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 |