2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2009 | 2009-11 | 2010-11 | 2010-11 | 2010-11 | 2010-11 | ||
to 2011 | Plant | Plant | Root | Fusarium | ||||||
Tile | Seed treatment | -----------------Seed yield--------------- | stand | Spikes | height | disease | incidence | |||
----------------kg ha−1----------------- | million ha−1 | million ha−1 | cm | % | % | |||||
Closed | No seed treatment | 4604 a† | 4193 ab | 2289 b | 3695 a | 2.52 a | 3.69 a | 67.0 a | 10.3 a | 12.3 b |
Closed | Seed treatment | 4789 a | 4117 b | 2468 a | 3791 a | 2.51 a | 3.91 a | 69.7 a | 6.2 a | 12.5 b |
Open | No seed treatment | 4497 a | 4157 ab | 2538 a | 3731 a | 2.61 a | 3.61 a | 71.8 a | 9.0 a | 16.4 a |
Open | Seed treatment | 4511 a | 4270 a | 2518 a | 3766 a | 2.53 a | 3.65 a | 72.4 a | 8.4 a | 14.2 ab |