.66

6.54

6.71

6.31

PD3:35.000

6.21

6.89

6.99

6.70

6.30

7.06

7.18

6.85

Mean of An

5.71

6.32

6.47

-

5.79

6.50

6.62

LSD0.05

IL: 0.08

PD: 0.05

IL: 0.05

PD: 0.05

An: 0.05

IL × PD: 0.05

An: 0.04

IL × PD: 0.05

IL × An: 0.08

PD × An: 0.08

IL × An: 0.07

PD × An: 0.07

IL × PD × An: 0.15

IL × PD × An: 0.11