Foliar Spray of Nitrogen Fertilizer on Raised Bed Increases Yield of Transplanted Aman Rice over Conventional Method

Table 2

Plant biomass with respect to foliar spray in raised bed and conventional method.

Method of fertilizer application	Plant height; (cm)	Panicle; length (cm)	Nonbearing tiller (no·m^−2)	Sterility (%)	Straw yield; (t ha^−1)	Harvest index
Foliar spray of fertilizer in raised bed	91.34a	24.67	46b	9.28b	4.72	0.49
Fertilizer broadcasting in conventional planting	86.38b	24.30	59a	12.41a	4.92	0.47
LSD at 5%	1.57	0.33	2.07	0.46	0.21	0.00
Level of significance	**	n.s.	**	**	n.s.	n.s.

Where ** represents probability of ≤0.01 and n.s. represents probability of >0.05. Values were means of three replicates. In a column figures with same letter do not differ significantly whereas figures with dissimilar letters differ significantly (𝑃≤0.01).