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Table 8 Effects of irrigation levels, plant densities, antitranspirants, and their interaction on grain weight ear−1 (g) 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

158.68

164.22

165.26

162.72

159.94

165.23

165.30

163.49

PD2:23.333

153.16

156.23

156.49

155.30

154.40

157.35

157.60

156.45

PD3:35.000

147.36

152.18

152.89

150.81

148.48

153.30

154.16

151.98

Mean of IL1

153.07

157.55

158.21

156.28

154.27

158.62

159.02

157.31

IL2: 70%

PD1:17.500

149.82

155.77

156.07

153.89

150.15

156.14

156.23

154.18

PD2:23.333

146.71

153.46

154.33

151.50

147.29

154.20

155.05

152.18

PD3:35.000

142.98

147.02

147.10

145.70

143.34

149.46

150.13

147.65

Mean of IL2

146.50

152.09

152.50

150.36

146.93

153.27

153.80

151.33

IL3: 60%

PD1:17.500

141.70

144.01

144.98

143.57

142.15

145.11

145.32

144.19

PD2:23.333

139.64

142.67

143.00

141.77

138.88

143.41

143.49

141.93

PD3:35.000

135.22

137.24

138.40

136.95

134.46

136.62

137.04

136.04

Mean of IL3

138.85

141.31

142.13

140.76

138.50

141.71

141.95

140.72

Mean of (PD × An)

PD1:17.500

150.07

154.67

155.44

153.39

150.75

155.49

155.62

153.95

PD2:23.333

146.51

150.79

151.28

149.52

146.86

151.65

152.05

150.19

PD3:35.000

141.85

145.48

146.13

144.49

142.09

146.46

147.11

145.22

Mean of An

146.14

150.31

150.95

146.57

151.20

151.59

LSD0.05

IL: 0.39

PD: 0.62

IL: 0.20

PD: 0.23

An: 0.42

IL × PD: 0.61

An: 0.17

IL × PD: 0.13

IL × An: 0.74

PD × An: NS

IL × An: 0.29

PD × An: NS

IL × PD × An: 1.27

IL × PD × An: 0.50