Research Article

Comparative Performance of Hybrid and Elite Inbred Rice Varieties with respect to Their Source-Sink Relationship

Table 6

Preanthesis dry matter accumulation in shoot and its translocation to the grain of hybrid and inbred rice varieties at different dates of planting in dryseasons, 2008-200 and 2009-201.

Variety × planting dates Shoot dry matter at
preanthesis (g m−2)
Shoot dry matter at
maturity (g m−2)
Changes in shoot
dry matter (g m−2)
Shoot reserve
translocation (%)
2008-092009-102008-092009-102008-092009-102008-092009-10

BRRI hy. dhan2
 20 December846.95729.92691.99575.55154.95ab155.37a18.23a21.10a
 05 January807.36713.06662.39587.56145.18ab125.50ab17.96ab17.76bc
 20 January649.59661.62544.86557.51104.73cd104.10b16.14b15.78c
 05 February584.34559.51510.55498.4873.79de61.03cd12.51c10.84d
Hybrid Heera2
 20 December925.37784.71746.50637.06178.87a147.65a19.39a18.68ab
 05 January827.57731.06666.04605.29158.53ab133.87ab19.53a18.23bc
 20 January741.76662.03603.25592.38138.51bc69.65c18.68ab10.57d
 05 February615.54602.53595.45560.6153.43e41.92cd8.12d7.00e
Inbred BRRI45
 20 December708.36596.02622.57534.0985.76de61.93cd10.85cd10.29d
 05 January729.69569.71640.89507.8061.81e61.8cd12.11c11.03d
 20 January610.48549.82540.34513.4770.14de36.34d11.32c6.54e
 05 February557.94518.73502.82481.9155.12e36.82d10.01cd7.03e

Variety***************
Planting date*****NS********
CV (%)8.828.068.976.5919.5221.1112.6911.50

Within a column, means followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different at 5% level of probability by DMRT. site SAU, Dhaka. site BRRI, Gazipur.
NS: nonsignificant at 5% level of significance.
Significant at 5% level of significance.
Significant at 5% level of significance.