Effect of Planting Dates and Planting Methods on Water Relations of Wheat

Table 5

Effect of planting dates and planting methods on plant height, grain yield, 1000-grain weight, no. of grain spike⁻¹, and spike length in the first and second growing seasons.

Treatments	Plant height (cm)		Grain yield (kg·ha^−1)		1000-grain weight (g)		No. of grain spike^−1		Spike length (cm)
	1^st season	2^nd season	1^st season	2^nd season	1^st season	2^nd season	1^st season	2^nd season	1^st season	2^nd season
Main plots: planting dates (PD)
Nov-20	76.35	91.03	6709.34	6502.13	46.12	38.59	44.69	50.75	8.65	10.98
Dec-20	63.96	74.98	5798.33	6241.33	38.2	31.82	42.59	48.38	8.39	11
F test				NS				NS		NS
LSD 5%	6.085	2.856	2.826	—	2.254	0.733	3.309	—	1.095	—
LSD 1%	—	6.589	6.519	—	5.201	1.69	7.634	—	2.525	—
Subplots: planting methods (PM)
M1	65.3	81.9	6984.43	6705.77	43.48	36.03	48.67	54.05	8.93	11.6
M2	65.85	82.35	5991.25	6398.53	41.74	35.64	41.26	47.45	7.99	10.85
M3	73.52	81.75	5901.94	5748.31	40.95	33.63	41.11	45.45	8.59	10.6
M4	75.94	86	6141.3	6502.13	42.52	35.52	44.07	51.3	8.58	10.9
F test						NS			NS
LSD 5%	8.094	2.165	0.862	1.525	2.913	—	4.724	1.755	—	0.562
LSD 1%	—	3.035	1.208	2.139	4.084	—	6.623	2.46	—	—
Interaction
PD × PM	NS	NS		NS		NS	NS		NS	NS

Note that , , and NS indicate , <0.01 and not significant, respectively.