Table 3 Aboveground biomass, crop growth rate (CGR), and harvest index (HI) in machine-transplanted double-cropped rice under different sowing periods in 2015 and 2016.

From: Elastic sowing dates with low seeding rate for grain yield maintenance in mechanized large-scale double-cropped rice production

Season

Cultivar

Sowing date delay (days)

Aboveground biomass (g m−2)

CGR

HI

FH

MA

FH

MA

2015 ER

ZZ39

+0

 

954

 

11.0

63.5

  

+5

 

979

 

11.7

62.7

  

+10

 

1158

 

14.0

58.2

  

+15

 

1042

 

12.6

57.0

2016 ER

ZZ39

 + 0

703

1330

11.2

12.2

59.2

  

+5

771

1348

12.6

12.5

60.3

  

+10

639

1174

10.8

11.0

56.2

  

+15

636

1291

11.6

12.3

57.4

 

LLY268

 + 0

863

1333

12.4

11.8

53.7

  

+5

756

1363

11.6

12.2

52.5

  

+10

801

1332

12.5

11.9

43.2

  

+15

847

1383

13.9

12.6

46.3

  

+0

783 ± 113a

1206 ± 218a

11.8 ± 0.8a

11.7 ± 0.6a

58.8 ± 4.9a

  

+5

764 ± 11a

1230 ± 218a

12.1 ± 0.7a

12.1 ± 0.4a

58.5 ± 5.3a

  

+10

720 ± 115a

1221 ± 96a

11.7 ± 1.2a

12.3 ± 1.5a

52.5 ± 8.1a

  

+15

742 ± 149a

1239 ± 176a

12.8 ± 1.6a

12.5 ± 0.2a

53.6 ± 6.3a

  

LSD0.05

305

346

3.2

1.6

11.9

2015 LR

HY518

 + 0

 

1216

 

14.1

59.7

  

+5

 

1116

 

11.7

51.8

  

+10

 

1102

 

11.8

56.6

  

+15

 

1231

 

13.0

54.0

  

+20

 

1013

 

10.0

46.9

2016 LR

HY518

 + 0

957

1825

17.1

19.2

54.4

  

+5

895

1721

16.0

18.1

53.1

  

+10

1010

1713

18.4

18.0

53.0

  

+15

1046

1761

19.4

18.3

48.0

  

+20

989

1712

18.0

17.8

41.7

 

TY390

 + 0

975

1538

16.0

17.3

53.2

  

+5

1116

1868

18.6

17.8

48.8

  

+10

1058

1632

17.9

15.2

47.6

  

+15

944

1678

15.7

15.5

42.0

  

+20

1117

1676

18.3

15.8

26.4

  

+0

966 ± 13a

1526 ± 305a

16.6 ± 0.8a

16.9 ± 2.6a

55.8 ± 3.5a

  

+5

1006 ± 156a

1568 ± 399a

17.3 ± 1.8a

15.9 ± 3.6a

51.2 ± 2.2a

  

+10

1034 ± 34a

1482 ± 332a

18.2 ± 0.4a

15.0 ± 3.1a

52.4 ± 4.5a

  

+15

995 ± 72a

1557 ± 285a

17.6 ± 2.6a

15.6 ± 2.7a

48.0 ± 6.0ab

  

+20

1053 ± 91a

1467 ± 394a

18.2 ± 0.2a

14.5 ± 4.1a

38.3 ± 10.7b

  

LSD0.05

227

629

3.8

5.9

11.1

  1. FH, full heading stage; MA, mature stage. LSD, least significant difference at P < 0.05.