Treatment

Plant height (cm)

Total number of tillers (m²)

Productive tillers (m²)

Number of kernels per panicle

1000-kernel weight (g)

Paddy yield

(t∙ha⁻¹)

Sterile kernels (%)

Normal kernels (%)

Seeding densities (kg∙ha⁻¹)

S₁ = 30

75.77 a

244.83 d

221.33 d

102.43 a

19.35 a

3.17 d

5.51 c

63.05 a

S₂ = 45

74.98 ab

297.17 c

275.33 c

97.36 b

18.99 ab

3.73 c

6.48 b

60.46 b

S₃ = 60

73.67 bc

350.00 b

332.83 b

94.49 bc

18.42 bc

4.37 b

6.86 b

59.08 bc

S₄ = 75

72.78 c

388.67 a

369.50 a

91.68 c

17.93 c

4.66 a

7.61 a

57.75 c

LSD

1.94

13.30

16.18

4.44

0.70

0.11

0.29

1.37

Rice cultivars

C₁ = Super basmati

89.27 a

332.33 a

313.33 a

96.98

16.44 b

3.29 b

5.43 b

61.05 a

C₂ = KSK-133

59.33 b

308.00 b

286.17 b

95.99

20.90 a

4.67 a

7.80 a

59.11 b

LSD

1.37

9.41

11.44

NS

0.49

0.15

0.41

1.94