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Table 2 Yield components of 4 rice cultivars grown under 3 N treatments at 5 locations in 2012. Data are averaged across 3 N treatments

From: Potential Yield Increase of Hybrid Rice at Five Locations in Southern China

Cultivar

Panicles m−2

Spikelets panicle−1

Spikelets m−2 (× 103)

Spikelet filling (%)

Grain weight (mg)

Huaiji

 Liangyoupeijiu

186.6

161.4

30.4

74.3

23.6

 Y-liangyou 1

197.3

147.4

29.5

79.6

24.0

 Yuxiangyouzhan

176.5

180.2

31.9

78.6

19.8

 Huanghuazhan

211.7

145.5

31.0

82.9

20.0

 Mean

193.1 d

158.6 d

30.7 d

78.8 c

21.8 ab

 LSD (0.05)

17.2

8.7

1.7

3.6

0.4

Binyang

 Liangyoupeijiu

204.1

147.2

30.1

81.8

24.3

 Y-liangyou 1

205.2

139.1

28.8

75.4

24.3

 Yuxiangyouzhan

167.5

179.0

29.9

84.3

21.1

 Huanghuazhan

217.1

142.4

30.8

85.9

21.3

 Mean

198.5 cd

151.9 d

29.9 d

81.8 b

22.8 a

 LSD (0.05)

14.1

7.8

2.0

2.9

0.3

Haikou

 Liangyoupeijiu

227.1

151.0

34.4

85.9

25.3

 Y-liangyou 1

214.8

157.4

34.1

83.8

25.1

 Yuxiangyouzhan

194.9

211.9

41.3

88.5

20.2

 Huanghuazhan

219.6

173.4

38.1

89.1

20.5

 Mean

214.1 c

173.4 c

37.0 c

86.8 a

22.8 a

 LSD (0.05)

10.9

7.5

2.0

2.5

0.2

Changsha

 Liangyoupeijiu

219.7

240.3

52.7

74.3

23.4

 Y-liangyou 1

231.3

205.7

47.7

84.1

23.6

 Yuxiangyouzhan

218.4

243.7

53.0

83.2

19.7

 Huanghuazhan

287.1

171.2

48.8

84.0

20.0

 Mean

239.1 b

215.2 a

50.5 b

81.4 bc

21.7 b

 LSD (0.05)

8.7

9.5

3.1

4.0

0.3

Xingyi

 Liangyoupeijiu

277.6

188.3

52.5

83.4

24.6

 Y-liangyou 1

284.9

185.2

52.9

86.3

24.9

 Yuxiangyouzhan

257.9

230.9

59.5

85.6

20.0

 Huanghuazhan

317.0

181.4

57.5

86.0

20.9

 Mean

284.3 a

196.4 b

55.6 a

85.3 a

22.6 ab

 LSD (0.05)

16.5

8.4

4.3

2.7

0.5

  1. Within the column for each location, means followed by the same letters are not significantly different according to LSD at P = 0.05
  2. LSD values are for the comparison of cultivars for each parameter at each location