Silicon Improves Yield Performance by Enhancement in Physiological Responses, Crop Imagery, and Leaf and Culm Sheath Morphology in New Rice Line, PadiU Putra

Table 8

The diameter and width of the culm with different Si method applications at 55 and 75 DAT in rice plants.

Treatment	Culm diameter (mm)		Culm width (mm)		Culm middle diameter (mm)		Culm middle width (mm)
	DAT
	55	75	55	75	55	75	55	75
Control	3130b	7927a	2639b	4888a	2254a	3678a	1782a	1942b
Topdressing	4171a	5684b	2888a	3981b	2147a	2782b	1571a	2543a
Foliar spray	3307b	7310a	2146c	4218a	1653b	3216a	1261a	767c
LSD ()	5.64	7.40	4.99	5.70	3.14	6.80	13.21	12.00
CV	6.50	9.19	6.82	5.67	8.37	8.90	6.92	5.62

Mean values followed by the same letters within a column are not significantly different at by the LSD test. DAT: days after transplanting; CV: coefficient of variation.