Leaf Gas Exchange and Root Nodulation Respond to Planting Density in Soybean [Glycine max (L) Merrill]

Table 2

Effect of plant density and cultivar on soil moisture content (% v/v) at 50% flowering stage.

Soil moisture content
	Cultivars
Plant density (plants m^−2)	EAI 3600	DPSB 19	Mean
10	24.93	23.95	24.44
12	24.98	27.41	26.19
20	26.51	23.65	25.08
40	23.92	23.75	23.84
80	21.54	19.90	20.72
Mean	24.38	23.73
-value	0.043
HSD (0.05)	2.422
CV (%)	8.6
Season
Plant density (plants m^−2)	Long rains 2018	Short rains 2018
10	33.31	8.13
12	37.27	10.41
20	36.29	13.87
40	39.97	12.42
80	37.92	10.96
Mean	36.95	11.16
-value	0.043
HSD (0.05)	2.422
CV (%)	8.6
Cultivars
EAI 3600	38.14	10.62	24.38
DPSB 19	35.77	11.70	23.73
-value	0.003
HSD (0.05)	1.532
CV (%)	8.6
	-value
Density × season × cultivar	0.091

HSD = Tukey s honestly significant difference; CV = Coefficient of variation.