| Parameter | Location | Timing | Plant population (plants∙ha−1)a | P-valueb | ||||
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| 60,000 | 80,000 |
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| Mg∙ha−1 | ||||||||
| Grain yield | Belmont | Autumn | 11.5 | b | 12.3 | a | 0.014 | |
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| Spring | 10.0 | a | 9.5 | b | 0.035 | |
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| Ridgetown | Autumn | 11.0 | b | 11.7 | a | 0.005 | |
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| Spring | 10.8 | b | 11.5 | a | 0.002 | |
| % | ||||||||
| Moisture | Belmont | Autumn | 20.5 |
| 19.8 |
| 0.074 | |
|
|
| Spring | 12.4 |
| 12.7 |
| 0.225 | |
|
| Ridgetown | Autumn | 21.3 | a | 20.6 | b | 0.003 | |
|
|
| Spring | 13.4 |
| 13.4 |
| 0.817 | |
| kg∙hL−1 | ||||||||
| Test weight | Belmont | Autumn | 71.8 |
| 71.4 |
| 0.715 | |
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|
| Spring | 70.3 | a | 69.1 | b | 0.005 | |
|
| Ridgetown | Autumn | 73.9 |
| 73.8 |
| 0.857 | |
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| Spring | 74.2 | a | 73.3 | b | 0.006 | |
| % | ||||||||
| Stay-greencd | Belmont | Autumn | 5.8 |
| 6.3 |
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| Ridgetown | Autumn | 10.1 | b | 12.2 | a |
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| Lodgingd | Belmont | Spring | 49.7 | b | 67.4 | a |
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| Ridgetown | Spring | 16.7 | b | 42.3 | a |
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