Cultivar

Seeding rate (million seeds ha⁻¹)

1.85

3.09

4.32

5.56

spikes plant⁻¹

SY Valda

3.63a¹

2.74

2.44

1.97

Linkert

3.55ab

2.11

2.15

1.57

ND VitPro

3.23abc

2.8

2.19

1.96

Surpass

3.22abc

2.49

1.98

1.89

Shelly

3.09abcd

2.13

1.58

1.35

Prevail

3.02abcd

2.63

1.87

1.66

TCG Wildfire

2.99bcd

1.95

2.05

1.58

Lang-MN

2.67cd

2.13

1.54

1.50

LCS Anchor

2.50d

2.23

1.61

1.59

Mean

3.10

2.36

1.93

1.68

LSD (α = 0.05)

0.64

NS

NS

NS

Seeding rate

Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r)

1.85 vs 3.09

0.40^NS

3.09 vs 4.32

0.52^NS

4.32 vs 5.56

0.76*