Table 9 Interaction of different fertilization methods on growth and yield traits of summer corn at maturity.

From: Design optimization and experiment of corn U-shaped fertilization device

Year

Treatment

Plant height (cm)

Dry matter accumulation

(g/plant)

Stem diameter

(cm)

Number of roots

(piece/plant)

Root length

(mm)

100-grain weight

(g)

Yield

(kg/hm2)

2021

CF

281.43

263.14

7.80

49.00

153.00

33.41

13,215.13

UF

283.14

282.57

7.80

55.00

184.57

35.74

14,522.22

2022

CF

281.00

269.14

7.94

49.00

163.43

32.24

13,239.50

UF

282.14

295.29

7.89

56.00

197.43

36.29

15,202.28

Year

ns

**

**

ns

ns

ns

ns

Treatment

ns

**

ns

**

**

**

**

Year × Treatment

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

**

ns

  1. CF is conventional fertilization treatment; UF represents U-shaped fertilization treatment.
  2. ns indicates no significant difference;
  3. *Indicates that there is a significant difference at the level of 0.05; ** indicates that there is a significant difference at the level of 0.01.