Table 6 Effects of irrigation levels, plant densities, antitranspirants, and their interaction on ear diameter (cm) 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 | 4.29 | 4.92 | 4.96 | 4.72 | 4.34 | 4.95 | 4.98 | 4.76 |
PD2:23.333 | 4.05 | 4.62 | 4.68 | 4.45 | 4.09 | 4.66 | 4.71 | 4.49 | |
PD3:35.000 | 4.04 | 4.35 | 4.40 | 4.26 | 4.05 | 4.41 | 4.44 | 4.30 | |
Mean of IL1 | 4.13 | 4.63 | 4.68 | 4.48 | 4.16 | 4.67 | 4.71 | 4.51 | |
IL2: 70% | PD1:17.500 | 4.17 | 4.53 | 4.58 | 4.43 | 4.19 | 4.57 | 4.60 | 4.45 |
PD2:23.333 | 4.11 | 4.31 | 4.33 | 4.25 | 4.14 | 4.36 | 4.39 | 4.30 | |
PD3:35.000 | 4.01 | 4.15 | 4.19 | 4.12 | 4.03 | 4.19 | 4.21 | 4.14 | |
Mean of IL2 | 4.10 | 4.33 | 4.37 | 4.27 | 4.12 | 4.37 | 4.40 | 4.30 | |
IL3: 60% | PD1:17.500 | 4.01 | 4.22 | 4.27 | 4.17 | 4.01 | 4.26 | 4.28 | 4.18 |
PD2:23.333 | 3.90 | 4.10 | 4.10 | 4.03 | 3.93 | 4.13 | 4.15 | 4.07 | |
PD3:35.000 | 3.46 | 3.93 | 4.00 | 3.80 | 3.54 | 4.04 | 4.05 | 3.88 | |
Mean of IL3 | 3.79 | 4.08 | 4.12 | 4.00 | 3.82 | 4.15 | 4.16 | 4.04 | |
Mean of (PD × An) | PD1:17.500 | 4.16 | 4.56 | 4.60 | 4.44 | 4.18 | 4.59 | 4.62 | 4.47 |
PD2:23.333 | 4.02 | 4.34 | 4.37 | 4.24 | 4.05 | 4.38 | 4.41 | 4.28 | |
PD3:35.000 | 3.84 | 4.14 | 4.20 | 4.06 | 3.87 | 4.21 | 4.23 | 4.11 | |
Mean of An | 4.01 | 4.35 | 4.39 | - | 4.03 | 4.40 | 4.42 | - | |
LSD0.05 | IL: 0.03 | PD: 0.10 | IL: 0.02 | PD: 0.04 | |||||
An: 0.03 | IL × PD: 0.01 | An: 0.005 | IL × PD: 0.01 | ||||||
IL × An: 0.04 | PD × An: NS | IL × An: 0.01 | PD × An:0. 01 | ||||||
IL × PD × An: 0.08 | IL × PD × An: 0.02 | ||||||||