Application of Bioactive Coatings Based on Chitosan for Soybean Seed Protection

Table 5

Effects of different treatments on yield components of soybean in the field trials.

Treatments	No. of nodes (no./plant)	No. of pods (no./plant)	No. of grains (no./plant)	100-seed weight/g	Yield (10^3 kg/ha)
1% NP	11.8±1.4c	32.5±3.2c	63.2±5.5c	24.42±0.3	2.63±0.025c
2% NP	12.2±1.6c	33.7±2.8c	65.8±5.8c	25.26±0.5c	2.89±0.024c
3% NP	12.5±1.5c	34.1±3.0c	67.2±5.2b	25.76±0.2c	2.95±0.021b
4% NP	12.7±1.3c	34.6±2.7c	68.4±5.6b	26.35±0.4b	3.05±0.023a
5% NP	12.9±1.2c	35.8±3.3c	75.2±5.1a	27.85±0.3a	3.12±0.022a
CK	11.2±1.7	31.9±3.1	60.6±5.7	23.13±0.5	2.58±0.024

Values are expressed as mean ± standard error. Means within a column designated with different letters are significance different at 𝑃<0.05.